Ideas Collide

Ideas Collide is a full-service marketing agency with studios in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Portland, Oregon. Launched in 2005-2006 by Matthew Clyde, Rebecca Clyde and Mike Mason, it provides branding, content, automation, paid media, public relations, video and website development for brands from local to global scale.

The agency says it was founded by people who had worked in-house, and it positions its marketing teams as an extension of client teams, moving from strategy to execution. Its IC:IDQ platform blends qualitative and quantitative insight into a strategic roadmap, and its IC Tech division focuses on B2B marketing for technology brands, aiming at ecosystem growth and marketing ROI. A content studio, IC Streaming, launched around 2020.

• Branding and Design: brand identity and design services
• Content Marketing: content marketing programs
• Marketing Automation: marketing automation programs
• Paid Media: paid media campaigns
• Public Relations: public relations and storytelling
• Video and Multimedia: video and multimedia production
• Website Development: website development

Named clients include Banner Health, EvolvedMD, Health Current, Contexture, ASU, Arizona Humane Society, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Verra Mobility, Botco.ai, Paul Mitchell, Danzeisen Dairy, Fresh Cravings and Best Western Hotels & Resorts. Featured work includes Best Western's "It Takes Two" national campaign, public relations for the nonprofit Western National Parks, a statewide commercial and packaging for 1836 Farms, and the Arizona Commerce Authority's Future48 Workforce Accelerators video campaign.

According to its website, the agency has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list and has been recognized in Best Places to Work Arizona (2022: number 2 for women, number 3 for Hispanic, number 5 overall). It also cites Telly Awards (2023-2024), AMA Phoenix Spectrum Awards and HSMAI Adrian Awards. It reports giving more than $3 million and thousands of volunteer hours since 2005, and has committed $5 million to community impact through a Local First Arizona partnership. About 54 people are profiled on its team page.