Top Portland Marketing Agencies

Portland's marketing scene thrives on creativity and authenticity, energized by its deep ties to global sportswear brands, flourishing tech companies, and a vibrant community of local artisans.

Share

In this era of digitalization, marketing agencies have primarily transitioned to digital platforms. To thrive in today’s business environment, companies need marketing agencies to convert their target audience into customers, retain their existing client base, boost sales and revenue, and scale their operations.

The role of a marketing agency varies based on each client’s needs and the specific niches or services it provides. Generally, a marketing agency’s responsibilities include market research, establishing a marketing budget, and creating and implementing marketing campaigns. Their services can encompass social media, content creation, advertising, SEO, PPC, CRO, branding, PR, web design and development, among others. A marketing agency may provide specialized services such as social media management, focus on a particular niche like B2B, or even offer a comprehensive range of marketing services from A to Z. 

What is a marketing agency?

Every product, service, business, or individual needs marketing. Even if it is a not-for-profit organization or an individual working only on philanthropy, the business will need to be promoted. A marketing agency strategizes and develops promotion tactics, helping businesses bring awareness about their products and services to their target audience.

Why are marketing agencies important?

Whether you are a business or individual, if you are selling a product, a service, your content, or doing philanthropy, you need marketing. Even governments require marketing when they campaign. Marketing agencies develop creative strategies based on your promotional needs. They employ different channels of promotion and ensure that your brand gets the right kind of attention.

There are different tactics in marketing, and all of these can have various kinds of impacts on your brand. Depending on your requirements, a marketing agency can strategize a 3-month, 6-month, yearly, or 5-yearly strategic plan for execution. Consistent marketing delivers more impact than a small-term campaign.

Functions of a marketing agency

Every marketing agency functions differently, but there are a few things that they must do in order to be qualified as a good agency:

1. Identify the trends of the target market

A good marketing agency stays current with the evolving trends and behaviors of various industries. They have teams that analyze market trends and gather diverse data to determine which marketing strategies resonate with consumers. As times and preferences change, consumers are continually seeking new experiences, making it crucial for agencies to remain aware of these shifts.

2. Develop creative strategies

Marketing agencies are engaged to promote brands and boost sales. They employ a team of experts who analyze market trends and create tailored strategies for each brand they represent. Effective marketing agencies design tactics that cater specifically to the target audience rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach.

3. Executes and evaluates impact

Marketing agencies must provide feedback on the impact of their projects and campaigns. Clients and marketing agency teams need to understand how their strategies function. If an agency neglects to report on the impact and evaluate the tactics, it risks wasting money and time on future strategies.

Best 12 Portland Marketing Agencies

Speak

1. Speak

Specialized Service Agency (Digital & Branding Agency)

Speak

Headquarters

Hillsboro, OR

Founded

2007

Company Size

19

About Speak

Speak! is a digital brand marketing agency based in Portland, Oregon, with a satellite office in Minneapolis. They work with a wide range of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to tech startups, across various industries, including finance, insurance, healthcare, construction, professional services, and manufacturing. They specialize in helping clients with complex products or services communicate their brand story and product values to purchasers and decision-makers in their target clients. For this reason, they work best with B2B brands that need to rebrand themselves or need help communicating more effectively with their target market.

Best For: Portland B2B Companies looking for a brand agency to help drive awareness, conversion, and loyalty.
Services
Branding
Content Marketing
Digital Marketing
Marketing Consulting
Marketing Strategy
Public Relations
SEO
Social Media
Web Design
Web Development
Sectors
AdTech & MarTech
Artificial Intelligence
B2B
Cybersecurity
Financial Services
FinTech
InsurTech
IT
SaaS
Tech
Notable Clients
  • Reachdesk
  • Gong
  • Tradeshift
  • Dell Technologies
  • LogRhythm
  • Veracity Marketing

    2. Veracity Marketing

    Specialized Service Agency (Digital PR Agency)

    Veracity Marketing

    Headquarters

    Portland, Oregon

    Founded

    2014

    Company Size

    6

    About Veracity Marketing

    Veracity is a Portland Digital PR Agency that serves as a boutique firm for the local area. They have a unique background, with their founder coming from a traditional PR & sales background and their CEO coming from a digital marketing background. They have merged this to create a digital PR offering that has given them a base of SEO clients benefiting from organic links with high domain authority from media and traditional PR clients benefiting from digital assets for content marketing, increased SEO value, and social media.

