Portrait: North

Oregon shop's co-founders have found it quite easy being green

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Who Mark Ray, president, executive creative director; and Rebecca Armstrong, managing partner
What Brand advertising and content agency
Where North offices, Portland, Ore.



North was born in 2006, when Cole & Weber vet Rebecca Armstrong and Arnold alum Mark Ray bought into and rebranded ad agency Johnson Sheen. They didn’t set out to pursue crunchy clients, but since shoemaker Keen hired it in 2010, the shop has added assignments from brands with a green hue or those looking to play one up.

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