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.
In 2020 (despite everything) we:
💥 launched 630 pieces of content
👀 viewed over 131 million times
🌎 reaching 1.3 billion fans
We teamed up with the Biden for President campaign to launch #ImVotingFor, a social media campaign that caught fire across both Instagram and Twitter.
We are very proud to be a finalist for *Agency of the Year* in the 10th annual Streamys, alongside some very fine company.
Take a 1 minute 37 second break from 2020 and enjoy Portal A’s fresh new reel (for 2020). 🎬💅💥
STATE OF PRIDE wins the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary (!!)
With stadiums going dark, we teamed up with YouTube Originals to show that the spirit of competition is alive and well, in the first-ever Ultimate Home Championship.
This Juneteenth, our team tapped seven creators reaching 4m fans as part of The Collective PAC’s #VoteToLive effort to register 250,000 Black voters ahead of the 2020 elections.
Our first scripted show ACTION ROYALE was announced today by Snapchat as part of their new original content slate.
Blessed 🙏 that “5 Minutes From Home” is recognized as one of the “Best Video Series” of the year by The Webby Awards alongside titans of industry like James Corden, Samantha Bee, Hasan Minhaj…and Big Bird.
Ad Age covered (nay, featured) Portal A in a story about how agencies and content shops are adapting.
Read in Ad Age about how creative companies like Portal A are continuing to create during this period, and see the deck itself.
Our very own Kai Hasson was interviewed for Muse, covering all things creative, from Rewind to Jack Black to Calvin and Hobbes, Akira Kurosawa, to Indiana Jones. No stone left unturned.
Our Senior Copywriter, Sam Jackson, shared his wisdom on how to stay creative now that we’re all confined at home in this round up of creative leaders. Read their tips!