    Best For: Portland Companies looking for a boutique Digital PR firm with local roots.
    Services
    Community Relations
    Content Marketing
    Crisis Communications
    Digital Marketing
    Email Marketing
    Internal Communications
    Media Relations
    Public Relations
    SEO
    Social Media
    Sectors
    B2B
    Education
    Finance
    Food
    Healthcare
    Hospitality
    Professional Services
    Real Estate
    Retail
    Travel
    Notable Clients
  • Hallmark Resorts
  • Bergstrom Nutrition
  • Alima Pure
  • Eat Your Heart Out
  • City of Bothell
  • Heart Creative

    3. Heart Creative

    Food & Beverage Marketing Agency

    Heart Creative

    Headquarters

    Portland, Oregon

    Founded

    2012

    Company Size

    8

    About Heart Creative

    Heart Creative is a women and POC owned B Corp agency in Portland that focuses on photo, video, and digital marketing for food, beverage, and wellness brands. They offer in-house test kitchens and production studios, allowing them to develop and execute creative projects entirely on-site. Their services include photography, videography, content marketing, and social media management, with an emphasis on modern design, practical storytelling, and data-driven strategy. By handling both creative production and strategic distribution, they aim to help brands—from emerging to well-established—connect with audiences and stand out in competitive markets.

    Best For: Visually-driven food and beverage brands with modern packaging needing quality video and photography.
    Services
    Branding
    Content Marketing
    Creative
    Digital Marketing
    Email Marketing
    Marketing Strategy
    Photography
    SEO
    Social Media
    Video Production
    Notable Clients
  • Three Spirit Beverage
  • Tofurky
  • Turn Key Promotions
  • NORTH

    4. NORTH

    Specialized Service Agency (Advertising Agency)

    NORTH

    Headquarters

    Portland, Oregon

    Founded

    2006

    Company Size

    176

    About NORTH

    NORTH is an advertising agency based out of Portland. Founded in 2006 by two big agency expats, they sought to make a purpose-driven agency. To this end, they have created an ethos called "Brand Retaliation." Through this process, they attempt to identify what is uniquely real and meaningfully inherent to a brand, its origin, or its place in culture. They then match these through media segmenting and indexing to users who share those cultures and beliefs. Remaining a creative and advertising agency at its core, NORTH has now scaled to become a global agency with team members throughout the world, including a big base in England and regional offices in India, Brazil, and France. Their site has transparent pricing for branding, advertising creative, and media services, starting at $40K for a single campaign.

    Best For: Established purpose driven brands looking for an advertising agency that will promote their brands' true story and values.
    Services
    Advertising
    Branding
    Content Marketing
    Digital Marketing
    Influencer Marketing
    Media Buying & Planning
    Public Relations
    Social Media
    Video Production
    Web Design
    Sectors
    eCommerce
    Environmental
    Fashion
    Food
    Health & Wellness
    Hospitality
    Non-Profit
    Retail
    Sports
    Travel
    Notable Clients
  • Hydro Flask
  • Columbia Sportswear
  • Straightaway
  • Ledlenser
  • OHS Portland
  • Thesis

    5. Thesis

    Specialized Service Agency (Digital Marketing Agency)

    Thesis

    Headquarters

    Portland, Oregon

    Founded

    2002

    Company Size

    325

    About Thesis

    Thesis is a full-service digital agency based in Portland, Oregon. Its digital prowess has helped it become one of the largest agencies in the U.S. They are a people-first agency that humanizes digital marketing. Through a deep dive into data, customer interviews, and market research, they come up with creative and thoughtful solutions to problems that focus on users and user experience. A top digital agency, they will be the best fit for more prominent brands with larger budgets, enabling Thesis to bring their full team and process out to bear.

