WHO WE ARE★ SMALL ON PURPOSE ★

Creative people
who can read a dashboard.

Wilbur is a small, independent agency of strategists, filmmakers, and media planners under one roof. The strategist sits next to the editor. The media planner sits next to the director. That’s not a vibe. It’s why nothing falls through the cracks.

INDEPENDENT · CINCINNATI-BASED
WORKING WHEREVER A FLIGHT GOES
★ BRANDS THAT TRUST US
New Heights RoofingKnock Knock Heating & CoolingWarmstead Fireplace, Chimney & MasonryTexian FenceRVshareCasita
★ THE SHORT VERSION

We make ads. Not “content.”

We started Wilbur because we kept seeing great local businesses (roofers, sweeps, HVAC crews) get sold the same forgettable ad, or worse, a content calendar nobody asked for. We thought: these people climb on roofs at dawn. The least we can do is make them look as good as the work they do.

So we built the omni-channel growth partner we wished those businesses had: video-first, performance-minded, thinking in years instead of next week. We’ve made national spots for global brands and busy-season campaigns for the crew down the road. We treat them the same. The brief is what changes, not us.

★ ROLL OUR OWN TAPE

The ad we run on ourselves.

We hold our own work to the same bar. So here’s ours, the spot you might’ve caught between scrolls. Yes, we think it’s funny too.

Wilbur brand ad, still from the spot
ON AIR · NOW PLAYING
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WILBUR · THE SPOT
WILBUR-TV · W14
★ MEET THE CREW

The crew.

Lean enough to move fast, deep enough to pull off anything. On purpose.

Ian Hoyt
Ian Hoyt
Founder & Ad Strategist
Nicole Fountain
Nicole Fountain
Marketing Ops Manager
Jacob Schoonover
Jacob Schoonover
Cinematographer
Johan Taljaard
Johan Taljaard
Cinematographer
+ a collective of 30+creatives & marketers
↳ AROUND THE GLOBE · ASSEMBLED PER PROJECT
★ BEHIND THE SCENES

On set.

6 a.m. call times, real roofs, real weather. No stock, we were there.

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★ THINGS WE BELIEVE
The best ad is the truest one.

Every brand has a real thing. We put a camera on it instead of burying it under the third focus group.

We zig when they zag.

Running the same playbook as every other crew is how you blend in. We question the status quo, because looking like everyone else is the fastest way to get ignored.

A booked truck beats a viral view.

We love a great film. We love it more when it fills the schedule. Both, or it didn't work.

AI where it earns its keep.

We use the tools where they sharpen the work or save time, research, targeting, the edit, and pass when they'd cheapen it. A human makes every call.

Small is a feature.

No account-manager telephone game. You talk to the people making the work, the whole way through.

Real footage first.

Your roof, your crew, your trucks. We build on what's real, not a suburb from a stock library.

★ NO SMALL CLIENTS

From a chimney sweep with a great story to a global crystal house with eighty years of one, we treat them the same. Same strategy, same craft, same obsession with the result.

★ WE’RE HIRING, SOMETIMES ★

Join the crew.

We hire people, not portfolios. Send a reel and a thing you love. If it involves a camera, a spreadsheet, or a strong opinion about roofing ads, we’re listening.

★ OPEN POSITION
Videographer (Contract)
CINCINNATI

Local, contract shooter who can run-and-gun a job site and make it look cinematic. Send a reel to hello@wilbur.co.

APPLY → HELLO@WILBUR.CO
★ BRANDS THAT TRUST US
New Heights RoofingKnock Knock Heating & CoolingWarmstead Fireplace, Chimney & MasonryTexian FenceRVshareCasita