A complete list of the top marketing and advertising agencies in NYC.

Congrats! You are here because you’re ready to take the next step in growing your business.

Here in NYC, we’re surrounded by thousands of ambitious people building booming businesses. But underneath all that growth are a bunch of marketing and advertising agencies making much of the magic happen.

We’ve dug in deep and gotten the inside scoop about which of these ad agencies are crushing it for their clients.

Not all agencies are created equal and that’s why we put together this list — to give you a shortcut to getting the help you need to grow your business.

The marketing and advertising agencies listed below cover a wide range of offering such as digital marketing, growth hacking, PPC, campaign management, social media, SEO, content marketing, PR and anything else you can think of to get customers in the door.

In what follows, we sort these agencies into four distinct categories: 

1. Advertising/Full-Service
2. SEO & Content
3. Digital Marketing
4. Public Relations 

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The Best Marketing and Advertising Agencies in NYC

Growth Marketing Pro

Type of agency: SEO, Growth Marketing, PPC, Content Generation

How We’re Different: We’re the search agency we wish we had 5 years ago. For startups and established businesses that want to grow their organic traffic and get customers. Schedule a free 25-minute Growth Strategy Session with us we give you a ton of upfront value by helping you identify your problems and work with you to craft a step-by-step game plan to hit your income goals. We work with SaaS, tech, finance and healthcare companies.

‍Philosophy: We rank on page 1 of Google for some of the most competitive keywords in the world. What would it mean if your company ranked #1 for keywords in your niche?

What we offer: SEO Strategy, Growth Strategy, Content Generation, Link Building, and Google Ads. We’ll also tell you which channels and tactics to prioritize based on our experience growing startups from $0 to Millions.

‍Mantra: No Fluff, Just Growth

Bloom Growth Studio

Type of Agency: Full-service SaaS agency

How are they different?

Bloom Growth Studio is a full-service agency started by Grant Cohen, an alumnus of startups, Zuora and Planet, as well as the venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz. They’ve built an agency focused on what they know best: outbound sales and full-funnel optimization.

Key Service Offerings: Outbound sales, conversion rate optimization, and demand generation.

Notable Clients: The portfolio companies of Khosla Ventures, A16Z, Box Group, Founders Fund, and Andreesen Horowitz.

SEO Inc.

Type of Agency: SEO

How are they different?

SEO Inc. is an award-winning SEO company that helps companies improve their online presence in search and social media to acquire new customers, generate revenue, and build their brand online.

Key Service Offerings: SEO, PPC, Social Media Management, Web Development, Reputation Management

Notable Clients: SC Johnson, IGN, PG&E, JotForm, Teleflora, Paul Mitchell

Disruptive Advertising

Type of Agency: PPC

How are they different?

After auditing over 3,000 companies’ digital marketing strategies, they’ve found that on average over 76% of digital marketing budgets are wasted. Their first step is to reallocate or save those wasted marketing dollars. Next, they set up the foundation for lasting growth with robust analytics that paints an accurate picture of how each marketing channel is performing. Finally, they are positioned to start scaling your marketing results and driving towards your business goals.

Key Service Offerings: Paid Search—Google & Bing Ads, Paid Social—Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter & Pinterest Ads, OTT—Hulu and YouTube Ads, Audio Ads—Spotify & Pandora Ads, Email Marketing, Conversion Rate and Website Optimization, Analytics and Business Intelligence

Notable Clients: Scott’s Miracle-Gro, Guitar Center, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Fandango, Adobe, Diesel Power Gear, KPMG

McCann

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How are they different? 

Leading agency that focuses on a “Truth well told” philosophy dedicated to the belief that a brand’s truth can help to spark powerful ideas that connect with people.  

Core Principles: Truth2meaning, understanding people and what moves them 

Notable Clients:  Verizon, MasterCard, Ikea

Mantra: Truth well told 

BBDO Worldwide

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How are they different? 

A full-service ad agency that focuses on marketing strategies relating to recruitment of talent and cultivating employee branding and EVP 

Key Services: Branding and EVP development, Content optimization, recruitment marketing  

Notable Clients: Bacardi, AT&T, Macy’s 

Mantra- The Work. The Work. The Work.  

Meredith

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How are they different? 

They are on the pulse of pop culture, entertainment, food, fashion and lifestyle, news, business and finance, and sports.

Key Services: Target marketing, digital marketing, experiential marketing, video, sales guarantee, research, creative services and print production

Notable Clients: Time, People, Sports Illustrated 

Mantra: We empower, inform, enrich, inspire, encourage, entertain.

Droga5 

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How are they different? 

