Heat
1100 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California 94111, United States

Heat Overview

Number of Employees
100 - 249
Minimal Budget
$50,000 & Up
Average Hourly Rate
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Year Founded
2004
Hi, we're Heat. We are a strange and wonderful mix of 150 creatives, strategists, makers and technologists working accross San Francisco, New York, Seattle and Chicago.

In 2016, our full-service, award-winning boutique joined forces with Deloitte to challenge the traditional agency model. By packaging Heat’s creative core with the power of Deloitte’s technology, data and business accumen, we bring a new level of growth to brands that was previously untapped.
Simply put, we use surprising creativity to solve business problems. We leverage data, insights, predictive analytics and a vast understanding of the marketplace to ensure that we’re telling stories in a more unique, meaningful way. We tell stories people care about, in big ways and small places
Headquarters
1100 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California 94111, United States
Other Locations
330 Hudson Street, New York City, New York 10013, United States

Heat Portfolio

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    Digital Marketing
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Heat Team Bios

  • President
    Mike Barrett
    President
    With more than 20 years of advertising experience, Mike has worked in a wide variety of roles in the industry including account management, as well as strategy and media across a wide variety of categories.
  • CEO
    John Elder
    CEO
    As CEO and part owner of Heat, John Elder has led the creative agency to be recognized as one of the most innovative and surprising agencies in the United States. Along with his partner Steve Stone, Elder has grown Heat from its initial team of nine to currently more than 100 employees.
  • CCO
    Steve Stone
    CCO
    An industry veteran with more than 30 years in advertising, Stoney, as he’s affectionately called at Heat, lends his aesthetic eye to everything at the agency. He has helped shape and has the final say on all creative for clients and has quite a collection of awards to show for it.
  • Managing Director
    Aaron Lang
    Managing Director
    With over 15 years of advertising and digital marketing experience, Aaron has worked in a variety of roles across the industry from client services to strategy. In recent years, he has worked on diverse brands including Electronic Arts, Adidas, Nike, Wells Fargo, Fox, Sony, and Pepsi.
  • Chief Strategy Officer
    Justin Cox
    Chief Strategy Officer
    As the Chief Strategy Officer, Justin Cox leads Heat’s extensive strategy team as the first in line in Heat’s brand and campaign development process. With the power of Deloitte Digital, Justin helps brands realize their ultimate potential across any of their consumer touchpoints.
  • Strategy Director
    Maggie Gross
    Strategy Director
    Maggie Windsor Gross found her way into planning and strategy because of her love of art, storytelling, game theory, and anthropology. She's worked on strategy for brands like Dos Equis, Starbucks, Samsung, truth, American Express, Keurig, Lysol, Coke, and Special Olympics.
  • Executive Creative Director
    Warren Cockrel
    Executive Creative Director
    Warren has spent the last 15 years creating iconic & surprising campaigns for Yahoo!, Ben & Jerry’s, Miller Lite, Conde Nast and his one true love, Electronic Arts.
  • Executive Creative Director
    Elaine Cox
    Executive Creative Director
    Executive Creative Director Elaine Cox is a Copywriter with a Master’s Degree in Art Direction. She loves finding new ways to connect with people. Whether that means using humor, tugging at heart strings, enhancing storytelling with robot technology, or telling a story without saying a single word.

Heat Clients

  • Amazon Games
  • Manulife/John Hancock
  • Aspen Dental
  • Zynga
  • Campari
  • United States Gold Association
  • Instagram
  • Visa
  • Levi's
  • WB Games

Heat Awards

  • Heat - Award 1
  • Heat - Award 2
  • Heat - Award 3
  • Heat - Award 4