Lifestyle Profiles
Big-City Creativity
Three creative shops—Mad Monkey, Post No Bills, and Truematter—located in Columbia’s Vista district have the kind of big-name clients normally associated with big-city agencies.
‘The best work can come out of Columbia.’
Mad Monkey
A dynamic, award-winning film production company, Mad Monkey has top-notch creative talent and a lengthy list of national
clients, which translates to a conference room full of awards from the American Advertising Association.
Mad Monkey is proving “the best work can come out of Columbia, S.C.,” says its president, Lorie Gardner, who
adds Columbia is “on the radar” as a Southeast destination. “We hire people that could go to L.A. or New
York to work, but they come here.”
Learn more about Mad Monkey
‘My heart is in this community.’
Post No Bills
Doreen Sullivan, president of Post No Bills, echoes that sentiment, saying her “heart is in this community.
It’s easy for us to function here. You get a lot of support in a smaller city.”
Since opening in 2003, Post No Bills has specialized in merchandising, marketing, product development, and promotions
for the entertainment industry. Its clients include DreamWorks, Paramount, TBS, BBC America, the United States Olympic
Committee, and even Dewar’s Scotch whisky.
Learn more about Post No Bills
‘We like living in this area.’
Truematter
Truematter, an Interactive consultancy that specializes in Web usability, has an impressive client list over five years:
PGA golfer Davis Love III, Duke University, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Wachovia, and local business such as Mungo Homes,
Edens & Avant, CSi, EdVenture Children’s Museum, and Ometric, a computing technology company that emerged
from the University of South Carolina’s Technology Incubator.
“We like living in this area, and it’s very nice that we can work here as well,” says Dean Schuster,
a partner with the firm.
Learn more about Truematter
