YouTube turns 20 this week 🎂 🎂 🎂
Our friends at YouTube tapped Portal A to create their 20th anniversary video and we were honored to get the call.
“While most agencies scramble to aggregate creator reach and optimize for impressions, Portal A has spent 15 years building a different approach.
A Night of Shorts featured a lineup of 5 films created by some incredibly talented members of our team:
Two of the biggest gamers in the world. One medieval castle. An epic showdown for the throne. 🏰
We’re very proud of our very own Jeb Barnett for being named to Ad Age’s Gen Zers to Watch. See the full class.
We’re happy to introduce Fault Lines, the new documentary feature from Nate Houghteling and Portal A.
1000 gallons of slime, 100+ social posts, and 5+ million video views, the finale of #GamerVsWorld has arrived.
6 days. 6 livestreams. $400k worth of rare Pokemon cards. 90,000 live viewers.
Jacob, you and Portal A have been together longer than the Obama presidency, twice as long as Ren and Stimpy was on TV, and longer all the Kardashian marriages combined.
We made a thing about Facebook’s vision for the metaverse. No punches pulled.
Through all the twists and turns of 2021, we:
💥 launched 850 pieces of content
👀 our work was viewed over 75m times
📈 with posts reaching over 430m users
💻 we sent 721,212 slack messages (facts)
🌯 enjoyed 700 meals delivered to our doors
🎥 directed 75 shoots (virtual and in-person)
🏆 and were named agency of the year by the Streamys
Unbelievable moment to be named Agency of the Year by The Streamy Awards, along with our series Let’s Target as Best Branded Series and our partners Target as Brand of the Year.
After collaborating with Lex Halaby for years as a director, a creative director, and as a friend, we are so happy to be bringing Lex on board to lead our creative team forward.
We’re back in business with the team at Snapchat, our friends at Unanimous Media, and the best player on planet earth, Stephen Curry.
We are so happy to share ACTION ROYALE, our scripted series with Snapchat. 💥 💥
We are thrilled to share ROBU, the award-winning film created and directed by Portal A’s co-founder and creative director Kai Hasson and co-produced by our Head of Production and partner Elyse Preiss.
Joseph comes to Portal A as part of our ongoing internship program and partnership with BAYCAT, an organization dedicated to equitable representation in media.
Learn more about BAYCAT: https://baycat.org
We’re proud to partner with When We All Vote – the voting rights organization founded and chaired by Michelle Obama – to launch #CodeRed.