We’re Alto.
And we’re an ad agency.

A lot of ad agencies are twisting themselves in knots to avoid calling themselves what they actually are—an ad agency. But if done right, ads can thrill, delight, entertain, build brands, positively impact culture and, at their most ambitious, even save lives.

Small Agency of the Year

Cannes Lions - 1x Silver, 1x Bronze, 7x Finalist

#2 Fastest Growing Agency

We’re Alto.
And we’re an ad agency.

A lot of ad agencies are twisting themselves in knots to avoid calling themselves what they actually are—an ad agency. But if done right, ads can thrill, delight, entertain, build brands, positively impact culture and, at their most ambitious, even save lives.

Small Agency of the Year

Cannes Lions - 1x Silver, 1x Bronze, 7x Finalist

#2 Fastest Growing Agency

Highlights ​2022/2023

Upwork: This Is How We Work Now

A 1980s CEO returns from the dead to tell the world that the old ways of working were entirely made up. View Case Study

For 200 years, society has treated the old ways of working as sacred and unchangeable. So Upwork brought back a deceased CEO to share a provocative and long overdue message: the old ways of working (in an office, 9-5, two weeks vacation) were entirely made up by people like him. So why not make up something better?

This Is How We Work Now (Long-Form Anthem Film)
This Is How We Work Now: Nepotism (30-Second Film)
This Is How We Work Now: Handshake (30-Second Film)
This Is How We Work Now: Falling Apart (15-Second Film)
This Is How We Work Now: Speed (15-Second Film)
  • “This Is How We Work Now” (Social)
  • “This Is How We Work Now” (OOH)
  • “This Is How We Work Now” (Wild Postings)
  • “This Is How We Work Now” (OOH)
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Consumer Cellular: Freedom Calls

There’s a certain kind of freedom that only comes with age. And a really great phone plan.

For the past 50 years, we have believed that the only thing worse than falling into shark-infested quicksand is turning 55. But the reality is that older people have everything young people want: happiness, financial security, time and freedom. So Consumer Cellular decided it was time to start doing something everyone else in America stopped: celebrating the endless freedoms of being older.

Freedom Calls: Ryan and Brenda (Film)
Freedom Calls: Issa (Film)

Consumer Cellular gets it: Instead of dreading getting older, people should be looking forward to it. We have everything young people want — confidence, friends, time and really good anti-inflammatories.

— Ted Danson
Freedom Calls: Marcus (Film)
  • “Freedom Calls” (OOH)
  • “Freedom Calls” (Social)
  • “Freedom Calls” (OOH)
  • “Freedom Calls” (OOH)
  • “Freedom Calls” (Print)
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Montefiore Einstein: I Want to Live

Working with Oscar-nominated director Derek Cianfrance and composer Ludovico Einaudi, we turned advertising into medical innovation. See Project

As a premiere transplant hospital, Montefiore has more than 1,000 patients waiting for organ donors. These people are often left to their own devices when it comes to finding a life-saving living donor. We created a powerful digital tool and platform so patients seeking life-saving organs could tell their stories to potential donors in an impactful, emotional way. In the first six weeks after launch, nearly 1,000 people used our platform or called the hospital to begin the process of becoming a living donor. We have, to date, helped save four lives since the campaign launch, including that of a nine-month-old girl and a three-year-old boy.

I Want to Live: Elijah (Film)
I Want to Live: Onil (Film)
I Want to Live: Robert (Film)

Ketel One: Made to Cocktail

A new platform for the once-iconic vodka brand draws on brand heritage to usher in a new era.

Ketel One Vodka was inspired by and created during the Golden Age of Cocktails. To honor the whole scene. To make cocktails even better. This new platform reinvigorates the brand by bringing that simple truth to the forefront again.

Made to Cocktail (30-Second Film)
Made to Cocktail (60-Second Film) directed by Daniel Wolfe and featuring the track “Moonshake” by German prog rock band, Can (1972).
  • "Made to Cocktail" (OOH)
  • "Made to Cocktail" (Print)
  • "Made to Cocktail" (Wild Postings)
  • "Made to Cocktail" (Social)
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Montefiore Einstein: The Holiday Train

A holiday tale celebrating the true magic of caring.

Filled with humanity, hope, magical realism and a whisper of nostalgia, this film about one man’s road to recovery reminds us all that caring for each other is the true source of holiday magic.

The Holiday Train (Film) directed by Fredrik Bond, with a score from Oscar nominee Emile Mosseri

H&M: Role Models

A global initiative supporting the people who are making the world a better place: kids.

H&M created a platform that empowers new role models who are making progress in social equality, sustainability, education and other issues. The worldwide initiative to identify and support these impactful young people is funded indefinitely through the proceeds of a new line of sustainable kids’ clothing.

Children are today's 'ROLE MODELS'

— Alexandra Jardine, Ad Age
Role Models (Film) Short-listed at the Tribeca Film Festival 2021
  • "Role Models" (OOH) Paris
  • Recruiting role models around the globe
  • "Role Models" (OOH) Vienna, left NYC, right
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We believe creativity can help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges

Alto is committed to increasing and practicing equity and inclusion and to protecting our planet.

We partnered with St. John’s University in Queens—one of the most diverse colleges in the US—to create an internship program that nurtures and hires future industry talent. We’re hoping our legacy will be—well, nothing. So we joined 1% for the Planet to contribute 1% of our annual sales to environmental causes. Alto is a carbon-neutral company. In 2021, we partnered with Watershed to measure our carbon footprint and offset it.

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