DesignRush industry experts identified the top-performing creative agencies in California that help brands attract their audiences and generate loyalty. You can use our practical tool to filter them by rates, reviews and size. Additionally, you can visit their profiles for more info on their awards, services, portfolios and more.

Best California Creative Marketing Agency Rankings

175 Companies - Rankings updated: September 02, 2026

DesignRush assesses agencies using expertise standards and verified client experiences to help you make better decisions. Certain agencies have paid placements.

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  • AI Powered Solutions for an AI Driven World

    Step into the digital future with Moobila where innovation, creativity, and strategy converge to elevate your brand to new heights. Lets embark on a digital journey together, ensuring your online presence is not just impactful but unforgettable...

    Top Services:

    • Reputation Management
    • WordPress Website Design
    • eCommerce Development
    • SEO
    • PPC
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    Location
    Fallbrook, California
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
    Average Hourly Rate
    $10/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
    Portfolios Count
    1 Project Listed
  • Turning Outside Inputs into Outsized Results

    Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners (BSSP) is an independent creative agency headquartered in Sausalito, California, with additional offices in New York City. Founded in 1993, the agency is renowned for blending bold creative with strategic insight, offering full-service advertising, digital marketing, brand...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Advertising
    • Digital Marketing
    • Video Production
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    Location
    Sausalito, California
    Number of Employees
    100 - 249
  • Growth, Refined.

    Refined Media Group is a full-service brand-marketing and creative partner based in Pasadena, California. The agency offers integrated services including brand strategy, content production, influencer partnerships, paid media and experiential campaigns for national and global clients...

    Top Services:

    • Advertising
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • Branding
    • Digital Services
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    Location
    Pasadena, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Print. Design. Digital. Mail.

    We know your business has individual needs and goals. Overstreet provides a custom marketing approach to your business by using a combination of marketing tactics to generate brand awareness and recognition...

    Top Services:

    • Social Media Marketing
    • Email Marketing
    • Advertising
    • Digital Marketing
    • Branding
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    Location
    Hayward, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    Under $1,000
  • We Create Brands That Inspire, Engage and Convert.

    We’re a boutique marketing agency that specializes in helping companies connect with their customers...

    Top Services:

    • Logo Design
    • Graphic Design
    • Video Production
    • Package Design
    • Branding
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    Location
    El Segundo, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $165/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $25,000 - $50,000
  • Our Company’s Success Is Only Measured By Your Company’s Success.

    We specialize in creative & marketing solutions for home services companies that are tired of the leads provided as a Homeadvisor Pro or Thumbtack Pro. These lead generation companies can be costly and ineffective and in most cases are the only ones making money from your services. Creactive fills the void...

    Top Services:

    • Social Media Marketing
    • SEO
    • Digital Marketing
    • WordPress Website Design
    • PPC
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    Location
    Huntington Beach, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Tailored Marketing. Flawless Execution.

    The GCMG Agency was not created overnight. We are a byproduct of a 30-year evolution sparked by the broken agency model supporting a wide variety of industries. We saw our clients' frustrations and shortcomings from working with over-saturated agencies whose focus wasn't on their clients' needs. ...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • Email Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • SEO
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    Location
    Agoura Hills, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Let Us Build Your Social Brand While You Spend Your Time Running Your Business.

    CHIDO Marketing is a company based out of Orange County, CA. We are committed to bringing you the highest quality for all your digital marketing needs. (Hablamos Español )...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Web Design
    • eCommerce Development
    • Digital Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
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    Location
    Orange County, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • WHERE SCIENCE BECOMES STORY AND BRANDS SCALE

    Jadi is a strategic brand agency built for science-forward consumer brands health, wellness, beauty, nutrition, and technology. We translate product truth, ingredient science, and real innovation into stories that build belief and systems that scale it. Strategy. Story. Systems. Scale...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Digital Strategy
    • Content Marketing
    • Video Production
    • Advertising
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    Location
    Laguna Beach, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Experiences That Stand Out.

    We connect brands with people and make digital happen. We rock out campaigns and brand build on the daily. We design and develop together. This true integration sparks one-of-a-kind, immersive brand experiences that push past the sea of sameness and dare people to connect...

    Top Services:

    • Email Marketing
    • Advertising
    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
    • SEO
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    Location
    San Francisco, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $250/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Uniquely Tailored Creative LA/OC.

    Omnidrome is a full service Creative Marketing Agency based in Orange County CA. We specialize in everything from digital marketing, SEO, Photography, Video Production, Branding and Web Design...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Video Production
    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
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    Location
    Anaheim, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $200/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Inspired Stories. Intelligently Told.

