Big companies like to hire advisers to help them select an ad agency. Typically, these matchmakers send out invites to the agencies they think would fit the client the best- and then run some sort of creative show-down. It’s one way to pick an agency- but it almost guarantees that clients will only be looking at large agencies- since they are the only ones who can afford to spend un-billable time on speculative work. Gambling on an agency as a partner never seemed to make sense to me- but, since it does happen, we thought we’d provide a list of the search consultants we were aware of. If you’d like to have your firm added to this list- please drop us a line.
We’ve posted some thoughts on picking the right ad agency and have them under a topic “How to select an ad agency”
Of course- for a lot less than you pay the consultants- or what you are going to pay the big agencies that they put on parade, you could spend a very reasonable amount with us- and see if we come up with the next big thing for you. Most times- even in the big shops, it’s still just an art director and a copywriter, working together, that come up with the big idea. Why not try the people who are smart enough to get you to this page?
If you decide to go the adviser managing an agency rodeo with pitches, we’d highly recommend reading: The Levitan Pitch. Buy This Book. Win More Pitches by Peter Levitan which should help you be better informed about the process.
A Team
www.a-teamadvisors.com
multiple locations and contacts
see this link
AAR Partners
www.aarpartners.com
342 E53rd Street, 2A
New York, NY 10022
212.400.1470
ABA Consulting, Inc.
www.abaconsulting.com
5080 Spectrum Drive Suite 760 West
Addison, Texas 75001
972.774.9960
Ad Management Insights, LLC
www.adinsights.net
3018 John Marshall Drive
Arlington, VA 22207
703.241.2121
ADvice & ADvisors
www.adviceandadvisors.com
244 West 74th Street
New York, NY 10023
212.799.1973
AgencyFinder
www.agencyfinder.com (North America)
www.agencyfinder.eu (Europe)
4327 Cox Road
Vantage Place
Glen Allen, VA 23060
804.346.1812
Agency-Select
www.agency-select.com
tel +1.646.355.4030
tel +44 (0)20 7060 1014tel +972.575.5448
mobile +972-522-202-484
Skype JoanW1
Agency Spotter
www.agencyspotter.com
318 Cherokee Ave SE
Atlanta, GA 30312 USA
Alan Krinsky Associates
www.akrinsky.com
301 East 48th Street Suite 8F
New York, NY 10017
212.752.0539
Ark Advisors
www.ark-advisors.com
multiple locations and contacts
see this link
Avidan Strategies, LLC
www.avidanstrategies.com
110-20 71st Road
Forest Hills, NY, 11375
718.997.6463
(not quite a search consultant as much as a marriage counselor- see article in Ad Age)
Bajkowski + Partners
www.bajkowski-partners.com
6 Varick Stree
New York, NY 10013
212.226.3919
The Bedford Group
www.bedfordgroupconsulting.com
3343 Peachtree Road NE
Suite 333
Atlanta, GA 30326
Phone: 404.237.4565
Fax: 404.846.2172
Email: [email protected]
Blamer Partnership
www.blamerpartnership.com
NYC, LA, Dallas and Santa Fe
825 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-520-8520
interesting “White Paper” PDF- Another_Review_Consultant_Really
Bob Wolf Partners/TPG
www.bwp-tpg.com
202 San Vicente Blvd. Suite 16
Santa Monica, CA 90402
Tel #: 310.260.1340
Fax #: 310.260.1341
The Borenstein Group
www.borensteingroup.com
11320 Random Hills Road
Suite 540
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 703.385.8178
Fax: 703.385.6454
Email: [email protected]
Drexler Fajen & Partners
www.drexlerfajenpartners.com
127 West 96 Street 3J
New York, NY 10025
646.459.2325
Efficio
www.efficioconsulting.com
Two Villanova Center
795 East Lancaster Avenue, Suite 210B
Villanova, PA 19085 USA
610.721.3507
External View Consulting Group
www.ext-viewgroup.com
9925 Jefferson Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
310.841.4502
Flock Associates Ltd.
www.flock-associates.com
7 Henrietta Street
Covent Garden
London WC2E 8PS
United Kingdom
0.776.846.5952
1800 Camden Road
Suite 107-102
Charlotte NC 28203
347-371-3048
Group Newhouse, Inc.
