The best shops.
(that we know of)

 
 

Want a career in advertising? It’s something you can do almost anywhere, but here’s a list of all the places across the country that do it the best. This isn’t a complete list of every single mom and pop shop, obviously, but if you’re looking for a job then any agency here would be the best place to start.

In order to get through their doors, however, you’re gonna need to show them you have what it takes to be a real advertising creative. And to do that, you’re gonna need a killer portfolio — which is exactly what we’re here to help you with.

 
 

Denver, Colo.

90Octane

Agency Zero

Barnhart Communications

Cactus

Cohn

Cultivator

Karsh Hagan

The Integer Group

Grit

Gyro

LRXD

Madwell

Motive

Scream

Strada

Sukle

Vladimir Jones

 

Boulder, Colo.

Barkley

Crispin Porter Bogusky

Fact & Fiction

Fortnight Collective

Emerson Stone

Human Design

Made

Moxie Sozo

Room 214

Sterling-Rice Group

TDA_Boulder

Vermilion

WIP_

Year One

 

Chicago, Ill.

ARC

Energy BBDO

Cossette

Cramer-Krasselt

DDB

Delicious Design League

Digital Kitchen

DigitasLBi

Escape Pod

FCB

Firebelly Design

Golin

Gyro

Havas

Huge

HY Connect

The Integer Group

Landor

Laughlin Constable

Leo Burnett

McGarryBowen

Mekanism

Momentum

Mosaic

Ogilvy & Mather

O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul

Publicis Sapient

R/GA

Schafer Condon Carter

Someoddpilot

Soulsight

Thirst

TracyLocke

VMLY&R

VSA Partners

We Are Unlimited

 

New York City, N.Y.

AKQA NYC

Arnold

BBDO

Campbell Ewald

DDB

Deutsch

Droga5

Fallon

FCB

Grey

McKinney

Havas

JWT

Laundry Service

mcgarrybowen

McCann

McKinney

Mekanism

Mother

Mullen Lowe

Ogilvy & Mather

Possible

Sapient Razorfish

TBWA\Chiat\Day

Team One

Wieden Kennedy

Wunderman

Young & Rubicam

72andSunny

 

Los Angeles, Calif.

72andSunny

Campbell Ewald

Critical Mass

David & Goliath

MullenLowe

Ogilvy & Mather West

180LA

Deutsch

Doner

DDB

Huge

Laundry Service

M&C Saatchi

McCann

Mistress

Possible

R/GA

RPA

TBWA\Chiat\Day

Zambezi

WONGDOODY

Wunderman West

McKinney

 

San Francisco, Calif.

Argonaut

barrettSF

BBDO

Butler Shine Stern & Partners

DDB

Eleven

Havas

Heat

Goodby Silverstein & Partners

Mekanism

M/H VCCP

Venables Bell & Partners

Young & Rubicam

Wunderman

 

Austin and Dallas, Tex.

Firehouse (Dallas)

GSD&M (Austin)

McGarrah Jessee (Austin)

Preacher (Austin)

CALLEN (Austin)

Proof (Austin)

Publicis Sapient (Austin)

The Richards Group (Dallas)

R/GA (Austin)

Slingshot (Dallas)

TracyLocke (Dallas)

Wunderman (Austin)

Young & Rubicam (Austin)

 

Seattle, Wash.

Copacino + Fujikado

DNA Seattle

Mekanism

POP

Possible

Publicis Sapient

Wexley School for Girls

Wunderman

WONGDOODY

 

Portland, Oreg.

Happy Lucky

Instrument

Laundry Service

North

Roundhouse

R/GA

Wieden & Kennedy

 

Boston, Mass.

Arnold

Havas

Hill Holliday

MullenLowe

SapientRazorfish

 

Atlanta, Ga.

22squared

BBDO

DigitasLBi

Fitzco

JWT

Moxie

MRY

Possible

 

Detroit, Mich.

Campbell-Ewald

DigitasLBi

Doner

DP+

GTB

Leo Burnett

 

Kansas City, Mo.

Barkley

Bernstein-Rein

VMLY&R