Employees. Partners. Clients. We’re all on the same side and the same team here.
We are a relationships-first design, marketing, and growth partner to the publishing industry.
Our guiding principle is simple—cooperation over competition. We believe that genuine success and sustainable growth flourish when people work together rather than against each other. We believe that authentic partnerships based on mutual benefit make for healthier businesses, healthier people, and a healthier world.
Our team is your team, and our network is your network.
Our methodology is straightforward—define, design, deliver. First, we help our clients define their audience, define their strengths, and define their hopes, goals, and dreams. Next, we design a holistic plan for reaching the right people with the right message at the right time. Finally, we deliver the tools, messaging, and relationships to bring it all together.
We don’t just connect the dots, we create them for you.
We have history.
This is who we are—just imagine what we could do together.
We have history.
This is who we are—just imagine what we could do together.
1998-2002
Launched as Surf This! Web Design and headquartered in metro DC, we helped businesses and federal clients like the CDC, DoD, and NIH take some of their earliest steps online. From web design and multimedia kiosks to desktop- and browser-based applications, we brought conventional clients to the cutting edge.
2003-2009
HQ moved to Brooklyn, NY, and triggered rapid evolution in our services, our team, and our client list. Our design group expanded into branding and identity, and our strategy group launched with an eye toward SEO, marketing, and growth. Along the way, Surf This! became field15 to acknowledge all the new ground we were covering.
2011-2023
Reorganization and restructuring led the way to our home office in Providence, RI. The global transition to cloud-based computing inspired the birth of our infrastructure and operations services. And our bond with publishing cemented as we partnered with authors, artists, and agents like Naomi Klein, V, and Roam Agency.
2024
With a fresh new look and sharpened focus, we embarked on a new era. While AI sent shockwaves through the arts, corporate media devoured everything in its path, and big tech laid waste to long-established business models, we continued providing authentic partnership and clear guidance, even through the murkiest of waters.
Founders
field15 is led by long-time life and business partners, Dave Rankin and Catharine Rankin. They are dedicated to helping clients build a platform for meaningful relationships and authentic partnerships. With the support of world-class and award-winning staff, partners, and advisors, they’ve been connecting the dots, building bridges, and guiding clients for nearly three decades.
Wanna see what we can do together? Let us know how to reach you.
Wanna see what we can do together? Let us know how to reach you.
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