Agency focuses on brand purpose at its core, strives to be bold and unique and focus on creative problem solving 

Key services: Brand and growth strategy, experience design, campaign development, content production and implementation 

Notable Clients:  Under Armor, The New York Times, Google, 

Mantra: Effectiveness through influence

Blue Fountain Media

Type of Agency: Digital Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Digital Marketing agency that believes in the usage of data and technology to be at the forefront of innovation.  

Key Services: Influencer marketing, App and website design, Technology architecture

Notable Clients: Engel and Volkers, Microsoft, Sony  

Mantra: We merge imagination and technology to help brands grow in an age of digital transformation.

Forsman & Bodenfors

Type of Agency: Digital Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Global digital marketing agency founded in Sweden that keeps creativity, technology and data analytics at its core   

Key Services: Rebranding and positioning, App Development, Media production 

Notable Clients: SK-II, Volvo, Goldman Sachs  

Mantra: Our truly collaborative way of working has over the years unlocked continuous creative excellence and built unusually human brands.

Mcgarrybowen

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How They’re Different: Global advertising agency that focuses on change and the transformational effects that creativity has on communities, brands and consumers 

Key Services: Innovation and production of content, branding and design 

Notable Clients: Oscar Meyer, American Express, Brita 

Mantra: IT’S NOT CREATIVE UNLESS IT WORKS

Big Fuel

Type of Agency: SEO/Content Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Digital marketing agency that has a primary focus on social media platforms. 

Key Services: Social media analytics, social media content creation 

Notable Clients: Burger King, McDonalds, T Mobile  

Mantra: Powered by a culture deep in diversity, passion, and education;

Hey Oxford

Type of Agency: Digital Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Hey Oxford values community engagement. They’ll get you fast results, and help you build a long term growth strategy.

Key Services: Growth hacking, social media strategy, content marketing, branding, paid search

Notable Clients: Pfizer, Braun, Livekick Fitness

Mantra: We alleviate the daunting task of growing your business through digital marketing.

Ueno

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How they are different? Full-Service Creative agency focused heavily on client relations that do not believe in pitches. Focus on close collaboration to create to understand the client’s needs 

Key Services: Branding, Apps, Websites, Advertising, Social

Notable Clients: Slack, Uber, Lonely Planet, Airbnb, Dropbox

Motto: All Work. All Play.

MANIFEST

Type of Agency: SEO/Content Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Marketing agency that is focused primarily on content marketing informed by data and creativity.  

Key Services: Branded Content, Journalist content, Digital Marketing, Performance Marketing 

Notable Clients: BMW, The Ritz Carleton, Allstate   

Mantra: We are a brand dialogue agency.

Story Worldwide

Type of Agency: SEO/Content Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Marketing agency that focuses on story finding, making, and scoring to tell a brand’s story. 

Key Services:  Commercial ad production, Social Amplification

Notable Clients: FX, Beefeater, Country Crock    

Mantra: We make ambitious brands matter.

StrawberryFrog

Type of Agency: SEO/Content Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Marketing agency that revolves around movement marketing, advertising, and design. 

Key Services:  Strategy Purpose Branding, Design brand identity, create movement 

Notable Clients: Pampers, Emirates, Jim Bean 

Mantra: We make ambitious brands matter.

Attention Global

Type of Agency: SEO/Content Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: One of the pioneers of social media marketing that focuses on the usage of social platforms. 

Key Services: Design & Animation, Content & Social Strategy, Editorial & Social Content

Notable Clients: BMW, Moet, Kayak 

Mantra: We help brands explore what’s new to inspire what’s next.

Arcade Creative Group

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How They’re Different: Advertising Agency born out of Sony Productions 

Key Services: Content creation and production specifically targeting millennials 

Notable Clients: Ford, American Express, Corona 

Mantra: Arcade doesn’t just understand culture, it creates it.

DiMassimo Goldstein

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How They’re Different: Advertising Agency specializing in behavior change marketing  

Key Services: Website design, experiential marketing 

Notable Clients: Weight Watches, Bronx Zoo

Mantra: Direct-model. Life-changing. Simple. Habit-forming. 

PMX Digital

Type of Agency: Digital Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: PMX is a digital agency that believes in the methodology that beyond technologies, channels, devices or platforms, the customer continues to exist at the center of all strategy.  

Key Services: Consumer and Market Research, Paid Social and CRM, Web and System development  

Notable Clients: Boys and Girls Club of America, American Heart Association, Steven Madden 

Mantra: Turning complexity into opportunity.

The Gate NY

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How they are different? 

An international ad agency that specializes in marketing hard-to-explain services and products that require scrutiny before purchasing. 

