Turn business vision into marketing clarity.

We help CEOs and leaders transform marketing, branding and media strategies into real business results that help you move forward with confidence.

Marketing shouldn’t feel like a guessing game.

When marketing strategy is unclear, teams rely on disconnected decisions and trial and error, hoping something will work. This could look like:

Cut through uncertainty with definitive, data-backed next steps that ladder up to the big-picture vision for your business.

Proven approaches for companies ready to grow.

Get clarity, alignment and performance through a structured approach that blends strategy and execution.

Two Ervin and Smith team members sitting and a table.

40 years of experience. And the results to match it.

Since our founding in 1983, we’ve helped companies across nearly every industry — from manufacturing and ag to finance and technology — strengthen their marketing strategies and achieve real results.

And as one of just 80 women-owned Certified B Corporations in advertising and marketing, we’re committed to doing it the only way we know how: through integrity, accountability and a commitment to long-term partnership.

You understood our vision & transformed it into a brand that will launch us into the future.

Client partners who have trusted us with their brands:

Great work begins with strong relationships.

You don’t need an “agency,” you need experts who understand your business and deliver real results. As a marketing consultancy, our approach brings together strategy, creative and media in a way that supports business outcomes and keeps teams aligned.

biBerk Insurance

The business case for brand evolution.

Scoular

An established global brand transformed for a future of innovation.​

Mercy High School

Making authenticity a record-setting advantage.​

Ideas for leaders who want sharper strategy.

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Speed vs. strategy: Your marketing needs both.

Need results in 30 days — but real strategy takes six months? Here’s how to balance short-term wins with long-term growth in an AI-accelerated world.

Tariffs, uncertainty and the cost of standing still.

Tariffs may shift overnight, but the market doesn’t wait. When policy creates volatility, companies often pause marketing — but customers and competitors keep moving.
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Giddy up: Our first all-hands of 2026.

The week of January 20-23, our team came together in Omaha for our winter all-hands meeting to align, reconnect and leave the week moving faster ...

Let’s build a clearer path forward for your business.

From transformational growth to aligning internal teams, we’re a marketing consultantcy with the expertise to help you define a plan that supports your most important business decisions.

Leanne Prewitt

President & Chief Executive Officer

Shaped by her background in creative direction, Leanne leads the agency’s culture and creative vision and also oversees the operations that allow a team of marketing, design and media specialists to create powerful and effective work for their client partners.

Leanne began her professional career in New York City working for some of the nation’s leading agencies. In 2016, after a five-month sabbatical around the world, she returned to her hometown and joined Ervin & Smith. Her global perspective and expanded professional experience influence the work she does today.