A Two-Headed AGency is better than a one-Headed Agency
Steve Harding - President, CEO
Meet the guru of creative media. Steve’s decades-long career is highlighted by his unique ability to extract creative media solutions from truckloads of raw data — and then collaborate directly with his creative partners to deliver business-changing campaigns.
Steve started with ASO in July of 2010. His journey to become co-leader of the agency is filled with success stories for clients in a wide range of categories. His humble, straight-shooting personality has seeped into the agency culture and helped mold ASO into the smart thinking, smart working agency it is today. Steve joined ASO from Mindshare where he was a part of 5 EFFIE-winning teams, a Gold AMY (Atlanta Market of the Year) and a Creative Media Award sponsored by MediaPost. He ran the US Marine Corps and John Deere accounts while at Mindshare and prior to that he was a key player at Initiative Media where his accounts included The Home Depot, Arby’s, AmSouth, Stuart Anderson’s, In-N-Out Burger, Balance Bar and Nortel.
Ryan Mikesell - President, CCO
He’s part creative, part strategy and all in for all of our clients’ success. Ryan excels at both the art and the business side of advertising…an incredible conceptual thinker with an eye for design and a nose for business.
He has created award-winning campaigns for regional and national clients that include Mitsubishi, Bridgestone, Applebee’s, Georgia Aquarium, Georgia Natural Gas, Lamkin and Golf Pride. His collaboration with Steve to incorporate media into creative thinking and creative thinking into media thinking has given the agency a complete unique approach that is delivering eye-popping results for our clients.
