The Littlefield Agency, a leading B2B marketing agency based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is proud to announce that — for the second year in a row — it was honored by Ad Age as one of the 2025 winners of Best Places to Work. This award is a well-deserved recognition of Littlefield’s commitment to building its culture.
Ad Age recognizes only 50 companies with this honor each year, and in the category of businesses with less than 150 employees, the Littlefield Agency ranked in the top 10! The criteria for judging are quite stiff, based on factors ranging from benefits and pay to culture and leadership. In a landscape that is increasingly unsteady for small firms — an unsettling economy, a changing media marketplace, and a continued tight talent pool among its defining characteristics — thriving and earning this award is a massive accomplishment.
“To achieve this honor once is an incredible feat,” says Sam Littlefield, president and CEO of Littlefield Agency, in a recent press release about the award, “but to receive it for a second year in a row says we are building something truly special and long-lasting. When you focus on hiring talented people, treat them with respect, and let them use their skill sets to push themselves and the work, that’s when the magic happens. And that’s when great things happen for our clients.”
A history of excellence in B2B marketing
The Littlefield Agency is a family-run agency started by Sam Littlefield’s father, David Littlefield, in 1980. In the firm’s more than 40 years in business, it has successfully grown to become a trusted partner for businesses of all kinds, resulting in the firm having its biggest year yet in 2024.
The key to this success? Adaptability. Throughout the years, under Sam Littlefield’s leadership and that of his father before him, the Littlefield Agency has guided its team and clients through the changes in the world and marketing landscape.
The other key to the Littlefield Agency’s success? The team, of course! Littlefield’s commitment to creating a workplace where employees feel valued and appreciated is a big part of what earned them the Ad Age award. For example, to commemorate the firm’s record-breaking 2024 and look ahead to an even more exciting 2025, Littlefield took the entire team for a 24-hour trip to Vegas on the agency’s dime, treating them to a stay at the Venetian, dinner at Delmonico’s Steakhouse, and more. This great team-building event was just one of the ways that Littlefield goes above and beyond in thanking his employees for their hard work and the contributions they make to the company’s success.
“If you create a work environment where people look forward to coming in every day and give them the opportunity to make an impact, you not only have incredibly happy employees; you also get even better work,” Littlefield asserts. “To win Best places to work award for a second year in a row only confirms the direction the agency is committed to in the long term: having every single person in the firm be the ‘A-team’ every day.”
Creating an award-winning workplace culture
Like many boutique firms, the Littlefield Agency benefits from having the close-knit charm of an intimate team of 25 employees. But that doesn’t mean a sacrifice in quality or experience. In fact, the truth is quite the opposite — many of the Littlefield Agency’s team members have backgrounds working at large advertising agencies, meaning that they bring this experience to the table but can offer the level of attention to detail and customer service afforded by the boutique agency structure.
Indeed, the thing that employees and clients alike love most about working with the Littlefield Agency is the genuine sense of collaboration that it seeks to foster in its work. The team at Littlefield prides itself on helping clients reimagine their B2B marketing and helping take brands in directions that they never would have imagined. And with the impressive portfolio of clients that the Littlefield Agency has worked with, ranging from regional powerhouses to some of the largest multinational corporations in the world, the firm’s results speak for themselves.
“The companies on Ad Age’s 2025 Best Places to Work list have shown a deep commitment to building workplaces where employees truly want to be — no small feat in today’s challenging labor market,” Dan Peres, president of Ad Age, said in a press release. “Earning this recognition isn’t just a win for company culture; it also strengthens an organization’s reputation, making it a more attractive place for top talent.”
With the recognition and encouragement this award provides, the Littlefield Agency is looking forward to continuing to be a leader in the B2B marketing space, both in offering excellent service to its clients and creating an incredible workplace culture for its employees. And if their bright start to the year is any indication, maybe they can look forward to receiving this honor once again.
