Spotlight On NW Creative: The Great Society

The Great Society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States on the initiative of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Great Society is also a Portland mutt–part brand consultancy, part advertising agency, part graphic design shop–with a decidedly Russian bark.
Formed by people who once worked at Wieden + Kennedy, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Publicis in the West and other notables, the agency works on Brooks, Fiskars, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield and other brands.
Let’s have a look at some of The Great Society’s video:



Speaking about the shop’s work for Fiskars, Scott Cowan, President of The Great Society, said, “Marketing is really nothing more than storytelling. When you have such outstanding material to work with, sometimes you just have to get out of the way and let the stories tell themselves.”

About David Burn

I wrote my first ad for a local political candidate when I was 17. She went on to win her race, and I felt the power of persuasive copy for the first time. Starting in Portland in 1995, I worked my way across the country as a copywriter and eventually became a content director making media products for big packaged goods brands. I returned to Oregon in 2008, and now I focus on building brands for companies that matter, including this one.