Curated from reviewing over 400 service providers, our selection of event marketing agencies highlights proven track records, standout campaigns, industry accolades, and client satisfaction ratings. Look into their specializations and featured portfolios so you can assess and connect with the firm to best carry out your next significant event experience.

The Number 1 Event Marketing Agency as Selected by DesignRush Is...

1. Jack Morton

• Best for: Overall
• Average hourly rate: Inquire
• Minimum budget: Inquire
• Founded: 1939
• Size: 1,000 & up
• Location: Boston, MA
• Notable clients: Magnum, Cadillac, Meta, TikTok, Adidas

With over 80 years of experience, Jack Morton reimagines the brand experience by telling captivating stories through its immersive events. Event marketing firm’s services include launch, press, and influencer events, user conferences, C-Level events, investor meetings, corporate events, consumer tours, sales conferences, upfronts/newfronts, keynotes, and experiential media. Jack Morton averages 10,000 events annually, has over 100 sister agencies across the IPG network, and won 107 creative awards in 2022.

Magnum, one of Singapore’s favorite ice cream brands, wanted to create an atypical product launch, so it contracted Jack Morton’s services. The event promotion company researched Singaporean’s top past-time activity and discovered that the majority were into competitive gaming. Then, it built live arcade games for the launch that were also playable on mobile devices. The event spanned 360 integrated campaign touchpoints, including PR, influencers, above-the-line (ATL) campaigns, and social media.

Within 30 days, Magnum engaged 7,000 consumers who spent an average of 1 hour and 34 minutes playing brand games online and in person. It also exceeded its benchmarks by 9x.

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2. George P Johnson Experience Marketing

• Best for: Automotive industry events
• Average hourly rate: Inquire
• Minimum budget: Inquire
• Founded: 1914
• Size: Under 49
• Location: San Carlos, CA
• Notable clients: Porsche, Acura, Honda, Mazda, Volkswagen

George P Johnson Experience Marketing (GPJ) uses its patented Strategic Experience Mapping® to gain deeper insight into an audience’s behaviors and develop effective marketing strategies. During its impressive 110 years of experience it has won numerous awards, including Adweek Experiential Awards, The Drum Awards, and micebook Awards. Its services include creative direction and content production, fabrication and engineering, event production, sponsorship and sales management, third-party vendor and partner management, and analytics and measurement.

Acura, Honda’s luxury and performance car division, annually holds the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. This time, it wanted to launch its new Type S lineup and promote its position in the electric vehicle market. It also wanted to strengthen owner retention and improve lead generation. To do so, it partnered with GPJ.

Before the event, GPJ helped Acura join 26 promotion events, increasing data capture by 176% compared to previous events. The client also gained 3,841 new email subscribers, who opted in to win race tickets.

During the event, GPJ coordinated with Acura to provide exclusive tents and cocktails for media reporters, race teams, and invited guests. It also displayed 30 Honda and Acura vehicles, created a Type S Garage in the style of the animated series Chiaki’s Journey, partnered with SiriusXM to provide the DJ and music, and hosted concerts.

As a result, Acura recorded:

• 192,000 event attendees
• 43% increase in dealer leads YoY
• 33% increase in customer’s net sentiment of the Acura brand
• 234% increase in social media impressions YoY
• Over $7 million earned in media value

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3. Hamilton

• Best for: Exhibits
• Average hourly rate: Inquire
• Minimum budget: Inquire
• Founded: 1947
• Size: 100 - 249
• Location: Indianapolis, IN
• Notable clients: Cornerstone Building Brands, MailChimp, Cummins, Baxter, Zimmer Biomet

Hamilton designs, produces, and executes exhibits, events, environments, and digital solutions. It has a proprietary creative experiential studio, StudioH, that prioritizes experiences and develops campaigns to evoke emotional connections with audiences and drive exceptional outcomes. Its capabilities include research and competitive analysis, audience segmentation, marketing communication strategy, engagement strategy, event theme development, exhibit and event design, and integrated campaign development and creation.

Cornerstone Building Brands wanted its exhibit at the International Builders’ Show 2023 to reflect its position as North America’s largest manufacturer of exterior building products and engage attendees with its wide range of products. Hamilton accepted the challenge, using animated motion graphics, digital messaging, digital and physical product displays, and tailored lighting. It invited HGTV celebrities and brand ambassadors Dave and Jenny Mars and planned live performances by Kylie Morgan and Caylee Hammack.

As a result, Cornerstone’s attendance increased by 50% year-over-year (YoY) and gained over 200 high-quality leads. Additionally, its exhibit received the Gold Hermes Creative Award.

