our company

Ad agency. That’s what we called ourselves when we were founded as Young & Roehr in Portland, Oregon in 1968. Clear. Direct. Four syllables.

Simpler times, eh?

Now it takes eleven pretentious syllables to wrap “marketing communications company” around our suite of services—and that hardly does justice to our tight fusion of online, PR and creative advertising talent. To our recognized business-to-business know-how. To our high standards of quality, creativity and measurability. Or to our accumulated experience in demanding markets like deep tech, software, healthcare, education and manufacturing.

So, just call us YRG. Our mission in life is to be smart, build winners, and have fun.

YRG is independent. Employee-owned. Unusually integrated. We provide strategic counsel and a media-agnostic suite of communications tools to build company brands, achieve revenue objectives, and nurture business relationships. We leverage deep roots, disciplined resources and global reach towards achieving your ambitious business and marketing goals.

For the last five years the company has been named one of the top 50 business-to-business agencies in the U.S. by B-to-B magazine. Talk to us to see why.