A creative agency in Washington, DC. Building brands nationwide.

THIS JANUARY is an independent advertising agency headquartered on 14th Street NW in Washington, DC. We have integrated creative, production, and media departments — and we use them to build brand identities, produce national campaigns, and plan media for companies that want creative work worth paying attention to. Our clients include Lufthansa, Nike, the International Spy Museum, Habit Vitamins, and Federal Realty. We've been featured in Adweek, Fast Company, and Communication Arts. And we're deeply invested in making DC the next great American creative city — through our work, through community events like The Creative Department, and through programs like NOOK, our artist residency for emerging DC talent.

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Washington, DC is our home.

We believe great creative work can come from more than the same three zip codes. Washington is full of ambitious people building ambitious things, and we’re here to help give those ideas a voice.

Our connection to the city goes beyond our address. We’ve created work for the International Spy Museum, Destination DC and Federal Realty. We bring creative people together through The Creative Department and support emerging DC talent through NOOK, our artist residency.

Our clients have a worldwide footprint. Our home is Washington, DC.

Strategy, creative, production and media. Together.

A brand launch doesn’t stop at the identity. A campaign doesn’t stop at the concept. Our teams work together from the beginning, connecting the strategy to everything people see, hear and experience.

Brand Identity & Strategy. For companies launching, repositioning or ready to outgrow their original identity. We develop positioning, names, messaging and visual identities, then build the systems and assets that help teams put the brand to work.

Advertising and Integrated Campaigns. Campaign strategy, concepts, copywriting and art direction, carried through production and launch. We create work for television, streaming, out-of-home, social and digital channels, with creative and media planned together.

Media Planning & Buying. Audience and channel strategy, media buying, reporting and optimization. Our media team works alongside our creatives, so placement informs the idea—and campaign performance informs what we make next.

Web Design & Development. Websites that bring the brand into every interaction. We connect user experience, design and development to create marketing sites, landing pages and digital experiences that help people understand your business and take the next step.

Content Production. Film, photography, animation and motion graphics, from pre-production through edit, color and finishing. Our production team works closely with strategy and creative to carry the idea into the finished work.

Who we work with

We work with ambitious companies at moments when creative can make a difference: launching a brand, entering a market, changing perceptions or giving an established business a new direction.

Our experience spans consumer brands, travel, financial services, commercial real estate, museums, technology, cannabis and wellness. We work with marketing teams in Washington, DC and across the country, on both individual projects and ongoing agency relationships.

We have a particular appetite for complicated stories and categories that demand an original approach. The common thread is a client who wants to make something worth noticing.

Our Services —

Brand Expression

  • Brand Identity

  • Naming

  • Visual Systems

  • Voice & Narrative

  • Messaging Frameworks

  • Brand Strategy

Design Systems

  • Component Systems

  • Typography

  • Color Systems

  • Motion Guidelines

  • UI Kits

  • UX Documentation

Campaign Platforms

  • Consumer Research

  • Audience Insights

  • Channel Strategy

  • Campaign Concepts

  • Creative & Design Direction

  • Comms Planning

Scalable Content

  • Content Strategy

  • Creative Development

  • Talent Curation

  • Content Production & Post Performance

  • Tracking A/B Testing

  • 2D & 3D Illustration

  • Animation

Digital Experiences

  • UX Design

  • Website & Mobile Design

  • Immersive Events Prototyping

  • Full Stack Development

  • Content Management

  • SEO & SEM User Testing

  • Monitoring & Optimization

Product Innovation

  • Vision Prototyping

  • Product Roadmapping

  • Experience Innovation

  • Growth Strategy

  • Emerging Tech Discovery