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4. Elevation Marketing

• Best for: B2B events
• Average hourly rate: Inquire
• Minimum budget: Inquire
• Founded: 1999
• Size: 50 - 99
• Location: Phoeniz, AZ
• Notable clients: Nestle, Amazon, LG, Kraft, Riverbed

Elevation Marketing is a digital-first, data-centric business-to-business (B2B) agency that offers comprehensive events and digital marketing services. This includes pre-event and post-event campaigns, material storage and shipping, onsite event management, merchandise production, collateral development, and booth design and fabrication. It also provides hosted events, trade show evaluation and reporting, and presentation content development.

Cloud accelerator Riverbed launched its new product SteelFusion, but it was not gaining new leads despite a successful product launch and comprehensive promotional campaign. Facing increasing pressure from the leadership team, Riverbed partnered with Elevation Marketing.

After analyzing the client’s historical data, it developed traditional and digital marketing solutions to address campaign gaps. It increased the number of branded touchpoints per lead and developed personalized content that addressed buyers’ pain points. It also integrated existing customer relationship management (CRM) into HubSpot, giving the client more control over its data.

As a result, Riverbed experienced an ROI of 45:1 and increased:

• Quarter revenue goal by 105%
• Net-new revenue growth YoY by 18%, totaling $6.7 million
• Unnamed account YoY by 20%

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5. VOLO Events Agency

• Best for: Live shows
• Average hourly rate: Inquire
• Minimum budget: Inquire
• Founded: 2010
• Size: Under 49
• Location: Atlanta, GA
• Notable clients: Target, Nissan, Delta, Tesla, Gala Games

VOLO Events Agency is an event marketing agency that provides services in corporate event management and production, experiential marketing, celebrity-branded entertainment, creative media production, exhibits and environments, and tent structures and fabric buildings. Its team is led by Primetime Emmy-winning producer Charles Marto, allowing it to produce award-winning events.

Target, the title sponsor for Atlanta’s Historic Fourth Ward Skatepark, wanted to execute a brand activation and sports marketing strategy in front of the newly built Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It partnered with VOLO Events Agency, which designed geodesic dome tent structures to correspond to the sports theme of the live event. It also managed power, HVAC, labor, branding, engineering, and technology for the five-day activation.

As a result, Target engaged with soccer and music fans, drove positive brand impressions, and developed customer relationships.

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6. August Jackson

• Best for: Higher education events
• Average hourly rate: Inquire
• Minimum budget: $50,000 & up
• Founded: 2003
• Size: Under 49
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Notable clients: Yale, UC Irvine, Duke University, University of Wisconsin, Hilton Hotels & Resorts

August Jackson (AJ) crafts purpose-driven narratives to engage its client’s key communities. Its services include event branding, logistics, content development, onsite management, and post-event feedback and assessment. It also provides virtual event services, like video production, website and app development, and AR/VR experiences.

Yale planned to launch its five-year fundraising campaign, “For Humanity,” despite the sudden COVID-19 pandemic. To help meet its ambitious financial goal and expand its reach, it approached August Jackson.

The event marketing agency developed a custom website with dynamic content and stories about Yale’s programs and research. It also hosted live-stream broadcasts of the campaign launch, encouraging audience participation. The website remained active and accessible post-launch to engage potential new leads and encourage additional donations.

Within nine months of the launch, Yale raised over $4 billion. It also recorded 33,000 website visits and 5,000 worldwide attendees for its live-stream launch.

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7. Brave Exhibits

• Best for: Trade shows
• Average hourly rate: Inquire
• Minimum budget: Inquire
• Founded: 2019
• Size: Under 49
• Location: Denver, CO
• Notable clients: Komptech Americas, Sutherland Furniture, Anheart Therapeutics, CloudU, Genius NY

Brave Exhibits redefines trade shows by providing comprehensive event marketing solutions that create meaningful connections. Its services include designing and producing exhibits, environments, and digital events. It also offers asset management, flooring and furniture rental, installation and dismantling services, and freight and logistics management.

Sutherland Furniture joined the Chicago Merchandise Mart, but it wanted its exhibit space to be visually consistent with its showroom. Moreover, it wanted to maximize audience engagement and brand awareness despite its limited spacing. So, it worked with Brave Exhibits. The event marketing firm ensured consistency in the brand elements, color schemes, and materials to build a cohesive brand identity. It also created modular and flexible displays that showcased the client’s many products and told a compelling story.

As a result, Sutherland Furniture maintained a recognizable brand identity for its exhibits and optimized space to accommodate its furniture collection without crowding the area. It also improved customer experience, customer feedback, and sales.

