Fiction Tribe

In short

Fiction Tribe has worked out of Portland's Central Eastside since 2011 and describes itself as a brand, demand and AI-driven creative agency for mid-market and enterprise companies. The studio has 11 to 50 full-time staff, grouped into small senior teams of strategists, designers, developers and filmmakers per project. Most of its clients sell technology to other businesses, and that B2B tech bent earns it #5 on our Portland list.

Verizon is the anchor: Fiction Tribe says it has worked on Verizon's channel-partner programme for a decade, and its 5G launch campaign with Cisco framed opening a branch office as a rocket launch across email, paid social, pre-roll and a landing page. For Axis Communications it built a 3D product hub for body-worn cameras. When People.ai became Backstory, it made the launch ads with generative AI tools in under a week.

Technology companies selling to IT buyers, partners or public-sector users, which need a brand film, a campaign and a product microsite that all hang together, are the best match; GitLab, Fortinet and POLITICO Pro are also clients. The AI production work suits teams that want speed. Anyone looking for deep product UX, research or a design system for a software interface should look elsewhere.