The Department Of Sales

What The Department Of Sales does

The Department of Sales is a privately held, Los Angeles-based advertising agency that operates as an umbrella organization for seven specialized creative divisions: Arts & Sciences (commercial directing), Found Objects (music supervision and original music), Imperial Woodpecker (commercial and film production), papercut (editing), Preymaker (production), Riff Raff (film and commercial production), and Tropical Fish (video, image, and word content). The agency's stated function is to connect brands and advertisers with creative professionals — directors, music supervisors, editors, and production companies — for the creation of advertising campaigns across film, digital, and experiential media.

The agency's revenue model is professional services: it is compensated through project-based or retainer engagements for creative and production services, with no disclosed pricing or SaaS/productized offering. The go-to-market is direct-to-client, operating through personal outreach, a portfolio-driven website, and a small named sales function (Owner Dexter Randazzo, Sales & Marketing Manager Lindsey Pollard, Associate Sales Rep Lucy Rick). The customer base spans more than 25 named enterprise brands across technology (Apple, Amazon, Coinbase, HP), consumer goods (Nike, Coca-Cola, Old Spice, DoorDash, Bacardi, Michelob Ultra), automotive (Hyundai, Honda, Volkswagen), entertainment and sports (EA, PlayStation, MLB, NBA, NFL), and travel (O2, Booking.com), indicating diversified enterprise concentration rather than vertical specialization.

Operationally, the company is founder-owned with no disclosed venture or institutional funding, no parent company, and no public listing. The technology stack is minimal — there is no proprietary platform, API, or software product — and the seven divisions function as internal branded units under a shared sales and administrative umbrella rather than as separate corporate entities. The business is asset-light at the parent level, with creative capacity residing in the talent rosters of each division.

Name

The Department Of Sales

Legal name

The Department of Sales

Website

https://thedeptofsales.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Department of Sales is a privately held Los Angeles advertising agency that operates as an umbrella organization for seven creative divisions — spanning directing, music supervision, editing, and production — serving major global brands including Nike, Apple, Coca-Cola, Amazon, and AT&T through project-based professional services engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Advertising Agency Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Advertising Agencies (54181)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Advertising (7310), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro primary industry

Sales Agency Representation & Deal Structuring (MPADAAAK)

Keywords

• Commercial production services
• Music supervision services
• Creative agency services
• Advertising production
• Commercial directing

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Advertising Agency Services: The Department of Sales generates revenue through providing advertising and creative agency services. They connect creative professionals (directors, music supervisors, production companies) with brands and advertisers who need advertising content produced. Services span multiple divisions including Arts & Sciences (commercial directing), Found Objects (music supervision and original music), Imperial Woodpecker (commercial production), papercut (editing services), Preymaker (production), and Riff Raff (production). Revenue is likely project-based or retainer-based.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Department of Sales is an advertising agency that connects creative professionals with brands and advertisers. It operates as a parent organization housing seven specialized production divisions covering commercial directing (Arts & Sciences), music supervision and original music (Found Objects), commercial and film production (Imperial Woodpecker), editing services (papercut), production (Preymaker, Riff Raff), and creative content (Tropical Fish). The agency produces advertising campaigns for major global brands across multiple industries.

Product overview

The Department Of Sales is a unified advertising agency platform that connects creators with clients in the advertising industry. The platform operates as a parent organization housing seven distinct production studios and sub-brands: Arts & Sciences, Found Objects, Imperial Woodpecker, papercut, Preymaker, Riff Raff, and Tropical Fish. Each sub-brand operates as an independent production company specializing in different creative disciplines including commercial filmmaking, music supervision, and original music production. The parent company provides shared infrastructure, client connections, and administrative services while each studio maintains its own creative identity and client portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Arts & Sciences: Production division showcasing commercial work for clients including Old Spice, Nike, Zocdoc, TurboTax, and others.
• Found Objects
• Imperial Woodpecker
• papercut
• Preymaker
• Riff Raff
• Tropical Fish