Key Services: Content production and creation, Print and digital Media   

Notable Clients: Con Edison, NASDAQ, People’s united bank 

Mantra- WE MAKE CONSIDERED PURCHASES WORTH CONSIDERING.

MKG – Experiential Marketing

Type of Agency: SEO/Content Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: MKG is an agency specializing in designing experiences for top brands.  

Key Services: Experiential Marketing  

Notable Clients: ShopBob, Absolut, Vidcon  

Mantra: Brands are people too

Merkley + Partners

Type of Agency: SEO/Content Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Mid-sized agency that focuses on content creation across all mediums to develop solutions for clients. 

Key Services: Print and digital media production, Website and product package design 

Notable Clients: BIC, Mercedes Benz, Nutella   

Mantra: We never met a category we didn’t like. Ironically, we don’t fit into one ourselves.

Direct Agents

Type of Agency: Digital Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Digital marketing agency focused on customer acquisition solutions. 

Key Services: Predictive Analytics, Paid social and influencers, CRM, Design consulting  

Notable Clients: Shutterstock, NBC Universal, BBC   

Mantra: Powered by a culture deep in diversity, passion, and education;

PALIO

Type of Agency: Public Relations Agency

How They’re Different: Marketing and PR agency focused on “speaking people” to help companies expand their reach. 

Key Services: Campaign creation, Brand development

Notable Clients: Gilead, Astra-Zeneca, Genetech

Mantra: Embracing human imperfection. Simplifying complex information.

Understanding the insights that motivate behavior. That’s how we speak people.

Bayard Advertising

How they are different? 

A full-service ad agency that focuses on marketing strategies relating to recruitment of talent and cultivating employee branding and EVP 

Key Services: Branding and EVP development, Content optimization, recruitment marketing  

Notable Clients: Marriott, Walmart, LG 

Mantra: Transforming Talent 

Brand Connections

Type of Agency: Public Relations Agency

How They’re Different: Brand Connections specializes in creating elevated experiences designed to support complex product categories at retail

Key Services: Event Marketing, Retail Sampling, In-store experiences 

Notable Clients: L’Oréal, Beauty Box, Nivea

Mantra: THE CHANGING WORLD OF SHOPPING REQUIRES NEW THINKING AND NEW MARKETING STRATEGIES

Vox Profero

Type of Agency: Digital Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Vox Profero specializes in experience- led transformations that focus on the integration of cutting edge technology 

Key Services: Customer metrics and modelling, Ai generated personalization, Website and mobile app design 

Notable Clients: Peninsula Hotels, Gordons Gin, Harley Davidson  

Mantra: We deliver transformation, not just words.

Berlin Cameron United

Type of Agency: SEO/Content Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Boutique advertising agency that has mastered the art of finding the intersection where brands and cultures meet.  

Key Services: Design & Animation, Content & Social Strategy, Editorial & Social Content

Notable Clients: Lexus, Capital One, Hulu 

Mantra: WE ARE AGENTS OF CULTURAL CHANGE

Stein IAS

Type of Agency: Digital Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Full service digital agency that emphasizes B2B marketing strategy and creativity 

Key Services: Go-to-Market strategy, Video and Campaign production, Martech Strategy 

Notable Clients: Samsung, Merck, Western Union 

Mantra: The post-modern marketing agency 

Concept Farm

Type of Agency: SEO/Content Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Boutique marketing agency offers a full suite of in-house production and post-production capabilities and facilities.

Key Services:  Content production, Data reporting and strategy, 

Notable Clients: Disney, ESPN, Century 21   

Mantra: Ensure the organic, human element always stays present in the digital ecosystem.

United Entertainment Group, a DJE Company

Type of Agency: SEO/Content Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Marketing agency with the exclusive focus on entertainment, sports and lifestyle brands.  

Key Services: Product marketing and design, Ad production, content creation 

Notable Clients: The North Face, Adobe, KFC 

Mantra: WE ARE AGENTS OF CULTURAL CHANGE.

The Food Group

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How they are different? 

Full service agency focused exclusively on food and beverage industry 

Key Services: Food Service Marketing, Retail Store Design , Culinary R&D 

Notable Clients: Kraft Heinz, Tabasco, Dannon

Mantra: We live for the work 

Engine Shop

Type of Agency: SEO/Content Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Engine Shop is a marketing agency focused on customer engagement and consulting alongside content creation.  

Key Services: Social Amplification, live experiential marketing 

Notable Clients: Budweiser, Universal, Motorola   

Mantra: A millennial minded agency that specializes in helping brands engage with consumers

Patients & Purpose

Type of Agency: Digital Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Full service healthcare digital marketing agency that targets patients, doctors, and key players in the industry. 