    First Person is a creative partner that embraces your business challenge to create a direct connection with your audience that strikes at the essential, emotional and expandable core of a brand story...

    Top Services:

    • Design Services
    • Graphic Design
    • Branding
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
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    Location
    San Francisco, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $200/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $25,000 - $50,000
  • Full-Service Interdisciplinary Studio

    Scribe is a full-service interdisciplinary studio based in Sacramento, CA...

    Top Services:

    • Logo Design
    • Video Production
    • Branding
    • Digital Marketing
    • SEO
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    Location
    Sacramento, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
  • We Create Challenger Brands That Win.

    Founded in 2011, Manufactur is an independent creative agency based in L.A...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Web Design
    • eCommerce Development
    • Package Design
    • Logo Design
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
  • More is Possible.

    For category leaders—and those who aspire to lead—MiresBall provides trusted creative expertise drawn from 35+ years of work with global brands. With a balance of passion and pragmatism, we give organizations the confidence to aim higher and achieve more...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Video Production
    • Package Design
    • Advertising
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    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $175/hr
  • Where Technology and Internet Marketing Meets How Your Customer Thinks

    Our team of trained neuromarketing experts, brand creators, copywriters, web, and software developers to create a biologically optimized user experience (NX) within your brand...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Content Marketing
    Location
    Auburn, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $108/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • We Believe It's the Little Things That Make Big Ideas Great.

    We are a creative force, producing high-quality content, video and social assets, branding identity design and strategic marketing tailored to the needs of our clients. Throughout all our services we focus on transforming brands into dynamic and innovative communicators by telling unique and compelling...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Digital Services
    • Design Services
    • Digital Marketing
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Inspire and Connect.™

    We’re a global consulting and creative partner...

    Top Services:

    • Product Design
    • Digital Services
    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Craft experiences that touch hearts and move markets

    Frog (part of CapgeminiInvent) is a global creative and design consultancy founded in 1969 and headquartered in San Francisco. With over 2,000 employees and studios in North America, Europe, and Asia, Frog fuses strategy, design, data and technology to reimagine products, services and businesses. The firm...

    Top Services:

    • UI/UX Design
    • Mobile App Development
    • Branding
    • Content Marketing
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    Location
    San Francisco, California
    Number of Employees
    1000 & Up
  • Better Outsourcing

    Hamedia is comprised of highly trained individuals who are experts in their respective fields. We take great pride in our ability to provide our clients with the best talent available. Whether you need sales professionals, marketing experts, or customer service representatives, we have team members who can...

    Top Services:

    • Graphic Design
    • Video Production
    • Branding
    • Web Design
    • Web Development
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    Location
    Irvine, California
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
    Average Hourly Rate
    $7/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • To be disruptive. To be diverse. To be dynamic. To be daring.

    TBD is a diverse group of creative problem solvers who believe in the power of creative ideas to bring about positive change. TBD was built to serve brave, mission driven brands that want to disrupt markets or themselves in order to create this change...

    Top Services:

    • Creative Services
    • Advertising
    • Social Media Marketing
    Location
    San Francisco, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
  • Culturally Intelligent Creative Advertising.

    BARÚ is a cross-cultural marketing agency that seamlessly blends creativity with strategic insights to deliver campaigns that resonate on a cultural and emotional level...

    Top Services:

    • Advertising
    • PPC
    • Email Marketing
    • Translation Services
    • Creative Services
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    Location
    Culver City, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $99/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • An independent creative agency.

    Grizzly is an independent creative agency, founded in 2013, that specializes in guiding brands onward to challenge conventions and make a lasting impact on culture...

    Top Services:

    • Creative Services
    • Advertising
    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $300/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $50,000 & Up
  • Logo Design Lane Believe in Creating Brand Identity Through Our Brand Logos.

    A logo is the most important part of any brand. It provides the brand with a unique identity & separates him from the competitors. Visual or symbols are the most powerful tool in communication & Logo Design...

    Top Services:

    • Graphic Design
    • SEO
    • Package Design
    • Logo Design
    • Web Development
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    Location
    San Francisco, California
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
    Average Hourly Rate
    $50/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Doing the right design is more important than doing the design.

    Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China, Marvelland Brand Design Center focuses on the field of skin care, health care products and food packaging design, providing brand visual design services and packaging design services for various brands. Since its inception, the company has served hundreds...

    Top Services:

    • Package Design
    • Design Services
    • Branding
    • Logo Design
    • Graphic Design
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    Location
    San Francisco, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
    Portfolios Count
    2 Projects Listed

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