Highdive

Highdive (highdiveus.com) is an independently owned, EMMY-nominated, full-service creative agency located in Chicago (HQ) and New York City. Built for brands that want best-in-class creative but don't want the baggage that usually comes with it, the agency has a simple mission: create work so powerful it can’t be ignored. Led by seasoned advertising executives who set out to create the healthiest client + agency relationships in the world, Highdive is breaking the traditional agency model to deliver big ideas for brands including Jeep, State Farm, Lay’s, the NHL, Airheads/Mentos, KFC, BetMGM, Dish Network and Jersey Mike’s. Beyond the brands named above, the agency's portfolio includes campaigns for Build-A-Bear, Slim Jim, Peugeot, Rocket Mortgage, Rocket Homes, Ram and Boost Mobile.

The company holds that performance comes from maximizing both productivity and positivity, and that performance suffers when client relationships are not healthy. Its stated test for creative work is that a campaign should not look like, sound like or remind consumers of a competing brand. The agency aims for lean teams staffed only with top performers and uses whiteboard walls instead of PowerPoint or Keynote as its main presentation tool, so that strategy and campaign ideas are displayed and developed together in real time.

- 2025 Campaign Independent Agency of the Year

- 4x #1 on the USA TODAY Super Bowl Ad Meter

- 3x Ad Age's A-List

- 3x Emmy Nominated