Agency Insider: Hoffman | Lewis @HLinSTL

Company Name:
Hoffman | Lewis

Year Founded:
1985 in San Francisco (St. Louis office opened in 2001)

Physical Location:
30 Maryland Plaza in the Central West End

Where We Can Find You Online:
http://HLinSTL.com

Company Philosophy:
We do whatever it takes to help our clients win. We have fun doing it. We believe in exceeding client and consumer expectations. We like to keep things simple. We believe in the courageous pursuit of big ideas in any medium. We believe St. Louis is an ideal place to create them. We believe in taking care of our people, our clients and our community. We maintain an open environment that inspires us to think creatively. We reward ourselves when we do. We believe the best ideas are the ones that change behavior. And we have a fancy, proprietary method designed to make all that happen. The rest, we pretty much make up as we go.

Client List:
McDonald's, Toyota, Missouri Division of Tourism, Touchstone Energy Cooperatives, University of Southern California, SlingBox, St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission, Moonrise Hotel, Delve Market Research, CPC Logistics, Ashley Furniture Homestores, Phillips Furniture, Mercy Health, Tacony Corporation

Personnel Count:
32 in St. Louis, an additional 60+ at our San Francisco headquarters

Best Achievements from Last Year:
• Creative Awards/Recognition:
- HSMAI Adrian Awards (2 Gold, 3 Silver)
- AAF Addy Awards (4 Local Addy's, 2 Silver District Addy's)
- OAAA Obie Award (1 Silver).
• Defended and renewed our second contract term as agency of record for the Missouri Division of Tourism.
• Successfully recruited players for an AdClub softball game through a Craigslist posting at the last minute to avoid forfeit. Then went on to earn our first and only victory of the season.

3 Things The World Doesn't Know About H/L That It Should:
• H/L spends more media dollars in the St. Louis market than any other agency in town.
• For 4 years running, H/L has won more awards at the HSMAI Adrian Awards (travel/tourism industry) than any other agency in the world.
• Our two largest clients are Toyota and McDonald's and have been with us an average of 20 years.

Our Space:

Our Work:
A small sampling of some of our favorite work.
Check out HLinSTL.com to see more.

Client: St. Louis CVC
Project: The Meeting Guru
Campaign URL: http://hlinstl.com/meetingguru/

Client: Touchstone Energy Cooperatives
Project: TogetherWeSave Campaign
Campaign URL: http://hlinstl.com/togetherwesave/

Client: Missouri Tourism
Project: "What's Not to Like?" Facebook Campaign
Campaign URL: http://hlinstl.com/whatsnottolike/