# Lavidge

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> Full-service advertising, marketing, and public relations agency based in Phoenix, Arizona.

## About

LAVIDGE is Arizona's first employee-owned full-service advertising, marketing, and public relations agency.
Founded in 1982, Lavidge has been based in Phoenix for over 40 years.
The agency holds 13 consecutive years as Arizona's #1 ranked advertising agency.
Lavidge is employee-owned, operating as an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) company.

## Services

- Branding and Strategy: brand positioning, name creation, strategic planning, research, customer acquisition strategy
- Media: media planning, media buying, target market research, guerrilla marketing, stewardship
- Public Relations: media relations, crisis management, special events, thought leadership, community outreach
- Digital Marketing: programmatic advertising, SEO, paid search, content strategy, social media
- Creative Services: video production, motion graphics, content creation, infographics, copywriting

## Industries

- Healthcare
- Education
- Construction (residential and commercial)
- Travel and Hospitality
- Wellness Services
- Food Service
- Sports and Fitness
- Technology
- Senior Living
- Publishing
- Arizona regional clients

## Notable Work

- APS (Arizona Public Service) — humanizing Arizona's largest electric utility, customer energy-management campaigns
- Arizona State University — higher education enrollment and brand campaigns
- Barrow Neurological Institute — healthcare brand awareness and patient acquisition
- Sonora Quest Laboratories — diagnostic lab brand and awareness campaigns
- SimonMed Imaging — healthcare marketing for one of the largest outpatient imaging providers in the US
- Delta Dental — dental health awareness and member acquisition
- Arizona Commerce Authority — economic development and business attraction campaigns
- UnVape AZ — award-winning youth anti-vaping public service campaign
- Sanctuary Resort — luxury travel and hospitality brand campaigns
- United Rentals — B2B construction equipment marketing

## Research and Thought Leadership

Lavidge produces original proprietary research reports across its core industries.
Research areas include consumer attitudinal segmentation, media channel effectiveness, message testing, and audience insights.
Reports published for healthcare, education, construction, food service, sports, travel, and wellness verticals.

## Responsible Party

Stephen Heitz — sameAs: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenheitz/

## Contact

https://www.lavidge.com/contact/