Reliving the First Ever Top 40: Photos and Video
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Category Indie Agency Honors
Meet the 2024 Indie Agency News Top 40 Finalists
Holy cow, that was something
Portal A’s Michelle Fahrang Wins Platinum Project Manager of the Year Honor
Justine Smith picks up silver in our second honor.
Meet the Indie Agency News Producer of the Year Winners
Hail to the magic-makers!
Indie Agency News Honors: Project Manager of the Year
Nominate your project managers and show 'em the love!
Indie Agency Producer of the Year Nomination Deadline Extended (of Course)
Each month, Indie Agency News honors the hard-working people at indie agencies. These honors are peer-nominated and judged by Indie Agency News and select industry professionals. Our first honor is Indie Agency Producer of the Year. We all know how…
May Flowers: Gabrielle Shirdan
Remember when Solange dropped “A Seat at the Table,” and many of us were itching to claim our place among leaders at our jobs? Well, some decided that wasn’t enough and built their own. These next flowers go to one…
May Flowers: Omid Farhang
Sometimes the ideas that feel most revolutionary are the ones that make the most sense—it takes a certain kind of leadership to help bring them into focus. One of these ideas: a general market agency that grasps America’s identity as…
May Flowers: Carmen Rodriguez
Define gutsy. For anyone, it’s having the will to push past expectations. Spirited. Someone you see at first glance and immediately want to rally success around. For Carmen Rodriguez, Chief Client Officer of indie network GUT, it’s all those things…
May Flowers: Mo Said
Flowers, you said? Here we go. It’s often said (in other universes, probably) that any great grocery store (or indie agency) runs on two things—fully-stocked shelves, and high-quality mojo. For Mo Said of Mojo Supermarket, those shelves are jammed with…
May Flowers: Oriel Davis-Lyons
So much of this month has been dedicated to titans in their own corner of the Indieverse that deserve to smell the roses for their contributions to the ad industry and beyond. For today’s recipient, Oriel Davis-Lyons gets what it…
May Flowers: Kwame Taylor-Hayford
Let the flowers continue to flow for the indie talent and leaders making this part of the biz so special. Today, it’s about shining the brightest lights on Kwame Taylor-Hayford, Kin and SATURDAY MORNING co-founder. Kwame’s work is a dizzyingly…
May Flowers: Kenny Nguyen
We keep the celebration of great indie talent and leadership going with a trip down south—Baton Rouge, specifically. Kenny Nguyen, CEO and co-founder of ThreeSixtyEight, a mission-based and incredibly ambitious agency, cares deeply (and authentically) about creating genuine culture ().…
May Flowers: Chris Witherspoon
May is the month for celebrating the indie industry’s outstanding leaders and the community that nurtures them. Today, we keep it in the PacNW and tip our hat to DNA Seattle President and CEO Chris Witherspoon. The list of deserved…
May Flowers: Eleazar Ruiz
Keeping the flowers flowing, we go to Portland to celebrate Eleazar Ruiz, founder and design principal at Odd Notion. With Dominican roots, Eleazar brings a special vibe to the Pacific Northwest design community—one that’s filled with optimism. Visit the agency’s…
May Flowers: Grace Teng
May is the month for celebrating the indie agency industry’s outstanding talent and the community that nurtures them. And we’re doling out the flowers. Today, we head to Los Angeles to shine the brightest lights on Grace Teng, Chief Media…