Based in Wellington. | Remembered Everywhere.

// 01 — THE STORY

ACE53 Aroma, LLC is a full-service advertising agency headquartered in Wellington, Florida. Despite the name, the firm has no involvement in fragrance or scent products — "Aroma" is a metaphor for its core belief: that the best advertising, like scent, embeds itself in memory and emotion.

That belief shapes the methodology. Before any creative is drawn, we map the sensory and emotional territory of a category — the sounds, phrases, colors, and feelings competitors have already occupied, and the ones left open. Campaigns are then built to claim an unoccupied trigger and repeat it with discipline until the brand owns it in recall. It is slower than chasing formats, and it holds value far longer.

From a single Wellington studio we plan and buy media nationally, working with hospitality, wellness, lifestyle, home services, and consumer brands across more than twenty states. Local proximity for the people who want to sit at the table; national reach for the campaigns that need it.

// 02 — WHAT WE VALUE

Four Things We Refuse to Compromise.

Memorability

If nobody can repeat it tomorrow, it was decoration. We measure work by what survives the week after it runs.

Emotion

Feeling arrives before reasoning. We build the feeling first and let the argument support it, never the reverse.

Craft

Kerning, cut points, and audio mix are strategy at the last mile. Sloppy execution quietly discounts the brand.

Candor

We say what is not working, including when it is ours. Clear numbers, plain language, no defensive reporting.

// 03 — THE TEAM

The People Behind the Work.

Adrienne Cole

FOUNDER / STRATEGY

Founded ACE53 in 2018 after a decade leading brand planning for regional hospitality groups.

Marcus Etheridge

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Writes first, art-directs second, and defends the one idea in the room that makes people uncomfortable.

Priya Raghavan

DIRECTOR OF MEDIA

Negotiates national buys and keeps every placement accountable to a number agreed in advance.

Devon Whitaker

HEAD OF ANALYTICS

Builds the measurement plan before launch and translates it into language a board can act on.

// 04 — MILESTONES

Seven Years of Lingering.

2018Founded in Wellington
2019First National Campaign
202155 Brands Launched
2023Award Recognition
2025165+ Campaigns Delivered

Come Sit at the Table.

Wellington-based, nationally deployed, and happy to tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.

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