    Best For: Established brands looking for a full service digital agency that can handle a campaign end to end with a people-first approach.
    Services
    Advertising
    Branding
    Content Marketing
    Copywriting
    Digital Marketing
    Email Marketing
    Graphic Design
    Market Research
    PPC
    SEO
    Social Media
    Web Design
    Web Development
    Notable Clients
  • Adobe
  • Taco Bell
  • Dollar Shave Club
  • John Hopkins
  • aramark
  • Theo Agency

    6. Theo Agency

    Specialized Service Agency (Advertising Agency)

    Theo Agency

    Headquarters

    Portland, Oregon

    Founded

    2019

    Company Size

    37

    About Theo Agency

    Theo is an advertising agency in Portland, Oregon, that works with well-known brands and startups to launch full-funnel marketing activations centered around paid digital, traditional, and social media. They are extremely data-driven and technical, capable of leveraging financial, marketing, operational, CRM, and website data to create models that drive advertising decisions. In addition, they are experts in UX, having worked with large brands like the Portland Trail Blazers to optimize their sales funnels, boosting conversion rates. They work best with brands that have significant media budgets and are comfortable taking a data-driven approach that will typically require changes in strategy or even web assets.

    Best For: Brands with a significant media budget looking for a data-driven ad partner to boost revenue.
    Services
    Advertising
    Content Marketing
    Conversion Rate Optimization
    Digital Marketing
    Email Marketing
    Media Buying & Planning
    Public Relations
    SEO
    Social Media
    Web Design
    Sectors
    Automotive
    B2B
    Education
    Healthcare
    Legal
    Professional Services
    Real Estate
    Restaurant
    Sports
    Startup
    Notable Clients
  • Papa Murphy's
  • CrowdStreet
  • Portland Trail Blazers
  • Sacramento Republic FC
  • StellarAlgo
  • Roundhouse Agency

    7. Roundhouse Agency

    Specialized Service Agency (Creative Agency)

    Roundhouse Agency

    Headquarters

    Portland, OR

    Founded

    2001

    Company Size

    78

    About Roundhouse Agency

    Roundhouse is an independent creative agency in Portland, OR. Our talented creative, account and management teams put their hearts into making campaigns, content, environments, and communications that build brand stories, sell at retail, drive digital, enhance experiences, boost business, and better conversations. Because we live to make great work for the brands we love.

    Services
    Branding
    Content Marketing
    Creative
    Event Marketing
    Experiential Marketing
    Marketing Strategy
    Photography
    Public Relations
    Social Media
    Video Production
    Sectors
    B2B
    CPG Marketing
    Entertainment
    Fashion
    Food
    Gaming
    Health & Wellness
    Hospitality
    Retail
    Sports
    Notable Clients
  • Merrell
  • Gerber
  • Bob's Red Mill
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Adidas
  • Fish Marketing

    8. Fish Marketing

    Fish Marketing

    Headquarters

    Portland, OR

    Founded

    2003

    Company Size

    244

    About Fish Marketing

    Fish Marketing is a full-service, results-driven advertising and marketing agency in Portland, Oregon. We help our clients succeed and grow with well-crafted, hard-working, integrated advertising campaigns. That deliver the right message. To the right audience. Through the right medium. At exactly the right time.If you are looking for well-coordinated TV, Radio, Print, PR, Web, Paid Digital, Connected TV & SEO to present your brand in a recognizable and unified way, you've found the right agency. We work hand-in-hand with our clients to develop marketing strategies that deliver business results.Interested? Let's Talk.

    Services
    Advertising
    Branding
    Content Marketing
    Digital Marketing
    Email Marketing
    Graphic Design
    Public Relations
    SEO
    Social Media
    Web Design
    Sectors
    Automotive
    Gambling
    Hospitality
    Travel
    Notable Clients
  • Lucky Eagle Resort & Casino
  • Beaver Mountain
  • Buick
  • Chevrolet
  • Portland Rose Festival
  • Sproutbox

    9. Sproutbox

    Sproutbox

    Headquarters

    Portland, Oregon

    Founded

    2008

    Company Size

    19

    About Sproutbox

    We’re a fun, honest & hard-working crew of storytellers, creators, and builders based in Portland, Oregon. Our craft is marketing but helping people is at the heart of what we do.We specialize in Marketing Strategy, Branding, Messaging, Logo Design, Website Design & Development, WordPress Hosting, Search Engine Optimization, Paid Search & Social Advertising, Video Marketing, and Social Media Management.

