The Golden Age of Marketing Meets the Modern Age of AI
Every other agency has big ideas and outside vendors. 405 Madison has the strategy, the creative, the studio, and the team — all under one roof. Nothing leaves. Nothing gets lost. Nothing gets outsourced.
Brands that have trusted us
You've heard the pitch. Impressive deck. Then the invoice hits and half your budget went to a crew they rented, a studio they booked, and a freelancer they found online.
That's not an agency. That's a middleman with a nice office.
405 Madison was built for the business owner who refuses to pay for the same thing twice. Strategy that turns into creative, creative that turns into production, and production that turns into results — without leaving the building.
We built Firehouse Studios for exactly this reason. Not as an amenity. As infrastructure. The studio is the proof that nothing gets outsourced — ever.
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One contact, one invoice, one standard. Strategist, writer, director, and engineer at the same table. When something's off, there's no vendor to blame.
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5,000 sq ft in Round Rock, TX. Three purpose-built studios — sound stage, podcast/video, voice over. Your campaign doesn't wait on a rental.
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When budgets tighten, wasted dollars sting more. You don't stop marketing in a slow economy — you get sharper. We make every dollar prove itself.
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The golden age of marketing strategy meets the modern age of AI execution. More output, faster, without the agency overhead.
Six stages. One team. No handoffs between them. Most agencies manage two or three stages and outsource the rest. We own every one — because that's the only way the final result matches the original vision.
Market research, competitive audit, audience mapping, and brand positioning. We diagnose before we prescribe.
Campaign ideation, messaging architecture, creative brief. The big idea that ties everything together — and actually works in market.
Copywriting, design, art direction, storyboards. Every asset built to the brief, by the same team that wrote it.
Video, photo, podcast, voice over — all in-house at Firehouse Studios. No crew rentals. No location fees. No surprises.
Media buying, paid social, broadcast, email, and organic. We put the work in front of the right people at the right moment.
CRO, landing pages, lead tracking, GHL automation, and reporting. Traffic without conversion is noise. We close the loop.
While other agencies book rental studios and hire day-rate crews, our clients are already in production. Three purpose-built studios. One address in Round Rock, TX.
Austin's largest 3-wall cyclorama sound stage. Built for commercials, brand films, music videos, and large-scale productions.
Multi-camera video, professional audio, photography lighting, and broadcast-quality podcast setup — all in one room.
Acoustically engineered booth with broadcast-grade microphones. Narration, audiobooks, e-learning, and corporate video.
Market research, competitive audit, audience mapping
Campaign ideation, messaging, creative brief
Copy, design, art direction, storyboards
Video, photo, podcast, voice over — in-house
Media buying, paid social, broadcast, email
CRO, automation, lead tracking, reporting
Brands that have trusted us with their story
405 Madison was founded by a veteran who didn't go to Harvard — he went to Fort Knox. The same discipline, accountability, and mission-first mindset defines how we work for every client.
We hold SDVOSB and NVBDC certifications and offer a dedicated package for veteran-owned businesses — because we know what it costs to build something real without a safety net.
Veteran Business Bundle
Growth Package
$1,200/mo
For NVBDC · NaVOBA · NVSBC members
Scott Lopez is the rare combination of left-brain business builder and right-brain storyteller. Almost three decades at the intersection of technology, marketing, and production.
Stints at Ingram Micro, TD SYNNEX, CDW, and Atos — learning how industry actually works from the inside out. The kind of experience that doesn't come with a diploma.
405 Madison is named for the address of Sterling Cooper from Mad Men — not nostalgia, but a statement. The golden age of advertising understood something the algorithm economy keeps forgetting: great marketing is felt before it's measured.
The agency was built for the next decade of business — years that will demand more from every marketing dollar. In a slow economy, the businesses that stay visible win. We're here to make sure you stay visible.
Read Scott's Story"The golden age of marketing meets the modern age of AI. One roof. One team. No excuses."
— Scott Lopez, Founder & President
Book a free 20-minute strategy call. No pitch deck. No pressure. We'll tell you exactly what we'd do for your business — and if we're not the right fit, we'll say that too.
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