Six Degrees Atlanta's Black-owned and Millennial led, cultural marketing agency is the recipient of Ad Age's Gold Award for Small Agency of the Year, Southeast, an annual celebration of the year's foremost independent and small-scale shops in the marketing industry with fewer than 150 employees. The distinguished award recognizes Six Degrees impressive work across experiential, social and brand strategy guiding some of the largest global brands and talent that drives pop-culture forward from HBO, Amazon, NFL, Drake, Pandora, Lil Baby, Footlocker, Doja Cat, Lebron James and more.

This year's winners were pulled from a list of hundreds of entries from the U.S and globally, representing some of the best and brightest independent agencies and executives, along with their most creative and effective campaigns.

"It is an honor to be recognized by the Ad Age team for all the work we do that combines cultural insights with innovative thinking and strategy that truly elevates our brand partners," said Founder Brian Wright of Six Degrees Marketing. "I am beyond proud and grateful for every individual on my team who have helped us get to where we are today."

The Ad Age Small Agency Awards recognize standout independent agencies with fewer than 150 employees that are producing both noteworthy creative work and strong business results. The awards program is run in tandem with the Small Agency Conference, a two-day event that offers hands-on business advice tailored to the needs of small agencies on topics such as how to compete for new business, how to win at recruiting, how to deal with client procurement departments and more.

"The work and talent that comes from these indie agencies never ceases to amaze our judges," said Judann Pollack, Ad Age executive editor. "Their growth strategies, smart expansion of capabilities and new-business acumen prove that these agencies are adapting and thriving in a world of projects, in-housing and fractional marketing leadership at clients."

Complete results of the Ad Age Small Agency Awards including company profiles, can be found at https://adage.com/smallagencyawards2024 . It includes an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, metro area and other criteria.