    Services
    Advertising
    Branding
    Content Marketing
    Digital Marketing
    Public Relations
    SEO
    Social Media
    Video Production
    Web Design
    Web Development
    Sectors
    Automotive
    Education
    Healthcare
    Legal
    Restaurant
    Notable Clients
  • MDC Research
  • Helix Labs
  • Buckley Law
  • Mt. Scott Learning Center
  • Neighborly Ventures
  • Intuitive Digital

    10. Intuitive Digital

    Intuitive Digital

    Headquarters

    Portland, Oregon

    Founded

    2012

    Company Size

    16

    About Intuitive Digital

    Intuitive Digital is a B Corp Certified, data-driven digital marketing agency in Portland, Oregon. At Intuitive, we strive to be strategic, innovative, and supportive of your goals in order to get you the results that will grow your business. We specialize in search engine marketing services for small and mid-sized businesses. Everything we do aims to engage the right audience at the right time with the right message. The result? More traffic and greater sales, all while keeping your costs low to ensure you a high ROI.Our values include building long-term relationships and doing what’s right. So you can count on us to fill you in on everything we do for you. We believe transparency is key to a successful and great business-partner relationship.We can help you get found online.

    Services
    Branding
    Content Marketing
    Digital Marketing
    Email Marketing
    Marketing Strategy
    PPC
    Public Relations
    SEO
    Social Media
    Web Design
    Sectors
    Automotive
    B2B
    Construction
    eCommerce
    Education
    Financial Services
    Healthcare
    Hospitality
    Non-Profit
    Travel
    Notable Clients
  • Mosaik Design
  • Bridgetown Trucking
  • University of Oregon SOJC
  • Travel For Teens
  • Kamanski Construction
  • Grady Britton

    11. Grady Britton

    Grady Britton

    Headquarters

    Portland, OR

    Founded

    1974

    Company Size

    38

    About Grady Britton

    Portland’s Original B-Corp Marketing Agency. Founded in 1974, Grady Britton is a woman-owned, values-based, full-service marketing agency. We partner with like-minded companies, driving their business purpose throughout their brand’s fullest potential. The world needs what good brands bring; we’re here to see the good companies win.

    Services
    Advertising
    Branding
    Creative
    Market Research
    Marketing Strategy
    Media Buying & Planning
    Packaging Design
    Public Relations
    Sectors
    Alcohol & Spirits
    B2B
    Construction
    Education
    Energy
    Entertainment
    Finance
    Food
    Healthcare
    Non-Profit
    Notable Clients
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium
  • Guide Dogs for the Blind
  • Providence Health Plan
  • Buoy Beer Co
  • Bob's Red Mill
  • Wieden+Kennedy

    12. Wieden+Kennedy

    Specialized Service Agency (Creative)

    Wieden+Kennedy

    Headquarters

    Portland, OR

    Founded

    1982

    Company Size

    1875

    About Wieden+Kennedy

    Wieden+Kennedy is an independent, global creative company that has built and transformed some of the world’s most well-known, exciting brands for over forty years. Offering world-class creative, media, social, design and strategy operations, W+K is driven by a core mission—using creativity to help brands breakthrough in culture and bring value to people.

    Services
    Branding
    Content Marketing
    Creative
    Digital Marketing
    Graphic Design
    Marketing Strategy
    Media Buying & Planning
    Public Relations
    Social Media
    Video Production
    Sectors
    AdTech & MarTech
    Automotive
    B2B
    CPG Marketing
    eCommerce
    Fashion
    Food
    Gaming
    Retail
    Sports
    Notable Clients
  • Nike
  • KFC
  • P&G
  • Autodesk
  • Secret