SullivanPerkins

In short

SullivanPerkins has been designing and writing for Dallas companies since 1984, from an office on North Central Expressway. It describes itself as a marketing agency, but the output is classic corporate communications: identities, annual reports, brochures, advertising and websites, with copywriting done in-house. Its core senior staff have each been there more than ten years. That longevity and range put it at #1 on our Dallas list.

The client wall mixes Texas industry and institutions: BNSF Railway, OxyChem, Kosmos Energy, Commercial Metals Company, Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation, the University of North Texas and Lake Austin Spa Resort. For Atmos Energy it wrote and designed annual reports for years. Applied Seismic Research, an oilfield tool maker, got technical diagrams, articles, animation and print ads, while Alcuin School needed enrollment marketing and refreshed materials.

Established companies in energy, industry, healthcare, education and philanthropy that want a long-term brand steward, someone who handles the annual report, the sales literature and the rebrand year after year, are the right clients. The firm typically presents several design routes from different designers. Startups building a software product, or teams needing UX research and interface design, will find little of that here.