Key Services: Cognitive computing, VR and live streaming marketing, integrated web design 

Notable Clients: JDRF, FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education)

Mantra: Our purpose is to make patients better—better communicators with their doctors, better managers of their treatments, and better advocates for their health.

True North Inc.

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How They’re Different: Mid-sized full service agency that is able to deliver full range of services with the efficiency of a smaller sized enterprise  

Key Services: Media planning, Fullstack Development, Multi-channel testing 

Notable Clients: Make a Wish, LA times, Doctors without Borders   

Mantra: Getting people and brands on the same page.

Heartbeat Ideas

Type of Agency: Digital Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Full service digital agency specialized in the healthcare industry targeted at helping industry leaders to bring products to market and commercializing brands. 

Key Services: Medical Advisory, Point of Care & HCP Workflow Solutions, Audience Engagement

Notable Clients: Allergan, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi   

Mantra: We are thinkers and doers with deep healthcare roots and an appetite for fresh perspective

iFuel Interactive

Type of Agency: Digital Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: An independent, 360° advertising and web development agency that specializes in the blend of creativity and technical execution. 

Key Services: IOS/ Android app development, VR and trade show rooms, Logo design and creation 

Notable Clients: UniLever, Royce, Amazon 

Mantra: It’s difficult to see the picture when you are inside the frame 

Launchpad Advertising

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How they are different? 

A full-service ad Agency that focuses on providing what the client needs without any arrogance or typical agency agendas   

Key Services: Strategic planning, UX/UI development, Web Development  

Notable Clients:  Wall Street Journal, PNC, American red Cross 

Mantra: Work with a purpose  

Quinn Fable Advertising Inc

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How They’re Different: Full service boutique agency that prides itself on delivering “uncommon” success  

Key Services: Brand building and strategy, software and campaign development 

Notable Clients: 

Mantra: Delivering uncommon success since 1988.

Daggerwing Group Inc

Type of Agency: Public Relations Agency

How They’re Different: A Marketing Agency that focuses on accelerating business growth by understanding and changing customer-employee behavior

Key Services: Customer experience consulting, employee engagement  

Notable Clients: CITI, Mercedes Benz, Hertz

Mantra: We help Clients remove every barrier to customer and employee behavior change. 

Marke Communications

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How They’re Different: Agency that is driven, creatively-inspired, and process-oriented that has a focus on both traditional and digital marketing 

Key Services: Digital Marketing, Direct Marketing, Data analytics  

Notable Clients: Burberry, Godiva, Cushman and Wakefield  

Mantra: Remarkable Results.  

Agency212

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How They’re Different: Full service agency dedicated to the idea of bucking trends and instead creating their own categories to compete in 

Key Services: Media planning and buying, Packaging design, Product placement

Notable Clients: Loews, Cavit Wines, Random House 

Mantra: Don’t Compete, Create your own category  

 

Karlen Williams Graybill Advertising

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How they are different? 

Agency dedicated on ROI and focused on consumer touch points and communication.  

Key Services: Brand Repositioning, national ad campaigns, Pharmaceutical product launches  

Notable Clients: Allegra, Gold Bond, French’s 

Mantra: Work that works.

Biolumina

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How They’re Different: Specialized full service agency for the pharmaceutical industry 

Key Services: brand strategy, consumer insights, customer experience research 

Notable Clients: AstraZeneca, Novartis

Mantra: Open Mind, Brave Heart, Brave Hands 

Neon – An FCB Health Company

How They’re Different: Award-winning health care advertising agency 

Key Services: Medical and pharmaceutical advertising  

Notable Clients: Abbvie, Pfizer, Exact Sciences

Mantra: Only the sickest ads survive  

Itrends, LLC

Type of Agency: Digital Marketing Agency

How They’re Different: Digital Marketing agency that is exclusively focused on providing digital solutions only. 

Key Services: Interactive and web design, UX and mobile app design 

Notable Clients: NFL, Broward Health, BrokerExec   

Mantra: Expect the re-invention of innovation

Walter Thompson INSIDE

Type of Agency: Advertising/Full-Service Agency

How They’re Different: Full service advertising agency focus on human resources consulting and employee branding to recruit talent 

Key Services: Employee branding, Culture Assessment, Experience Strategy 

Notable Clients: T Mobile, Comcast, LF USA  

Mantra: Every great company has a great INSIDE story.

Conclusion 

Given the many excellent options that we have listed above, it’s most important that you choose the agency that best suits your needs.

While this is definitely not a full comprehensive list of agencies in NYC, hopefully this article has left you more equipped to help you make the right decision.