Tombras

Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, with additional offices in New York, Atlanta, Charlotte, Portland, and Buenos Aires, Tombras is an independent, full-service advertising agency founded in 1946. Its client roster spans national and regional brands, including Dollar Tree, Starkist, e.l.f., and Ricola, reflecting work across categories such as retail, consumer packaged goods, and personal care. The agency positions itself around combining data and creativity to drive business results, and it maintains a team of more than 200 staff supporting its offices. Tombras operates as a full-service, in-house agency covering strategy, creative, media, social, technology, data science, multicultural marketing, content production, public relations, SEO, CRM, and paid search. Declared service lines also include branding, advertising, media planning and buying, social media marketing, video production, and web design. The agency structures its offerings so that creative, media, and data functions sit within one organization rather than being outsourced, and it separates contact channels for new business, public relations, and media planning and buying, indicating dedicated teams for each discipline. It also runs the Tombras School of Advertising & Public Relations, housed within the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's College of Communication and Information, as part of its approach to talent development within the industry.