Products and services

• Arts & Sciences

Named customers25 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Arts & SciencescoreOthersArts & Sciences is a division of The Department of Sales specializing in commercial directing. They represent directors including Lenski, Mike Warzin, Hannah Pearl Utt, Fiona McGee, Anthony Mandler, Adam & Dave, Taso Alexander, Matt Aselton, Torstein Bjørklund, Nat Prisco, Alex Russell, Joel Kefali, Tim McNaughton, Tiny Bullet, Emile Rafael, Alex Prager, and Daniel Kleinman. Work spans campaigns for Nike, Old Spice, Zocdoc, TurboTax, and others.
• Found ObjectscoreOthersFound Objects is a music supervision and original music division of The Department of Sales. Services include music supervision, original music, and music arrangement. Clients include AT&T, New York Times Games, HP, Coinbase, Nordstrom, Mountain Dew, Volkswagen, Mattress Firm, Apple, Uber, Nike, and Apple TV+.
• Imperial WoodpeckercoreOthersImperial Woodpecker is a commercial production division of The Department of Sales. Directors include Andrew Jasperson, Sam Brown, Gui Borchert, Mark Zibert, Stacy Wall, Simon McQuoid, AG Rojas, Molly Manning Walker, Mark Zibert, Andrew Jasperson, Owen Trevor Black, Joe Connor, Emily Maye, and Lisa Gunning. Work includes campaigns for Nike, DoorDash, Hyundai, Simons, Michelob Ultra, Amazon, and others.
• papercutcoreOtherspapercut is an editing division of The Department of Sales. Editors include Biff Butler, JD Smyth, Zoey Peck, John Resner, Eric Alexander-Hughes, and JK Carrington. Work spans campaigns for Kalshi, Nike DSG, Squarespace, IMG, NFL, Spotify, Apple, NBA x AT&T, MLB, Downy, Under Armour x DSG, Autodesk, Brand Jordan, and Long Live Benjamin.
• PreymakercoreOthersPreymaker is a production division of The Department of Sales. Work includes campaigns for Kinder 'Yes Bueno', Ford x F1 'Proving Ground', Xfinity 'Aviators', Anthem Reel, FanDuel 'Young Chuck', Bacardi 'Soundwaves', Automotive Reel, Denmark Trailer, Blue Short Film.
• Riff RaffcoreOthersRiff Raff is a production division of The Department of Sales. Directors/productions include The Sacred Egg, Rich Hall, Keane Pearce Shaw, Humans, Smith and Foulkes, Finn Keenan, Mischa Rozema, and Danilo Parra. Work spans campaigns for EA Skate, Coca-Cola, Kaiser Permanente, Riyadh Season, Nottingham Forest FC, Toyota, Telstra, Axe, PlayStation Now, Nordstrom, Burger King, JC Penney, Depeche Mode, Mailchimp, and Honda.
• Tropical FishcoreOthersTropical Fish is a creative division of The Department of Sales featuring Videos, Images, and Words content.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Park Pictures: Director-led commercial production company representing an elite roster for brand work; directly comparable in the sales-agent/director-representation model and competing for the same brand budgets.
• Caviar: Multi-discipline production and post-production company with a roster of directors serving advertising clients; comparable in combining production, post, and representation services for major brand campaigns.
• SMUGGLER: Boutique commercial production company representing a roster of award-winning directors serving the same Fortune-500 brand and agency clients; comparable in scale and in talent-representation business model.
• RSA Films: Long-standing commercial production and director-representation company founded by Ridley Scott; competes for similar global brand-directing assignments and has an analogous sales-agent operating model.
• Prettybird: Creative production and directing representation company working across commercials, music videos, and branded content; directly comparable in representing elite directors to brands and competing for the same Nike/Apple-tier engagements.
• Anonymous Content: Multi-discipline commercial production and representation company housing directors, editors, and music talent across specialized divisions; competes head-to-head with The Department of Sales for brand-directing engagements and represents a directly comparable operating model.
• Reset Content: Boutique commercial production company representing directors for global brand campaigns; directly comparable in scale, talent model, and the same blue-chip brand client base.
• Radical Media: Multi-discipline creative production company spanning commercials, branded content, and feature work; comparable in working with top global brands across sports, tech, and CPG and competing for the same agency-of-record assignments.
• Believe Media: Boutique commercial production company representing directors for global advertising campaigns; comparable in size, talent model, and brand-client overlap.

Broad incumbents

• United Talent Agency (UTA): Major talent agency with a significant advertising and commercial representation division; broader and more diversified than The Department of Sales but overlapping in representing directors for commercial and brand work, and a natural potential acquirer or strategic partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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