Traction
Experiences people actually desire
Traction Overview
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.Â
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.Â
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.
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Traction Services
Areas of Expertise
- UI/UX Expertise
- Interactive Design
Traction Portfolio
- Web DesignVerimatrix$150,0002 Months2023
- AdvertisingHelloFresh$100,00012 Months2024
- BrandingTricentis$100,0001 Month2021
- Content MarketingLenovo$150,0004 Months2019
Traction Team Bios
- Adam KleinbergCEO / FounderAdam 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.
- Paul GieseCTO / FounderFor 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.
- Ginger PiscitelloCFOGinger 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.
- Lauren EvansDirector of Client ServicesLauren 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.
- Brian HovisHead of Performance MarketingBrian 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.
- Neil CohenHead of StrategyNeil 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.
- Babs RangaiahStrategy ConsultantBabs 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).
- Christine BensenHead of MediaChristine 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
- AdAge Small Agency of the Year (West Coast)
- ANA B2 Awards, Small Agency of the Year finalist
- iMedia Independent Agency of the Year