www.groupnewhouse.com
P.O. Box 30245
Raleigh, NC 27622
919.845.3282
Hasan & Company
www.hasanandco.com
8601 Six Forks Road, Ste 400
Raleigh, NC 27615
Phone: 919.676.5301
Fax: 919.676.5305
Hitch
www.marketinghitch.com
2750 South Park Drive
Bellingham, WA 98225
360.220.3286
ID Comms Inc
www.idcomms.com
45 West 18th Street,
NY, NY 10011
646-802-0337
Jackie Walts Consulting
www.jackiewalts.com
6235 Aspinwall Road
Oakland, CA 94611
Phone: 510.339.9105
Fax: 801.383.6343
Joanne Davis Consulting
www.joannedavisconsulting.com
325 East 57th Street, #7D
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212.935.0320
Fax: 212.223.2932
Jones Lundin Beals
now know as R3:JLB
JUEL Consutling
www.juelconsulting.com
340 Madison Avenue
19th Floor (between 43rd and 44th)
New York, NY 10173
212.220.9346
Kullberg Consulting Group, LLC
http://kullbergconsultinggroup.com
171 Forge Road
North Kingstown, RI 02852.1001
Phone: 401.886.5001
Fax: 401.886.5234
MagiKbox LLC
www.magikbox.com
71 Arch Street
Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone: 203.422.6111
Fax: 203.422.6116
MatchWorks
www.matchworksonline.com
33 Gold Street #616
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 917.408.0360
Fax: 917.408.0359
McBride & Associates
www.mcb-associates.com
7019 Serr Court, 2nd Floor
Modesto CA 95356-9659
209.577.1464
MediGroup, Ltd.
www.medigroupltd.com
1308 Egypt Road
P.O. Box 839
Oaks, PA 19456-0839
Phone: 610.666.1955
Fax: 610.666.5911
Email: [email protected]
www.migroup.com
www.morgananderson.com
300 Moonhaw Road
West Shokan, NY 12494
518.719.3396
NM Marketing Communications
www.nmmarketingbiz.com
706 Waukegan Road
Glenview, Illinois 60025
Phone: 847.657.6011
Fax: 847-657-8425
E-mail:[email protected]
The Oystercatchers
www.theoystercatchers.com
79 Wells Street
London, W1T 3QN
United Kingdom
+442079704785
Pile and Company
www.pileandcompany.com
The Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
14th Floor
Boston, MA 02199-8130
Phone: 617.267.5000
Fax: 617.421.1899
R3:JLB formerly Jones Lundin Beals
www.rthree.com
500 North Michigan Ave., Ste.300
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 847-917-1800
-or-
15 West 53rd Street
Suite 9J
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 917-863-4255
Reid Neubert and Friends
www.neubertweb.com
Corte Madera, CA 94925 P.O. Box 422
Phone415.924.8037
Email: [email protected]
Reynolds & Fyshe
www.reynoldsandfyshe.com
2869 Bloor St. West, Suite 143
Toronto, Ontario M8X 1B3
416.992.6269
RFP Assistants & YP Assistants
www.ypassistants.com
173 Chestnut Ridge Rd
Bethel CT 06801
203.748.8198
Robb High Associates
www.robbhighconsult.com
132 East 43rd Street #455
New York, NY 10017
917.856.1058
The Rojek Consulting Group, Inc.
www.rcgconsulting.com
Crown Centre - Suite 600
5005 Rockside Road
Cleveland, OH 44131
Toll Free: 1.877.476.4669
Phone: 1.216.573.3780
Fax: 1.216.573.3783
Roth Observatory, FKA Roth Associates
www.askroth.com
120 East 79th St. _#5c
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212.861.9420
Fax: 212.861.9425
LA OFFICE
1510 Carver Street
Los Angeles, CA 90278
Phone: 310.896.8275
RSW/US
www.rswus.com/services/#agencysearch
6725 Miami Avenue, 2nd Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45243
Phone:513.559.3111
Search Consultants International, Inc.
www.searchconsultants.com
4545 Post Oak Place #208
Houston, Texas 77027
Phone: 713.622.9188
Fax: 713.622.9186
Email: [email protected]
Select Resources International
www.selectresources.com
1520-C Cloverfield Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: 310.453.9200
Setup
www.setup.us
1708 Peachtree Street NW, #410
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: 404.220.8020
SMARTI Solutions
www.getsmarti.com
276 5th Ave #704
New York, NY 10001
212.751.5456
Topsail Group (previously Norcia Group)
www.topsailgroup.com
P.O. Box 488
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Phone: 914.921.3351
Fax: 914.967.0458
Cell: 914.552.3277
Trinity P3
www.trinityp3.com
Sydney
Suite 702, 53 Walker Street
North Sydney NSW 2060
612 9964 9900
Melbourne
Suite 201, 63 Stead Street
South Melbourne VIC 3205
t: + 613 9682 6800
Singapore
Level 27, Prudential Tower, 30 Cecil Street
Singapore 049712
t: + 65 6631 2861
Hong Kong
Level 21, The Center, 99 Queens Road, Central,
Hong Kong
t: + 852 3478 3982
Zyman Group
www.zyman.com
950 East Paces Ferry Road
Suite 3300
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Phone: 404.682.5400
updated Sep 2021