What are independent ad agencies, and how do they work for you? Find out what some of these well-known independent agencies have to say about their role in marketing and advertising for some of the biggest brands we know. When does it make sense as a part of your marketing strategy to outsource your campaigns to an advertising agency, and how can it benefit you as your business grows? There are pros and cons to independent ad agencies, but you have to get all the details before you decide whether to hire one. Keep scrolling to hear how these independent ad agencies have worked for so many businesses and how they just might be able to work for you.

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    When It Pays for an Agency to Break the Rules

    This post was created in partnership with Elite Media In an industry built on gleaming skyscrapers and high-stakes pitch meetings, sometimes you have to go left when everyone else goes [...]

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    Award-Winning Agencies Talk TikTok

    This post was created in partnership with TikTok for Business Media buying should be more than placing ads—it should help brands connect with audiences, navigate a changing media landscape, and [...]

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    How Indie Agencies Are Setting AI Guardrails to Keep Their Cultures Human

    At ADWEEK house, agency leaders spoke about balancing growth with humanity

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    Submissions Open for ADWEEK Agency of the Year: Breakthroughs

    The submission portal for ADWEEK Agency of the Year: Breakthroughs 2027 is now open.  New in 2027, ADWEEK Agency of the Year: Breakthroughs will honor the most creative and innovative [...]

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    Jon Hamm Ad Kicks Off BetMGM’s AOR Partnership With Indie Agency Cape

    After two years of successful projects, Cape is officially the betting platform’s agency of record

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    Horizon Media’s New COO Has a Mandate to Kill Billable Hours

    Bhavana Smith joins to lead the charge on shifting the agency to performance pay as AI reshapes the agency business.

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    Rethink Recruits Anomaly Veteran as First Chief Production Officer

    Rethink has hired Jon Legere as its first chief production officer to embed production earlier and more intentionally across the agency's creative, PR, and design practices.

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    EXCLUSIVE: Horizon Media Cuts 50 Roles in AI-Focused Agency ‘Realignment’

    In an email sent Monday evening to employees, the agency’s CEO Bill Koenigsberg said the company is reshuffling its talent to focus on AI development.

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    Women in Advertising Are Closing Every Gap They Can. The Pay Gap Persists Anyway

    A new study finds women in advertising earn up to 8% less than men even after controlling for every known variable, pointing to managerial gatekeeping, workplace social dynamics and a [...]

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    Manifest Hires BarkleyOKRP Veteran to Lead Client Division

    Manifest hired its first post-merger chief client officer to unify client leadership across the newly integrated content strategy and data-performance agency.

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    Dept Powers Up Its Global Content Studio With Adobe AI

    Dept Studios is the agency's response to growing content demands for brands

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    TBWA Alum Launch AI-Native Shop with Hitachi as Founding Client

    Two former TBWA leaders have left Omnicom to launch JK, an AI-native strategy and creative agency debuting with Hitachi as a global founding client and built to accelerate “brand velocity” [...]

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    Lerma Names Its First Chief Strategy Officer as It Builds Out Leadership Team

    Dallas-based agency Lerma has appointed Omar Quiñones as its first chief strategy officer, the final piece of a leadership hiring spree that signals an ambitious move away from the agency’s [...]

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