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Attention Spanners

We’re a team of journalists, designers, creators, futurists, filmmakers, and innovators. We work with startups, nonprofits and Fortune 300 companies alike, from Herzogenaurach, Germany to Yosemite Valley, California, and many points in between.

The awards shelves in Attention Span’s Cambridge, MA office

We Believe

  • 01
    in Embedding ourselves in assignments
  • 02
    Design can solve a lot of problems
  • 03
    in Data + Creativity
  • 04
    Face-to-face is best
  • 05
    Stories Change Minds

Our Founders

What started in 2008 as a TV studio and production house quickly expanded to include experts in the wide range of disciplines.

Members of the Attention Span team on the ground at a film shoot (left) and at our Philly offsite.

How We Work

Deep Work

We conduct regular “deep work” sessions with our whole team for creative and strategic projects. This allows us time to step out of our routine to consider our goals and to feed novel, bold ideas into the campaign stream. Every week, each team member schedules their own “deep work” sessions to focus on individual idea generation, thorough reasoning and original concepts.

Prototype, Prototype, Prototype

For large-scale design projects, we outline what deliverables are needed, assign accountability for each, and go to work. We encourage our team to iterate often—multiple copy drafts, multiple low-fidelity sketches and multiple prototypes for each idea. We have internal reviews as a team before finalizing or delivering design ideas to our clients. We share most of our work in progress on Slack or Basecamp internally and with clients, so that we can break down barriers and increase input throughout the process.

We Take Initiative

We don’t rest on our laurels. When we see a need that should be filled, we aren’t afraid to be proactive.

  • We Write About What Interests Us

    Our in-house content studio showcases the most exciting and profound insights arising from our ongoing research into the emerging forces shaping the future of food, healthcare and sports.

    Visit AttentionFWD.com

Our History

Since 2008

Our content bona fides are hard-earned. Our founders, with backgrounds in journalism, TV and design, joined forces to create an agency focused on creating and marketing compelling content. Our team is cross-functional and collaborative. We involve more than just the day-to-day account teams on every project we work on.

Everyone on our team is able to contribute to any given project at any point in the process. We’ve executed award-winning work with clients spanning a number of fields—from sports and entertainment to wineries, political campaigns, and packaged consumer goods.

Attention Span on location in Napa Valley, CA.

The Struggle Is Over!

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