Meet MACLYN's Finest: J.R. Kinney

Everyone knows J.R. What do you mean, you don’t know J.R.!? Omg. You’re walking around, doing your thing, and you don’t know J.R.? Ugh. Alright.Continue...

We Just Opened a New Des Moines Office, and It Has Pancakes

MACLYN has opened a new location at the heart of the funkiest city in the Midwest. It’s a sweet new place for us to continue servingContinue...

MACLYN Opens New Des Moines Location, Acquires Agency

MACLYN is thrilled to announce we have acquired Saturday MFG as we open a new Des Moines location.Continue...

DES MOINES-BASED SATURDAY MFG. ACQUIRED BY MACLYN GROUP

Award-Winning Chicagoland Creative Agency to Solidify Presence in IowaContinue...

The Agency/Technology Arms Race, Explained

Branding agencies & technology firms are battling for your soul. It’s kind of intense.Continue...

Now Hiring: Des Moines-Based Account Executive

We are hiring an Account Executive to attract and retain clients in the greater Des Moines metro and beyond. As the lead Account Executive atContinue...

SIPPING IS BELIEVING: The Story of Dunkin’ Espresso

When our client Dunkin’ needed to get the word out about their new line of hand-crafted Espresso beverages, we brewed up an unbelievable blend ofContinue...

Now Hiring: Social Media Content Creator

MACLYN needs a social juggernaut. Someone who can speak exclusively in Emoji. Someone who can slide effortlessly into my DM. Someone who lies awake atContinue...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE MACLYN-VERSE

We’re pleased to report that both interns have survived 10 days (possibly 11, or even 12, depending on when you read this) of MACLYN’s Not-Your-AverageContinue...

Your Company is a Rocket and Your Brand is High-Octane Fuel

The Real-Deal, No-BS Bottom Line of Your Company’s “Big Idea” – and how it’s going to take you to the moon & beyond. Let’s getContinue...

Flying the Flag: The Crucial Component of Company Culture

When you’re building a brand, you’re building a belief system. And it becomes your company culture.Continue...

Not-Your-Average-Intern Bootcamp

Attennnnnnnnntion! Padawans, Apprentices, Young Grasshoppers: Enlist in MACLYN’s Not-Your-Average-Intern Bootcamp, and you’ll train, create and transform alongside bona fide badasses of the advertising world.Continue...

Winning the War: The Importance of the Advertising Long Game

At MACLYN, we believe advertising is not about the product: it’s about the consumer’s relationship with the brand. About what it allows them to do.Continue...

From MACLYN, With Love: An Open Letter to Our Clients.

*Turns on the Barry White.* Hey, there… Client. It’s MACLYN, your partner (in advertising).Continue...

MAKING THE IMRIS BRAND, PART 6: BRANDGUARD

After launching the IMRIS brand, we grow it, guard it, and keep it at the forefront of the industry. Launching the brand was just theContinue...

NOW HIRING: STRATEGIC PLANNER

We’re looking for the Sun Tzu of strategic planners. You are a more-polite Genghis Khan. An Alexander the Great (without all the blood-lust). A post-rehabContinue...

THE VALUE OF BRAND

What’s in a name? Only the key to victory. Because if sales is a war, then brand is the way to win it.Continue...

SORRY, NICK FOLES. STORYTELLING WAS 2018'S REAL MVP.

For those of us in the advertising game, last night’s spat between the Eagles and Those Other Guys was a good chance to restock onContinue...

Making the IMRIS Brand, Part 5: Launch

We assembled a ragtag team of talent: a pro chalk artist, a theatre troupe and a pair of musicians. Together, we put on an IMRIS-branded,Continue...

NOW HIRING: Dunkin' Donuts Brand Ambassador

MACLYN seeks energetic, responsible individuals to join our Dunkin’ Donuts Sampling Van Crew for part-time employment. The Dunkin’ Donuts Sampling Van travels throughout the ChicagolandContinue...

Making the IMRIS Brand, Part 4: Creation

A ballerina, a creative director and a camera crew walk into an operating theatre… Now that we have IMRIS’ Core Creative Idea, it’s time toContinue...

Making the IMRIS Brand, Part 3: Ideation

MACLYN’s creative team gathers in the “War Room” for an early Ideation session, a no-holds-barred brainstorm – where ideas fly, inspiration strikes and a conceptContinue...

Making the IMRIS Brand, Part 2: Search & Discovery

“Discovery” is an immersive research process. Before creating a brand, we explore the landscape, interviewing key industry players, scouting-out the competition and searching everywhere forContinue...

"Cinematic advertising" is reshaping the consumer battleground.

Nexus Studios brings a concept to glorious, animated life in “The Story of an Idea.” This year’s ADDY Awards more closely resemble the Cannes FilmContinue...

Making the IMRIS Brand, Part I: Humanity Returns to Healthcare

“For the Human Experience” doesn’t look or sound like other brands in the medical technology industry.Continue...

Annual Chili Battle-Bowl: Pregame Analysis

Hold onto your spoons. Here comes MACLYN’s Annual Chili Battle-Bowl. That’s right; hordes of the agency’s harshest food-critics and most esteemed culinarians are about toContinue...

PROMOTING THE CAUSE

In this noble war against Average, heroes make themselves known. For their years of valor and service, for their recent months of distinguished bravery andContinue...

