WE TURN UNTAPPED POTENTIAL INTO REALITY.

AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY THAT KNOWS THE VALUE OF A WELL-PLACED SURGE

To work with us is to be asked to embrace strategic risk—the kind that gives you a fighting chance to stand out in your category, a hope in hell of reaching new audiences, and a torch to light the fire within. 


Once you take that risk and others try to follow, it’s not a risk anymore. Your brand lives in a category of one—the first, the original, the leader. It’s exactly that kind of risk-taking that has made it possible for us to do what others haven’t—float a skatepark down the Mississippi River, survive a recession and pandemic, and reclaim independence.


We took our shot. Are you ready to take yours?


OUR PARTNERS

ADVENTUROUS BRANDS WE ARE PROUD TO WORK WITH

We work with those inspired to create categories, build lifestyles, and blaze paths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUR PRINCIPLES

HOW WE SHOW UP

DO THE RIGHT THING.

The right thing is rarely the easy thing, which is how you know it’s right. That’s why we’re committed to taking good actions for our clients, our coworkers, and for the world at large. 

 

GIVE A SHIT.

When we see something needs to be done, we do it. We help each other with abandon, have one another's backs, and step in where it’s needed, regardless of job title. 

 

DON'T LOOK DOWN.

Playing it safe never helped us grow. We take strategic risks to unlock the potential within our clients and ourselves. 

GO DEEP.

Curiosity is commitment. We are serious about diving all the way in to understand the people, industries, and brands we serve. Because doing the best work takes going below the surface. 

WHO YOU'RE WORKING WITH

We are a collection of over 50 people striving to make brands impossible to imitate. We all have faces. Here's a few of them.

KEVIN RILLEY

PRESIDENT

JOEL HAUGEN

CFO/CCO

GRANT JOHNSON

CCO/COFOUNDER

JENNA WAKEFIELD

VP OF ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND NEW BUSINESS

TAYLOR MARKS

DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY

ALEX CULLEN

VP OF MEDIA & ANALYTICS

GRANT PARSONS

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

SARAH KOSTER

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

JAKE LARSON

GROUP ACCOUNT DIRECTOR

CHRIS STAPLES

ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR

KATIE NELSON

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF AGENCY OPERATIONS

ANGELA SANDERS

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CONNECTIONS STRATEGY

RANDY CUNNINGHAM

ACCOUNT DIRECTOR

JACK PLAHN

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - CONTENT PRODUCTION

MATT GARDIPEE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - EXPERIENTIAL
WORK WITH US

WE'RE READY. ARE YOU?