Duncan Channon

Founded in 1990 as The Duncan Group, the agency assumed its current name in 1996. Duncan was a VP, creative director and Channon a copywriter at the FCB Direct division of Foote, Cone & Belding in San Francisco. In 2000, they added a third partner, Andy Berkenfield, a former FCB vice-president, as general manager, now CEO, and in 2012, a fourth partner, Michael Lemme, a digital and design specialist and ex-creative director at MetaDesign and Method (Experience Design Firm). Lemme is now chief creative officer. Channon is CMO. Duncan is chairman.

In 2019, the agency acquired experiential and influencer A2G with offices in Los Angeles and New York. As part of that acquisition, A2G's founder, Amy Cotteleer, became the agency's first chief experience officer and fifth partner.[1]

As of 2019, Duncan Channon's clients include the California Tobacco Control Program, Kona Brewing Company, Upwork, SweeTarts, Black Forest Gummies, e.l.f., Sonoma-Cutrer, Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, and Covered California, among others. Past clients have included Hard Rock International, Birkenstock, StubHub, Pop Secret, Diamond Foods, Stride Rite Corporation, Esurance, 1-800 CONTACTS, Sega, Palms Casino, Rakuten.com, Sephora, DriveTime, Oracle, Golden State Warriors and LucasArts.[2]

In 2006, Duncan Channon was awarded Best of Show in the San Francisco Addys for its Hard Rock fork campaign,[3] and again in 2011 for its design and packaging of Farrier wines.[4] In 2007, it was awarded one of five top prizes in the international REBRAND 100 competition for its rebranding of Hard Rock.[5] The agency has also been an honoree in the Webby awards (2009) for its Hard Rock Memorabilia website[6] and one of three finalists, three years in a row (2008-2010), for the American Association of Advertising Agencies' O'Toole Award, given for a broad sampling of an agency's work in a given year.[7]

in 2012, The Next Web named them among the top 10 small agencies that define "Digital Spring" in San Francisco.[8]

In 2014, they were awarded the American Association of Advertising Agencies' O'Toole Award for Media Excellence in the Small Agency category for their integrated campaign for StubHub.[9]

In 2014, A2G (now DCX) was awarded Ad Age Small Agency of the Year, West, Gold.

In 2015, A2G (now DCX) was awarded Ad Age Small Agency of the Year, 11-75 employees, Silver.

In 2016, Duncan Channon was awarded an Effie for their work with the California Tobacco Control Program.

In 2016 and 2017, Duncan Channon was awarded Ad Age Small Agency of the Year, West, Silver.

In 2018, they won both B2B and OOH Awards from The Drum for their Hey World! campaign for [Upwork].

• Duncan Channon website