Messaging in Motion
Today’s marketing and communications are more fluid than ever. Whether diving into digital, crafting online content or creating powerful new branding, the O’Brien et al. team is ready to help you. More than an agency, we’re advertising experts building profitable brands in Hampton Roads and across the U.S.
Print &
BrandingGone are the days of an art director and copywriter creating a simple print ad. Print today includes working with messaging that has a larger marketing reach. Our art directors and copywriters collaborate with our interactive, social media and digital marketing teams to ensure that there’s continuity and solid strategy behind every message.
- Brochure Design
- Direct Mail
- Logo Design
- Newspaper & Magazine Advertising
- Branding
- Outdoor
- Graphic Design
- Copywriting
Websites &
InteractiveOur Interactive design team’s mission is to build your online marketing presence by giving you access to the latest web development tools and emerging platforms available. From trending navigation designs, embedded video content, search engine optimization, and measuring keyword performance, our Interactive team works closely with our content and social media teams to ensure that your site is running smoothly and drawing the right audience at the right times.
- Banner Ad Design
- Email Design
- Organic & Local Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Responsive & Mobile Design
- Website Design
- Website Development
- WordPress
Video &
ProductionYou have three to five seconds to capture your audience, so you’d better give them something great to see. O’Brien et al.’s in-house video team recognizes the shift in the way video is consumed, so we use HD video, the latest film equipment including drone videography, steadi-rig, and a 12-foot jib to ensure the highest quality product. Our creative editing team crafts compelling stories and powerful motion graphics, seen across broadcast, digital and social media platforms. We’re always on-time and on-budget, with the primary goal being to exceed your expectations.
- Commercial Production
- Corporate Videos
- Drone Videography
- Motion Graphics
- Training Videos
- Video Editing
- Video Production
Photography
For over ten years, our in-house photo capabilities have given us a distinct opportunity to add value and efficiency to our clients’ marketing mix. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile to light your subject perfectly in order to speak to your audience. From high-end, international retail catalog work and product photography, to headshots and social media photography, O’Brien et al. can put your brand in its best light.
- Catalog Photography
- Drone Photography
- Event Photography
- Executive Headshots
- Product Photography
- Retail Photography
Digital
Marketing & Social MediaYou can count on emerging platforms to continue to evolve. That’s why O’Brien et al.’s digital and social teams work in tandem – to ensure that wherever your audience is, mobile, desktop, or tablet device, we are there too. From creating and implementing organic social media content, imagery and activity, to analysis of metrics used to create cost-effective, paid digital campaigns, our team has the tools to expand your reach. Our expertise and innovative spirit engage users and command measurable action. Through A/B testing, retargeting, geo-targeting and data analytics, we use strategies that produce results in both local and national campaigns.
- Search Engine Marketing
- Display Campaigns
- Video Advertising
- Pre-Roll Video
- Connected TV
- Programmatic Campaigns
- Geo-Fencing Campaigns
- Remarketing Campaigns
- Shopping Campaigns
- Paid Social
- Dynamic Product Ads
- Mobile Advertising
Media Planning
& BuyingO’Brien et al.’s media buying and placement team operates on the fiduciary premise that we invest your ad dollars as if they were our own. With over three decades of combined experience negotiating with over 80 different markets in the U.S. and abroad, our media team establishes the strategy for ensuring the success of your messaging. We make sure that your messaging is targeted to the appropriate audience using a variety of platforms, where we can reach them at any time, on any device. Together we orchestrate all the activities, from traditional broadcast to paid digital and social media, to maximize engagement with your brand.
- Media Research
- Media Negotiation/Buying
- Media Planning
- Media Placement
- Media Post-Buy Analysis
- Media Strategy
Public
RelationsToday’s reporters are everywhere and the buzz of PR needs to be where the chatter is. O’Brien et al.’s PR team delivers 30+ years of experience. Today’s brands must communicate strategically, delivering the “Why?” and “How?” along with the “Who?” “What?” “Where?” and “When?” We collaborate with clients to develop customized, integrated communications plans – to deliver your message to the right audience, through the right channels, at the right time.
- Branding
- Coverage Analysis
- Crisis Communications
- Earned Media
- Issues Management
- Media Monitoring
- Media Relations
- Media Training
- Message Points
- PESO
- Press Releases
Promotional
ItemsO’Brien et al. works with budgets of all sizes, and within tight deadlines to meet your upcoming events. Whether these items are for brand recognition, sales generation or gifts for clients and prospects, they’ll have a visual and tangible impact on your company’s marketing efforts. There’s nothing better than allowing more people to see your brand in traditional and unconventional places. Give us a call and let us put the swag in your bag!
- Apparel
- Bags/Totes
- Drinkware
- Headwear
- Office/Desk Accessories
- Survival Tools
- Toys/Puzzles
- USB/Flash Drives/Power Banks