Orphan is an independent creative agency. Orphan helps brands who can’t out-spend their competition, out-think them instead. Orphan works with challenger brands and brands facing their biggest challenges. Orphan does not have a foosball table. Or a dog with a job title. Orphan must not be a creative agency after all. Orphan’s mission is to be the best marketing decision you’ve ever made. Orphan believes that if you have a better product and they have a better brand, they win. Orphan doesn’t believe that every solution must be ad-shaped. Orphan helped raised over $200,000 for children with cancer by getting people to donate their age. Orphan was named Orphan because it has no parent company. Orphan believes that when writing copy, you should start with the one message you absolutely have to get across, then stop. Orphan once hid outside fast food joints and followed delivery riders to their destination, and upgraded people’s ketchup. Orphan’s founders spent more than 20 years in adverting before starting Orphan. They made two Super Bowl ads. One was for Skittles and featured a man who was still attached to his mother by umbilical cord. They also created the Good Different retail campaign for ALDI supermarket. Orphan has an office in Sydney. And in Melbourne. And in the UK. All are dog friendly. Orphan would ban people from the office before it would ban dogs. Orphan is a place where everybody is expected to be creative, not just the creatives. Orphan thinks an ad should make you cry or make you laugh, but it’s more important that it makes you money. Orphan believes their is no greatness in safety, but there is safety in greatness. Orphan created the best Pro Bono Campaign in the country. Mumbrella said that, not Orphan. Orphan should learn to write shorter website copy. Orphan knows that as a brand you can’t afford to make work that doesn’t work. And as an agency, neither can we. Orphan is more cake than icing. Orphan believes in being kind to the people and mean to the work. Orphan launched its own startup, Givewrap: the gift wrap that gives to charity. It now has over 600,000 followers and is sold in over 1,000 Woolworths stores. Orphan is amazed that you have read this far but is glad that you did. Marilyn Monroe and Steve Jobs were both Orphans. Orphan’s Creative Director worked as a toy designer for Fisher Price when he was 8 years old. Orphan believe that if you are going to let the cat out of the bag, it had better be a tiger. Orphan believes that “Everything in moderation” applies to cookies and custard, not creativity and common sense. Orphan finds it vulgar to talk about the awards that it has won and would never blow its own trumpet. Orphan won the ‘Small Budget, Big Impact’ campaign of the year award, two years in a row. Orphan has a pet tortoise that is over 170 years old. His name is Toby. Toby was alive when Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States. Orphan thinks you should never blame the audience if they don’t “get it.” You should only blame yourself for not getting them. Orphan did not get AI to write this copy. It probably should have. Orphan wants to work with brands who cannot afford the luxury of average. If that sounds like you, Orphan would love to meet you.