THE LEGEND MARCHES ON

MACLYN veteran Mike Naples will conquer a new role as Associate Creative Director.Continue...

For Valor. For Victory. For MACLYN.

Trumpets sound and troops roar as MACLYN Creative Director Jay Paonessa assumes the mantle of Vice President.Continue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Erin

Average, beware: Erin Byrne is an artistic badass. “I just feel compelled to create things - I always thought I'd be in the creative world.”Continue...

Meet MACLYN’s Finest: Rebecca

Black: sophisticated. Yellow: happy. Orange: energetic. Green: prosperous. And red… well… …red means war.Continue...

Musings from the Minds of MACLYN: Rigg Reflects

All my life, I’ve been a sworn Enemy of Average. The foul beast Banality and its minions marched through my village and razed it toContinue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Sam Brahler

Back in World War II, “Rosie the Riveter” was a symbol of strength, feminism and we-can-do-itness. She was also famous. But was she ever... Instafamous?Continue...

Cop On A Rooftop 2017: A Roundup of Stories From Around Chicagoland

MACLYN is proud to be a part of Dunkin' Donuts 15th annual Cop on a Rooftop. We are thrilled to support such an incredible cause.Continue...

NOW HIRING: Art Director

If you struggle against the “good enough,” if you reject the easy and the obvious to seek out the truly original, let’s create together.Continue...

Postcards From The Front: D.C. gets E.P.I.C.

We joined forces with a delegation of community & business leaders from the greater Des Moines region — nearly 200-strong. Together, we met with Congressional members, attended workshops and made an impression on key policymakers.Continue...

Postcards From The Front: IACP, Changing the Conversation

The intrepid minds of MACLYN took their badass blend of fire and fortitude to the Iowa Association of Community Providers at their annual conference, held at Iowa State University. It was a thrilling thought leadership barrage the likes of which had never before been witnessed. Continue...

Through the Looking Glass: How Augmented Reality is Changing the Game, and the World as We See it

MACLYN is perpetually in search of new tactics to turn the tide of our war with Average. Average has many allies. One of them isContinue...

Don't Stop Believing: At Super Bowl LI, Advertising Takes a Stand

“The will to succeed is always welcome here.” As a migrant mother and daughter walked through a doorway built through a border wall, 84 LumberContinue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Ian Rigg

When he’s not seeking harmony in the universe through words, Ian Rigg is creating it onstage.Continue...

EPRD to have a major rebranding

Article by: Jonathan Krueger, The Des Moines Register Following the lead of AltoonaNow, the East Polk Regional Development, Inc. has teamed up with MACLYN to help rebrandContinue...

NOW HIRING: Copywriter

MACLYN doesn’t want a copywriter. We want someone who reads Whitman during their lunch break, then references him in a billboard. Someone who asks forContinue...

MACLYN is Looking for a Kickass Social Media Marketing Intern

Do new social media tools get your brain going? Do your friends know you as a social media innovator? Are you constantly looking for newContinue...

MACLYN Announces the Opening of a Des Moines Office

Effective July 1, creative advertising agency, MACLYN, will be opening a Des Moines satellite office.Continue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Tiki | Guru

Inspired by gurus of every universe—especially those of a galaxy far, far away—Tiki is an office mascot with the soul of a sage and theContinue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Johnny Tijerina

So, will it be the hipster cat? Or do you prefer the beanie-wearing octopus? A brand story-teller who considers “alright” a slap to the face,Continue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: David Mendoza

“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”Continue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Ray Kinney

His voice is heard across the office. His influence is seen around the County. But it’s his desire to improve the lives around him thatContinue...

Cop on a Rooftop 2016: A Roundup of Stories from Around Chicagoland

MACLYN is proud to partner with our client, Dunkin' Donuts, on the 14th Annual Cop on Rooftop fundraiser. This year, 234 participating Dunkin' Donuts locations raisedContinue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Marc Hausmann

It was the shot heard ‘round the world.Continue...

Eastern Polk County, Iowa Joins the Fight

Creative advertising agency, MACLYN, has been hired by the Eastern Polk Regional Development (EPRD) to create a brand campaign and website for the economic developmentContinue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Courtney Healy

Cabernet or pinot noir—a red pairs best with a novel in hand.Continue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Troy Kelleher

There is exactly one right word.Continue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Brent Seehafer

195-205. That’s about perfect. Continue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Jay Paonessa

Jay is equal-parts creative and curator.Continue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Kevin McMaster

One to greet the martini, one to maintain and one to say goodbye.Continue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Mike Naples

There’s beauty in an orange.Continue...

Meet MACLYN's Finest: Bill Murphy

“When I’m not working, I’m with them.”Continue...

Reaching a Younger Audience Through Snapchat

Since it’s launch in 2011, Snapchat has quickly grown into one of the most popular social media applications in the world with 200 million users.Continue...

Native Ads Will Dominate Mobile in 2016

In a recent blog discussing 2016 advertising trends, we mentioned the importance of native advertising in order to keep up with digital and mobile trends.Continue...

Advertising Trends to Watch Out for in 2016

At the start of 2016 we can’t help but ask, “what’s next?” in the world of digital marketing. Between ad blocking and ever-changing algorithms, learningContinue...