the escape pod - WE ARE A GROWTH ENGINE. - is a fiercely independent, full-service creative powerhouse known for category-changing work that drives results. Named Ad Age's Small Agency of the Year for the Midwest in 2017, the agency was founded in 2006 by ad industry veterans Norm Bilow and Vinny Warren, creator of the legendary Budweiser "Whassup!" campaign, one of Advertising Age's Top Ad Campaigns of the 21st Century. We bring our clients' brand propositions to life in the most powerful manner possible, driving growth through advertising that is strategically sound, creatively exceptional, and makes optimal use of any media. WHAT WE DO BEST True to our name, our agency model and approach to creativity are focused on one fundamental thing: helping clients "escape" the sea of sameness in highly crowded categories to drive brand growth. Our sweet spot is challenger brands who require bold, differentiating strategies and creative ideas that punch above their weight to combat heavily funded competitors with scale and ubiquity. Our work works harder to drive awareness, spark emotion and provoke action--most often through a powerful combination of communication and real-life action. We also excel at launching new products and reinvigorating legacy brands by rigorously scrutinizing the competitive landscape to identify and maximize the white space opportunity. PIONEERS We are bold. We are fast. We defy convention. We drive action. We are risk takers. We are brand makers. We love what we do. From pioneering the first branded entertainment reality TV hit, "Schooled," for OfficeMax to launching Wheat Thins' "Twitterventions" viral sensation, to having NFL MVP Drew Breese retire for one day for Can-Am Spyder, and working with YouTube star Action Movie Kid for Toys"R"Us, has earned its reputation for bold, award-winning work across retail, food & beverage, technology and automotive categories. As a culture, we are fiercely independent. We are beholden to no one except our clients and ourselves. From executive leadership to our interns, we seek out and attract people who believe in doing the best possible work without the inefficiency, layers, politics and waste of larger holding company agencies. FAST. FEARLESS. FOCUSED ON GROWTH. is purpose-built to deliver breakthrough ideas with speed, agility and cost-savings for clients. We combine creative firepower with full-service capabilities across creative development, production, media planning and buying, digital, social and experiential marketing.

the field - EXPERTS IN ADVERTISING AND BEYOND - What makes our team so different? We are a unique blend of people coming from different disciplines that together grow a company unlike any other. In addition to our experts in traditional advertising, our staff has worked in television, radio, and social causes. With you get a best selling author, a radio and television host, a specialist in celebrity cause-marketing prep and the team that created one of the first Internet social networks before Twitter and Facebook.

the gage team - ABOUT - approaches our clients' advertising and marketing needs a little bit differently. We believe the key to an effective marketing strategy is one founded in online dominance, supported by traditional marketing resources. At the center of the new-world-order, marketing machine is a dynamic and responsive web presence that effectively communicates, supports and embraces established and prospective clients. We build the tools that get you the business, keeps the business and takes care of business, online and beyond.

the gate - SLAYING SACRED COWS IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY - is a full service, international advertising agency that believes in slaying sacred cows. Sacred cows are those dated rules, formulas and standards we follow for no better reason than that s the way it has always been. believes in humanely slaying sacred cows, if not in the name of humanity, than at least in the name of more inspired ideas. Worldwide specializes in both advertising and corporate identity. So we can take your company from name to brand to market. The advantages, however, go far beyond the geographic simplicity of getting everything under one roof. It means internal communications work with external communications. Brand strategies work with advertising strategies. And the creative department works with the media department. Everyone isn t just on the same floor. Everyone is on the same page.

the glenn group - ABOUT - is an advertising, interactive and public relations agency, which was the glorious result of a marriage between two long-time Nevada competitors. Literally. In January 2008, Valerie Glenn, who owned The Rose/Glenn Group, and her husband John Glenn, who owned DRGM Advertising, decided, after 27 years of blissful marriage and cutthroat competition, to join professional forces and merge their companies. The result? Us. The third largest agency in the state, offering more than 40 years of experience and success across industries such as gaming/hospitality, tourism, art and entertainment, healthcare and financial services. And a rare collection of tight-knit, nimble-minded, dynamic, passionate, creative, problem-solving super-savants who specialize in a bunch of good [ ]. So, what's good [ ]? It's pretty much just us in a nutshell (or in brackets, rather). It sums us up. It's our relationships, our experience, our thinking, our work, our people and our ideas. It's our history, our future and our love of the business. It's the fun we have and the results we get. It's whatever we put our minds to.

the grossbauer group - ABOUT - As providers of integrated marketing communications services for over two decades, serves a loyal client base of service-oriented organizations including professional associations, hospitals and medical groups, government entities, and both large and small businesses. Our headquarters, located in Chesterton near the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Northwest Indiana, serves as a hub of creative services for the Chicago/Northwest Indiana region as well as clients nationwide. In 2012, we opened a second office in downtown Chicago on North Michigan Ave. Our comprehensive services include marketing consulting, public relations, Web communications and Internet development, graphic design, advertising, writing, publishing support, and video production. Our clients also benefit from our relationship with GGNet, inc., which provides domain registration, managed website hosting, dedicated/HIPAA-compliant Web server solutions, and e-mail services. Our philosophy is to partner with clients, become familiar with their audiences and needs, and help to build successful, persuasive communications in any/all media as requested. We commit ourselves to our clients' success and utter satisfaction.