#MakeItBetter Goes Local

Culture, LeadershipAshley VillarrealMay 18, 2020Alameda, chalk, art, artists, community, video, fun, Covid19, coronavirus, crisis, team, neighborhood, good news, brave, strength, happiness, California, San Francisco, Bay Area, activities, outdoors, better, top, best, stay at home, social distancing, quarantine, nature, kids, family, leadership, culture, brands, happy, news, positivity, together, advertisementComment

Question the Givens

Eisman has become somewhat of a legend for betting against the US housing market before the mortgage crisis happened back in 2008. Our agency filmed a short video about him back in 2015 to hear more about how he came about his predictions—and why nobody was paying attention.

Advertising, News, FinancialAshley VillarrealAugust 29, 2019economy, crash, financial, New York, city, recession, politics, money, banks, bonds, funds, problems, country, society, Eisman, Steve Eisman, The Big Short, housing, crisis, housing market, mortgages, financial crash, analyst, research, facts, agency, video, prediction, news, income, culture, advertisingComment

The Nature of Risk

Culture, DiversityAshley VillarrealJanuary 16, 2019earthquake, natural, disaster, Milliman, risk, responsibility, structure, fire, flood, San Francisco, time, now, year, rain, weather, damage, home, worry, agency, video, production, Seattle, headquarters, people, hill, NYC, city, Bay Area, news, building, diversityComment

Marketing the Unexpected

We were ecstatic when the Association of National Advertisers decided to feature our recent campaign for Montage Health, in Monterey, CA, as part of their article.

Culture, Advertising, NewsAshley VillarrealOctober 8, 2018ANA, marketer, idea, creativity, healthcare, best, top, association, honesty, marketing, advertising, video, production, film, reporter, news, writer, draft, pizza, DominosComment

Send in the Drones

We spent the afternoon at the College of San Mateo, grabbing some aerial shots of the campus for an upcoming campaign. We got some nice snaps of the grounds and also learned a few things about the college while we were there.

News, CultureAshley VillarrealSeptember 27, 2018drone, photography, professional, work, city, San Mateo, college, campus, university, school, thought, agency, video, film, production, outdoors, field, center, fly, pilot, camera, shot, aerial, good, best, top, Bay Comment

MTV Cribs: Montage Health

We knew Cribs viewers would be impressed we were there working on a campaign to promote healthier habits throughout Monterey County. They’d also be psyched to find our fridge teeming with zero calorie beverages, probiotic yogurt, and a very much still-functioning Brita filtration system.

CultureAshley VillarrealMarch 20, 2018actor, agency, Airbnb, apartment, beach, behind, best, California, camera, celebrity, client, comedy, county, cribs, documentary, donut, episode, film, funny, good, health, home, hospital, host, la croix, marketing, montage, monterey, MTV, popular, promote, rental, scenes, series, service, shooting, vacation, video, Vrbo, work

A weekend in Tahoe. It's a hard job, but somebody's got to do it.

As Agency of Record for North Lake Tahoe Visitor’s Bureau, our mission is to raise awareness of North Lake as the state’s top destination. The theme of our campaign: Escape to North Lake Tahoe.

Culture, AdvertisingTom GearyMarch 12, 2018ad, advertising, agency, awareness, best, bureau, business, campaign, communication, coverage, creative, destination, event, follower, friendly, growth, guide, hotel, Hyatt, insider, local, marketing, North Lake, photo, professional, promotion, record, Ritz, San Francisco, scale, scenic, ski, small, social, sponsor, Squaw, Tahoe, tech, ticket, top, tourism, travel, vertical, video, virtual, visitor, weekend

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