Birmingham's agency community includes firms whose histories run from the 1950s and 1960s to studios launched in the 2010s. Local agencies work for a mix of national brands and Alabama institutions: portfolios include banks and insurers such as Protective and Blue Cross and Blue Shield, UAB and other education clients, tourism boards, consumer brands and technology organizations such as Shipt, Southern Research and Innovation Depot. Several firms have specialties, from behavioral-science-driven advertising to workforce and employer branding. Agency sizes range from small studios to firms such as Lewis, which Bhamwiki reports has about 130 employees.
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Parker Levi is the publisher and curator of this guide. Based in Delray Beach, Florida, Parker Levi is a full-service digital agency providing brand management, brand services, creative services, design, marketing and paid media.
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Cayenne Creative is a full-service creative and media agency established in Birmingham in 2004. Its work is organized into four practices: strategy (brand, go-to-market and research), creative (brand development, campaigns, content and packaging design), media (traditional and digital buying, programmatic, paid search and CTV/OTT) and interactive (website and app design, UX, motion graphics, photo and video production, and social media).
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Copperwing is a visioning, branding and marketing firm founded in 1999 by CEO Angela Stiff, with offices in Birmingham and Montgomery. Its team of 12 handles branding, web design, video and social media for mission-driven organizations. Work shown on its site includes First Community Bank of Central Alabama, Neptune Technology Group, UTeach Alabama and Alabama ABLE, and the firm reports more than 200 industry awards over its history.
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Intermark Group describes itself as an ad agency with behavioral scientists, applying marketing psychology across strategy, creative, media, production, digital and public relations. Founded in 1977, the firm opened a Southside Birmingham office in 2024 with an in-house lab that uses EEG and eye-tracking tools to measure audience reactions. Clients shown on its site include Alabama Tourism, Krispy Kreme, New Balance, Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the University of Alabama.
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Lewis was founded in 1951 and now works from offices in Birmingham, Mobile and the Nashville area, with about 130 employees according to Bhamwiki. The agency pairs brand strategy and creative with paid media, audience research and content production for clients in banking, healthcare, education, food and beverage, retail and tourism. Its Rivals work for Martens BeLite was named a finalist in the 2026 OMMA Awards, per the agency's site.
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Markstein is a Birmingham creative communications agency whose work spans brand and creative, content and messaging, digital experiences and public affairs, with a particular focus on talent and workforce marketing. It runs BrandLab, a fast-track branding offering, and the TalentWise podcast on workforce topics. Case studies on its site include National Tank Truck Carriers and the Cahaba River Coalition, and Good Jobs Birmingham provides a client testimonial.
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o2ideas is a Birmingham agency with more than 50 years in business, offering creative, public relations, employment branding and digital work. It is minority-owned and NMSDC certified, according to its site. The client list it shows ranges from national names such as Honda, Verizon Wireless and Smithfield to Alabama organizations including Protective, UAB, Buffalo Rock, Vulcan Park and Museum and Cahaba Brewing Co.
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Telegraph Creative was founded in Birmingham in 2011 by Kevin McLendon and Chris Vines and works across branding, design, digital, video and web development. Its portfolio includes work for Shipt, Southern Research, Protective Stadium, Innovation Depot, YellaWood and Campesino Rum. The firm is tied into the local tech community: McLendon organized the Sloss Tech conference, and the agency took over hosting the Alabama Economic Growth Summit in 2017.
| # | Agency | Specialties | Size | Founded | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Parker Levi Publisher | Branding, Content Marketing, Creative | — | — | |
| 02 | Cayenne Creative | Branding, Creative, Paid Media | Boutique | 2004 | |
| 03 | Copperwing | Branding, Creative, Social Media | Boutique | 1999 | |
| 04 | Intermark Group | Branding, Creative, Paid Media | Mid-size | 1977 | |
| 05 | Lewis Communications | Branding, Content Marketing, Creative | Mid-size | 1951 | |
| 06 | Markstein | Branding, Content Marketing, Creative | Boutique | 2003 | |
| 07 | o2ideas | Branding, Creative, Public Relations | Boutique | 1967 | |
| 08 | Telegraph Creative | Branding, Creative, SEO | Boutique | 2011 |
No agencies match these filters.
Birmingham agency portfolios lean toward financial services, healthcare and education, tourism and consumer brands. Firms here list clients such as Protective, UAB, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Alabama Tourism and Shipt.
Yes. Markstein positions talent and workforce marketing as a core specialty, and o2ideas lists employment branding among its services.
Some do. Lewis operates offices in Birmingham, Mobile and the Nashville area, and Copperwing has offices in both Birmingham and Montgomery.
Review each agency's case studies for work in your industry, ask who on the team would handle your account day to day, and confirm which services are done in-house, such as media buying, video production or web development.