The West Coast PR agency adds in-house video production and a set of tools built for founders to their service offerings
Seven years after opening its doors, EARLY PR — the communications agency helmed by a Black, female founder — is marking the milestone with two new service lines: an integrated video production arm and a DIY PR product suite aimed at founders who aren’t ready to sign a retainer.
The company was founded in Portland in 2019 and has since expanded to include an office in Los Angeles, growing from a founder-led boutique into an award-winning, full-service firm. A core team of five handles brand strategy, public relations, social impact campaigns, BIPOC marketing, video production, and design. That team has supported communications tied to more than $231 million in community investment, including the $62 million Oregon Cares Fund and the $169 million reparative development project of client Williams & Russell CDC — the latter earning at least nine media placements, from Portland Business Journal to Blavity to The New York Times.
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The firm’s public sector work also stands out. For the Oregon Department of Justice, EARLY PR ran You Belong., a statewide, multilingual public awareness campaign for the state’s Bias Response Hotline. That effort generated 120 million impressions, 20 media stories — including placements in Spanish print and radio — and a 100 percent increase in website and hotline traffic. For Portland State University’s College of Education, the team secured more than 3 million in media reach and a presence at SXSW EDU.
With EARLY PR Video, strategy and production are now handled under one roof. Most agencies outsource video and step away once the shoot starts. Here, the PR strategists stay on from concept through final edit, ensuring the film aligns with the narrative driving a client’s coverage. Offerings include social content subscriptions, brand story films, campaign video suites, executive thought leadership series, event coverage, and documentary or mini-doc production. Ifanyi Bell serves as Director and Production Partner, and more information is available at earlypr.com/video-production.
Recognizing that many founders need press coverage but can’t afford a full agency retainer, the DIY PR suite provides a real strategy and the tools to execute it independently. It includes four offerings: the Pitch Polish & Media List Bundle ($599), the Founder Spotlight Mini Campaign ($2,500), the PR + Content Coaching Cohort ($500 per month), and Hourly PR Consulting.
“I started EARLY PR seven years ago to amplify voices of change. Thank you to every client who trusted us with that work. You are the reason I now get to say ‘we’ regarding my team. Video and the DIY PR suite come from that same mission,” said Nicole Early, founder of EARLY PR.
EARLY PR is a Black woman-founded, BIPOC-led firm, and that identity shapes the work. The team brings lived experience and cultural fluency to strategy grounded in data. Year seven is about scale, and the company plans to widen access to its work and build communications infrastructure that outlasts any single campaign.
About EARLY PR
EARLY PR is an award-winning, Black woman–founded communications agency helping mission-driven organizations, public institutions, and brands earn attention, build trust, and move people to act. Founded in 2019, with offices in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, California, EARLY PR offers brand strategy, public relations, social impact campaigns, BIPOC marketing, video production, and DIY PR tools for founders. Where purpose meets power. Learn more at earlypr.com.
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Kate Nance, Senior Publicist, EARLY PR
kate@earlypr.com (832) 273-5249
Kate Nance
Early PR
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Why it matters: By folding video production into its core service and creating a pay-as-you-go route to publicity, EARLY PR is lowering a barrier that has long kept founders and mission-driven organizations from professional-grade communications — a shift that could reshape how smaller players approach media strategy.