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8. BCD Meetings & Events

• Best for: Meetings and conferences
• Average hourly rate: Inquire
• Minimum budget: Inquire
• Founded: 2006
• Size: 1,000 & up
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Notable clients: Lenovo, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, The Royal Society, Life Sciences

BCD Meetings & Events tailors its services to provide flexible and scalable events that fuel clients' businesses and engage target audiences. Its offerings include meeting strategy and technology, venue sourcing, attendee management, production and content, brand experience and engagement, virtual and hybrid meetings, and event design and communications.

The Royal Society holds a Commonwealth Science Conference every three to four years to encourage collaboration within the Commonwealth scientific community. However, it wanted to understand its attendees' motivations and engage them on a deeper level. So, it approached BCD Meetings & Events.

BCD Meetings & Events analyzed the Royal Society’s historical data to understand the motivations, objectives, and preferences of its target audiences and segment them. It created pre-event communication strategies, targeted campaigns and content tailored to each segment. Additionally, the event marketing agency used radio frequency identification (RFID) onsite to track the attendees’ behavior and gain more insights.

As a result, the Royal Society had 7,500 attendees and increased attendee satisfaction by 26%. After three years, the audience segments said that attending the event is their top priority.

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9. Impact XM

• Best for: Healthcare industry events
• Average hourly rate: Inquire
• Minimum budget: Inquire
• Founded: 1973
• Size: 250 - 499
• Location: South Brunswick Township, NJ
• Notable clients: Bell, AT&T Business, Ricoh, Liebherr, Longeviti Neuro Solutions

Impact XM is an event marketing company with a global footprint that aims to create compelling brand experiences for its client’s key audiences. It offers services in events, meetings, conferences, exhibits and trade shows, virtual and hybrid experiences, digital engagements, brand activations, and permanent environments. To date, it has completed over 1,500 life science projects annually and hosted events in 35 countries.

Medical device startup Longeviti Neuro Solutions was exhibiting for the first time at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. It wanted to stand out from its well-known competitors and promote its new product ClearFit. Knowing Impact XM’s expertise in healthcare events, it contracted the agency’s services.

The event promotion company caught everyone’s attention by designing the only booth with two floors. The first floor had a hands-on demo of the ClearFit product where attendees could perform an ultrasound on phantom skulls. Meanwhile, the second floor was for more in-depth demos and conversations with potential customers.

By the end of the event, Longeviti won the following awards:

• Bronze Stevie Awards for Marketing Campaign of the Year – Healthcare
• Platinum Award for Best Stand at Healthcare Event from World Exhibition Stand Awards
• Silver in Event Marketer’s Experience Design and Technology Award

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10. Eleven Events

• Best for: Festivals
• Average hourly rate: Inquire
• Minimum budget: Inquire
• Founded: 2009
• Size: Under 49
• Location: Greenville, SC
• Notable clients: Verizon, Facebook, Highlands Food and Wine Festival, MuleSoft, Bear Shadow

Eleven Events is a full-service event design, planning, and production agency that meets clients’ brands at the intersection of coordination and creativity. It makes client's events an 11, on a scale of one to ten, by providing unique ideas that keep people talking about the brand. Its services include corporate event management, experiential marketing events, destination brand experiences, and festival planning and production.

The Highlands Chamber of Commerce created the annual Culinary Weekend to increase the number of customers of the Highland hotels, restaurants, and retail businesses during off-season. However, the number of attendees did not grow after nine years. Wanting to revamp the Culinary Weekend into a destination event that supported the local communities and businesses, the client approached Eleven Events.

Eleven Events leveraged the 10th anniversary of the Culinary Weekend to introduce the Highlands Food & Wine Festival, which lasted for four days. It developed PR and marketing strategies and invited celebrities like Bruce Hornsby, Mavis Staples, Dawes, and Amos Lee. It also partnered with James Beard award-winning chefs and international winemakers and brands.

Within the third year of the festival, the tickets were sold out, and local retailers and hotels reported an increase in revenue of $1.5 million and sales of 500%.

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How We Picked the Best Event Marketing Companies

We reviewed the skills, achievements, reported event marketing strategies, client references, and previous collaborations of hundreds of agency profiles to select the top event marketing companies.

We ranked each one based on the following criteria:

• Reviews: Client satisfaction, level of trustworthiness, project management, communication style, team values, and work ethics
• Portfolio: Real-world examples of how an agency organizes events and delivers tangible results for its clients
• Awards and press: Event industry reputation and innovation
• Team bios: The agency’s qualifications and experience in event marketing niche
• Top services: Core competencies and areas of expertise
• Event marketing expertise: Proven event marketing knowledge and experience through certifications, case studies, and lists of services

Visit the DesignRush Agency Ranking Methodology for more information on how we research agencies.

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