The Mission

To help brands thrive through innovative media strategies, data-driven insights, modern-day tech tools, and creative ingenuity. We also want to spend some weekend time getting better at tennis and golf. Really, mostly golf.

IT ALL BEGINS WITH AN IDEA

IT ALL BEGINS WITH AN IDEA ✦



How We do it

We provide strategic planning, research, sandwich-making, and media buying across all paid channels including legacy, digital, and emerging media.

Thanking the
academy

Along with results that matter most to our clients, we’ve also garnered awards recognition from the Cannes Lions, the Effies, Media Week and were a semi-finalist in the 1986 Doors of Ireland poster. But we got eliminated because, well, we weren’t in Ireland.

THEN, THERE'S EXECUTION

THEN, THERE'S EXECUTION ✦



The days of media planners roaming the agency’s nerd floor trying to give away tickets to the Boat Show and the creative teams thinking they invented Beer Pong are over. Today, effective media planning and buying requires a blend of geek data AND creative thinking. We pride ourselves on creating a strategy looking through the business lens of our clients. We give brands a stronger voice in the sea of unprecedented marketing racket. It’s what we do. Also, martinis. We’re not savages.

For agencies, we work as an in-house extension, diving in with the business and creative teams to find compelling and engaging solutions. With our direct clients, we’re equally as agile; focused on problem-solving and our willingness to exhaustively explore new opportunities in an evolving marketing landscape. That’s a lot of buzzwords, so here are several more to help prove we know what we’re talking about. Synergy. Disruption. Innovation. Paradigm shift. Digital transformation. Sustainability. Agility. Blockchain. Artificial Intelligence (AI). Internet of Things (IoT). Big data. Cloud computing. Machine learning. Virtual reality (VR). Augmented reality (AR). Growth hacking. User experience (UX). Influencer marketing. Content marketing. Agile methodology. US Women’s National Team.

The Hotness that is media planning

With deep experience at both global agencies and independent shops, our team is armed with a solid background to tackle any media challenge or office Holiday party.

Red Pill or blue pill

No inflated egos or inflexibility here. Our group is cohesive, responsive, friendly, unusually attractive, and best of all, "good gene pool" smart. The best results come from a strong working alignment with our clients.

You Belong to me

At Merlino Media Group, we’re deeply experienced in media planning and buying. But it takes more than that to help us achieve the outstanding results we strive for with every agency partner, client or equestrian training facility. The people who work here speak media as a second language (if not first), which is weird but we’ve all been in a bunch of wedding parties so people seem to like it.

Been there, still doing it

Meet the Team

Thanks for reading about our team. And putting up with our sense humor.

  • Principal

    Tennis > Pickleball
    Carnivore > Vegan
    Sasquatch > Bottlerock
    Baked > Mashed Potatoes
    Walla Walla > Napa

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  • VP Media Director

    Pour Over > Espresso
    Brundage > Sun Valley
    7 Wood > 4 Hybrid (at the moment)
    Top > Front Load Washer
    Scotch > Bourbon

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  • Media Director

    80’s Metal > Disco
    Mustang > Corvette
    Keto > SAD
    Weight-Training > Running
    Cougs > Huskies
    Golf > Basketball

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  • Media Director

    Running > Walking
    Thai > Tacos
    Instagram > TikTok
    Coffee > Wine
    Books > Movies

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  • Finance Director

    Sand > Snow
    Heavy Metal > Country
    Chardonnay > Whiskey
    Doodle > Poodle
    Range Rover > Corvette
    Mid-Century > Craftsman

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  • Broadcast Director

    Champagne > Beer
    Football > Baseball
    Hood River > Hood Canal
    Rock > Country
    Dahlias > Sunflowers

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  • Operations Manager

    Disc > Mini Golf
    Copper > Keystone
    Mountain > Road Bike
    Gelato > Ice Cream
    Microgreens > Lettuce

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  • Social Media Manager

    The Gorge > Red Rocks
    Coffee > Tea
    Night out > Night in
    Dogs > Cats
    R&B > Pop
    Starbucks > Dunkin'

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Here’s what some people are saying!

“I have a little too much money, so let’s spend a little more frivolously!”

- said no one since we started Merlino Media

“This is a straight line.”

- Philo Farnsworth. September 7, 1927, then he went to commercial

(Philo Farnsworth. On September 7, 1927, in San Francisco, California, Farnsworth's experimental television system successfully transmitted its first image. The image was a simple straight line, and the first line that Farnsworth transmitted and said during the demonstration was, "This is a straight line.")

THEN, THERE'S ANALYTICS

THEN, THERE'S ANALYTICS ✦



A Sampling of Category Experience

SWEDISH MEDICAL

SEATTLE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

MICROSOFT

PLAN B/EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION

NORDSTROM

MEDIC ONE FOUNDATION

WA STATE LOTTERY

THE METH PROJECT

MULTICARE

WA TEEN SUICIDE PREVENTION

MCDONALD’S & RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE

THE NORTH FACE

DELTA DENTAL

KING COUNTY METRO

ENERGY STAR/THE EPA

GATES VENTURES

GROUP HEALTH

LES SCHWAB TIRES

HOMESTREET BANK

PREMERA/LIFEWISE

TACO TIME NW

SEATTLE UNIVERSITY

TRANSFORMING AGE

AVALARA

WA529 GET/DREAMAHEAD COLLEGE SAVINGS

CAR TOYS

FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH

CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN

NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE CHICAGO

POINT DEFIANCE ZOO & AQUARIUM/NW TREK

METRO PARKS TACOMA

EMERALD DOWNS

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

DUKE’S SEAFOOD

STEWARDSHIP PARTNERS

KUOW

PLYMOUTH HOUSING

let’s chat.

Contact Information

4616 25th Ave NE #24
Seattle, WA 98105

206 909 8939

janice@merlinomedia.com