Traction

Traction

Experiences people actually desire

5214F Diamond Hts Blvd #1052, San Francisco, California 94131, United States

Traction Overview

Number of Employees
50 - 99
Minimal Budget
$50,000 & Up
Average Hourly Rate
$175/hr
Year Founded
2001

We've taken the bloat and ego out of the agency model to give you affordable access to senior talent. Our zero-waste structure and AI marketing leadership help enable us to solve your toughest marketing challenges—fast. 

We unify brand and performance through expertise in data and AI, deep emotional understanding of your audience, and powerful creative talent to penetrate culture, build brand, and drive growth. 

Our Liquid Workforce is our secret weapon. We provide the very best talentmany with brand-side experiencefrom our Liquid Workforce talent collective of over 250+ creatives, strategists, media planners, developers and mar-tech consultants. This delivers a ton of value to our clients who get more senior people for the same price.

We approach our work with an in-house disposition. 78% of brands say capability building is very important, but only 5% have the capabilities they need. We meet in-house teams where you are to fill the gaps and accelerate your marketing.

We've built our business around a portfolio of capabilities that empower you to penetrate culture while delivering amazing, personalized experiences. Our journey-driven approach begins empathy, ends with testing, and marries data with creativity every step of the way. This is the foundation of our approach to infrastructure, media and creative development.

A unique differentiator for Traction is The Futureproof Project, a community of 200+ senior marketers from important brands that Traction manages with a mission to help one another turn emerging technology into competitive advantage. This gives us unprecedented insight, knowledge and talent that can help you on your AI marketing transformation journey.

 

 

Headquarters
5214F Diamond Hts Blvd #1052, San Francisco, California 94131, United States

Areas of Expertise

  • UI/UX Expertise
UI/UX Expertise
UI/UX Expertise
  • Interactive Design

Traction Portfolio

  • Traction - Verimatrix
    Web Design
    Verimatrix
    $150,000
    2 Months
    2023
  • Traction - HelloFresh
    Advertising
    HelloFresh
    $100,000
    12 Months
    2024
  • Traction - Tricentis
    Branding
    Tricentis
    $100,000
    1 Month
    2021
  • Traction - Lenovo
    Content Marketing
    Lenovo
    $150,000
    4 Months
    2019

Traction Team Bios

  • CEO / Founder
    Adam Kleinberg
    CEO / Founder
    Adam has been the CEO of Traction since it was founded in 2001. He plays a hands-on strategic role with Traction's clients to help ensure that their business objectives are aligned with the needs, desires and behaviors of their customers.
  • CTO / Founder
    Paul Giese
    CTO / Founder
    For the past two and a half decades, Paul has been constructing websites and applications for major brands. Paul knows what it takes to build great digital experiences, and makes sure everyone else at Traction does too.
  • CFO
    Ginger Piscitello
    CFO
    Ginger has over 20 years’ experience in keeping agencies financially healthy. Prior to Traction she spent several years as CFO of Black Bag Advertising and was instrumental in their acquisition and transition to Essence Digital, where she remained for another year.
  • Director of Client Services
    Lauren Evans
    Director of Client Services
    Lauren oversees client partnerships at Traction. Her background is client-side—before joining Traction she was head of marketing at lululemon for 9 years, helping the company grow from $500m to $6b in revenue.
  • Head of Performance Marketing
    Brian Hovis
    Head of Performance Marketing
    Brian held VP-level positions at Citi, Nordstrom and Experian before joining Traction to oversee our performance and growth marketing initiatives for clients. He ensures that our work meets the exacting standards of such high-performing brands.
  • Head of Strategy
    Neil Cohen
    Head of Strategy
    Neil considers himself a marketing therapist. He has over 35 years experience helping hundreds of brands grow. At Traction, he ensures that the work we do is grounded in a deep understanding of customer insights.
  • Strategy Consultant
    Babs Rangaiah
    Strategy Consultant
    Babs brings unparalleled experience from his storied career at Unilever (where he oversaw one of the largest budgets in the world) and IBM (where he worked closely on the integration of Watson in clients' data and marketing strategies).
  • Head of Media
    Christine Bensen
    Head of Media
    Christine has led media for a wide range of agencies including TBWA/Chiat Day, iCrossing, EVB, Moxie, and Publicis Modem. This has given her unparalleled knowledge and experience around the entire media and analytics ecosystem which our clients benefit from deeply.

Traction Clients

  • Apple
  • MLB
  • LinkedIn
  • McCormick & Co.
  • HelloFresh
  • GE HealthCare
  • Graco
  • Lenovo
  • Prestige Consumer Health
  • Adobe
  • Denstply Sirona
  • DAOU Vineyards
  • Tricentis
  • CamelBak
  • Meta

Traction Awards

  • Traction - Award 1
  • AdAge Small Agency of the Year (West Coast)
  • ANA B2 Awards, Small Agency of the Year finalist
  • iMedia Independent Agency of the Year