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AD&Co Has Been Quiet for 10 Years. Time to Bark.
Amy Demas' Culver City studio has spent a decade guiding fashion, beauty and retail brands through reinvention — without the smoke, mirrors or a single pitch-season brag
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God-is Rivera is Back! And She’s Ready to Shake Things Up
Burrell's new Chief Strategy Officer brings her energy and vision to the historic agency
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Pitch Black’s New Era: An Event Grows Into a Powerful Platform for Black Ideas
How Stephen Green and Eleazar Ruiz are redefining opportunity from Portland to the world
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Old Bay, Emojis, and Ravens Forever: Planit’s Matt Doud Shines on Random Q
The Planit co-founder keeps it real with Hall of Fame emojis, seafood seasoning debates and more
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Meet an Indie Freelancer: Building Big Ideas in a Small Attention Span World
From agency newsletters to award-winning social media, Jack shows how quick thinking and a clear voice can create lasting brand…
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Bringing AI to the Budgeting Battle with a Fresh New Tool
Noble People's Budget Balancer is designed to ease the tension between CMOs and CFOs
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Show Off: Indies Go Green
This week’s roundup is flourishing with Earth Day magic, among other brilliance
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From Connecticut Pizza to Cultural Strategy: A Two-Fer Chat with Kim Haxton and Andre Picard
Philosophy, pizza, and some seriously good advice
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Standing Out in a Sea of Sameness: How Grenade Broke Through the Canadian Protein Bar Market
UK's #1 breaks in and breaks out
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Uncharted’s Territory: Redefining the Modern Indie Agency
How three friends built a nimble, culturally fluent shop that’s challenging outdated norms and leaning into purposeful disruption
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Show Off: Inside HAYMAKER’s Refreshingly Human Work for Seattle’s Best Coffee
CEO Jay Kamath shares how the team landed the platform, found the tone, and made something everyone could relate to
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Show Off: How Good Conduct Made a Messy Truth Beautiful for The Honest Kitchen
This one is going to the dogs
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A New Chapter That Feels Like Quirk (Creative)
With fresh leadership and a clear creative vision, the agency builds on what works—and keeps things personal along the way
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The Cannes Lions Inside Skinny: How to Think Like a Juror
A look inside the minds of the judges
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Built on Trust, Fueled by Pets: How Clever Creative and VCA Are Redefining Veterinary Branding
Standing out in a competitive field
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Indie Growth by Design: How La Storia Took the Long View
Calculated persistence is the key
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GLAM Arts: Reimagining Arts and Culture Marketing from the Inside Out
A much needed piece of energy from Lafayette American
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Good Brief! How PB& Got a Quality RFP and Is Helping Reframe Seattle’s Icons
The Space Needle and Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum focus on the future
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Meet an Indie Agency: In Good Co
Repositioning legacy brands with aplomb