Independent creative agency bridging brands, artists, and culture
Translation operates at the intersection of advertising, artist services, and music distribution—a stack shaped by NetSuite, Monday.com, Smartsheet, and Braze that reflects operational maturity in finance, project management, and audience engagement. Current hiring velocity is accelerating across marketing, finance, and creative roles, while active projects signal a shift toward artist monetization and distribution infrastructure: signup optimization, feature discovery campaigns, and label services positioning suggest the agency is building proprietary tools and scaling creator economics alongside client campaigns.
Notable leadership hires: Program Director, Strategy Director, Business Director, Context Director
Translation is an independent creative agency founded in 2004, headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, serving brands and artists by bridging culture and commerce. The company positions itself outside traditional advertising norms, focusing on community engagement, creator ownership, and cultural capital as brand levers. The 51–200-person team operates across account management, creative development, data strategy, experiential marketing, and production, supported by a growing finance and operations infrastructure. Current work spans major campaigns, artist roster strategy, music distribution models, and subscription feature marketing.
Translation's core stack includes NetSuite (finance), Google Workspace, Monday.com and Smartsheet (project management), Greenhouse (recruiting), Braze (audience engagement), and Brandwatch (social intelligence), reflecting a finance-forward, operationally scaled organization.
Active projects include artist monetization features, distribution tools, label services marketing, feature discovery campaigns, signup optimization, and marketing performance reporting—indicating expansion into creator infrastructure and recurring subscription models beyond traditional agency work.
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