Built on craft.
Designed to scale.

Looking back. Building forward.

Where it started

Pearmill began with three founders who came up close to the work—building, testing, and learning in real time. Before Pearmill, they tried to build products, startups, and systems from scratch. What stuck wasn’t a specific business model, but a shared obsession with experimentation, craft, and understanding how things really work.

As they worked with early clients, one thing became clear: performance and creative were too often treated as separate disciplines. Pearmill was built on the belief that the best results happen when insight and imagination operate as one—when data sharpens intuition, and every outcome informs what comes next.

That hands-on, experimental mindset shaped Pearmill’s early years: transparent partnerships, incentives aligned to outcomes, and a deep respect for the craft of making work better through constant learning.

Where it’s going

Today, that same craft is becoming a system—one built on balance.
As the landscape grows more complex, Pearmill believes success no longer comes from choosing between performance or creative, but from holding both at once. Performance without creativity stalls. Creativity without performance drifts. Real growth lives in the tension between the two.

With new leadership and a clear focus on the future, Pearmill is scaling what has always made the work effective—without sanding off the edges that made it distinctive. The goal isn’t to replace human judgment with process or technology, but to design structure that allows creative instinct and performance rigor to reinforce one another.
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By operating as one connected system—where insight and imagination, measurement and intuition, technology and humanity work together—Pearmill is building an agency designed to adapt, evolve, and grow alongside its clients in an environment where both sides of that equation are now essential.

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Leadership

Meet the people shaping our work and our culture.

Nima Gardideh,

Co-Founder
Nima Gardideh
Co-Founder & President
Karim El Rabiey,
Co-Founder
Karim El Rabiey
Co-Founder
Donovan McKnight,
Head of Creative
Donovan McKnight
Head of Creative
Dino Hodjikj,

Head of Performance
Dino Hodjikj
Head of Performance
Leala King,

Head of Marketing
Leala King
Head of Creative
Valerie Davis,
Strategic Advisor
Valerie Davis
CEO

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# Growth lies in the tension.

## Between data and instinct, AI and human judgment, channel efficiency and media exploration. Pearmill is an AI-native creative and performance agency that grows brands with clarity and intention.

[Let’s get tense] (https://pearmill.com/contact)
# clients
# Performance agencies lack soul.Creative agencies lack accountability.

# We exist to bridge the gap.
# performance pov >

## Our activation doesn’t end at the dashboard. We translate signals into insight—and insight into action.

# Creative POV

## Emotion isn’t opposed to performance—it’s one of its strongest drivers.

# Not left brain. Not right brain. The whole brain.
# Our clients came looking for a system. Not another agency.
## From category creators to fast-scaling challengers, our clients expect rigor, creativity, and results to show up together.
## homeaglow
### consumer services
## cometeer
### cpg
## ramp
### b2b
## orkin
### consumer services
## ambrook
### fintech
## stamps
### prosumer
## tovala
### consumer subscription
[many more]
(https:// www.pearmill.com/our-work)
## leon & george

### e-commerce
## ramp

### b2b
## grailed

### fashion
## recess

### food
## toybox

### dtc
## elevate

### mobile
## mindbloom

### healthcare
[many more] (https://
www.pearmill.com/
our-work)

# How we work: one system, every lever, constant tension.

## Creative, media, analytics, and tech, all connected. AI enhances the information we work with, so our work can still be our craft.
# Tech Labs

# Acceleration without replacement.

## Tech Labs is the operating system behind everything we do. It's where experimentation happens, learning compounds, and iteration speeds up. We use technology and AI to remove friction, surface insight, and accelerate outcomes; while storytelling stays firmly in charge.
[learn more]
(https://pearmill.com/learn-more)
# Intelligence

## Truth before tactics.

## Growth starts with clarity. We ground decisions in real audiences, real behavior, and real signals by combining advanced analytics and AI-driven insight with human interpretation. Data sets the tension. Strategy resolves it. Nothing is assumed.
# Media

# Activation with purpose.

## Media isn't about being everywhere.
It's about being in the right places and always testing new ones. We balance what's working with what could work, not confusing activity with progress.
# Creative Studios

## Expression with accountability.

## Great creative makes people feel something.
That feeling is what drives performance.
We build systems that scale it all, without ever losing sight of the human on the other end.
# One system. Many tensions. Better outcomes.
# AI for all the scale.

# Humans for all the feelings.

## AI isn’t bolted onto our work or sold as a shortcut.
It’s embedded in how we think, test, and build. Machines handle the repetition.
Humans handle the nuance.
# production
## AI accelerates ideation, versioning, and production—so we can test more, learn faster, and spend creative energy where it matters.
[learn more](https://pearmill.com/
learn-more)

# Automation
## Agentic workflows handle repeatable work across media, creative, and reporting. Enhancing quality with human intent.
[learn more](https://pearmill.com/
learn-more)

# Strategy
## AI surfaces helps patterns humans alone wouldn’t catch. Humans still make the decisions.
[learn more](https://pearmill.com/
learn-more)

# from the blog
# How We Empowered Our Creative Team
## We ditched creative briefs - and it changed everything.
[learn more] (https://pearmill.com/blog/how-we-empowered-our-creative-team-to-own-data-analysis-and-drive-ad-performance
# Why we’ve only done full-stack paid search + social… until last year
## We made a big bet on these two channels. Here's what's changed.
[learn more] (https://pearmill.com/blog/why-weve-only-done-full-stack-paid-search-social-until-now
Ad Creative Newsletter #86 - Less Selling, More Showing.
This week, we’re featuring ads from Artist Studio Agency, Sweetgreen, Ridge, Max Beauty, and Bathhouse.
[learn more] (https://pearmill.com/blog/how-we-empowered-our-creative-team-to-own-data-analysis-and-drive-ad-performance
One prompt isn't enough. The anatomy of a winning ad.
There is a misconception right now that using AI in design means typing "Make me a Facebook ad" and hitting enter.
[learn more] (https://pearmill.com/blog/how-we-empowered-our-creative-team-to-own-data-analysis-and-drive-ad-performance
# Most agencies try to reduce tension. We create it.

## Other agencies optimize until everything feels safe. 
We use AI to stress-test every assumption, push creative past comfortable, and hold performance to a higher standard.

The tension isn't a side effect. It's our strategy.