We help mission-driven organizations amplify vital causes and mobilize communities.

A CREATIVE AGENCY ON A MISSION

For more than 25 years, we've been partnering with schools, nonprofit and public agencies working to make Philadelphia—and the world— a better place.

Promoting Our Hometown

Telling Philadelphia’s story to visitors, investors and families looking for a place to call home.

Black Higher Education

Expanding access, strengthening student outcomes and supporting the transformation of HBCUs.

Early Literacy

Advancing initiatives and innovations that build strong reading foundations in early childhood.

Economic Opportunity

Promoting access to proven strategies that support family stability.

Educational Equity

Addressing structural barriers and historic injustices to ensure a quality public education for every student.

Public Health

Helping public health efforts earn trust, communicate clearly and realize healthier and safer outcomes.

Trauma Healing

Partnering with organizations addressing healing with care, dignity and cultural awareness.

Across this work, we combine strategy, storytelling and design to turn intention into momentum.

Our Services

We support you through every stage of the process.

Strategy & Research

We’re research nerds, strategists and data people who love asking the right questions. Through qualitative and quantitative research, stakeholder insights, competitive analysis and performance data, we connect the dots—turning what we learn into actionable strategies, compelling narratives and measurable results.

Branding & Design

We build and evolve brands from strategy through execution—sharpening positioning and messaging, developing memorable identities and creating attention-grabbing visual systems that break through distractions and indifference across channels.

Integrated Campaigns

We turn strategy into action, developing and activating integrated campaigns that connect the right audiences, messages, creative and channels. From initial concept and campaign planning through asset development, launch, coordination and optimization, we keep all the moving parts moving in the same direction.

Content & Storytelling

In a climate where facts and true history are too often being overtaken by myths, memes and distortions, it’s never been more important to help unearth and amplify accurate, often suppressed, narratives and solutions from diverse voices and perspectives.

We find the human stories inside complex issues, institutions and initiatives—and turn them into content people want to see, hear and share. From community voices and personal experiences to organizational progress and timely opportunities, we develop authentic stories that make big ideas relevant to the audiences they need to reach.

Multimedia Production

From developing concepts, scripts and detailed storyboards to directing and producing shoots, videos, photography and motion content, we bring stories to life across platforms. Our in-house team handles nimble, rapid-turn production and scales up with trusted production partners when projects call for larger crews or specialized capabilities.

Digital Experiences

From bespoke websites and campaign landing pages to interactive content and digital experiences, we combine strategy, UX/UI, design and technology to create useful, accessible experiences that engage audiences, encourage interaction and drive action.

Social Media

We develop social strategies and scroll-stopping content built for the way audiences actually use each platform. Combining creative firepower with audience and performance insights, we help brands grow engagement, extend campaigns and spark meaningful conversations.

Stakeholder & Community Engagement

Bringing diverse people and organizations together around a shared goal is hard. It’s also been integral to our work from the beginning. We design engagement strategies, build coalitions and create meaningful ways for stakeholders and communities to inform—and strengthen—the work.

Fundraising

Whether it’s writing persuasive grant proposals, pitching capital campaigns or rallying donors, we’ve partnered with our clients to raise tens of millions of dollars over the last 25 years.

Testimonials

What our clients are saying.

Don’t just take our word for it.

Congratulations on 25 years of impactful storytelling and transformative marketing. Your dedication to uplifting communities and driving meaningful change is truly inspiring.

Loraine Ballard Morrill

iHeart Media

Mighty Engine is a great partner in helping us to reach Philadelphians working hard to stop smoking.

Thierry Fortune

City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Health

The path to homeownership can be challenging, particularly for families who have historically been excluded from it. Mighty Engine simplified access to essential resources by creating a user-friendly website.

Leslie Russell Winder

Urban Affairs Coalition

Mighty Engine took the time to truly understand the community we needed to engage and communicate with. They guided us in presenting our messages in ways that resonated and made an impact.

Basye Peek

Harpswell

Few groups are able to keep their identity while staying mission driven like Mighty Engine has for more than a quarter century. It's a rare commitment to excellence with zero compromise that you don't find every day.

Miquon Brinkley

Thinker Makers Society

I so admire Mighty Engine's giant heart that shows in the work they do and makes it so impactful.

Elaine Wells

Global Thinking Initiatives, Inc.

Mighty Engine's creativity, dedication and deep connection to the community shine through in everything they do.

Erika Bonnevie

Public Good Projects

As a deaf person, I often encounter hearing folks who want to speak for our community. Mighty Engine stood by us instead, and that's a game-changer.

Sara Novic

Author, Activist and Right2ReadPhilly Advisor

Mighty Engine is a longtime ally in our fight for educational equity and racial justice.

Sharif El-Mekki

Center for Black Educator Development

Mighty Engine's approach as a creative social-justice boutique has made them our indispensable partner in delivering on the promise of Black higher education.

Julian Thompson

UNCF Institute for Capacity Building

Mighty Engine created a powerful brand that reflects who we are and what we aspire to do for girls and women in South Central Asia.

Maria Toorpakai

Maria Toorpakai Foundation

The Mighty Engine team delivered a website that energizes our focus on poverty.

Bill Golderer

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

Mighty Engine is helping countless families keep their Reading Promises.

Carolotta Stafford

Reading Captain

As we engineer a new approach to trauma healing, our collaboration with Mighty Engine has made all the difference.

Dr. John Rich

Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice