Studio
A marketing agency in Scott’s Addition, Richmond
Handbill is 14 people in a brick warehouse on Summit Avenue. We started in 2013 and work with about 20 food, drink and outdoor brands a year.
Since 2013
How we work
Lena Marsh ran media buying at a national agency in Richmond for nine years. Theo Barksdale shot food and product photography for the same clients. In 2013 they started Handbill in a spare room on Cary Street to work with the brands directly.
We still plan every campaign on one sheet and report on it every Monday. The 14 of us share one room on Summit Avenue: strategists, media buyers, a producer, two designers and two editors. Nobody on your account is a contractor you’ll never meet.
Most of our clients sell food, drink or time outdoors, because we know how those products sell: in a store, at a table or on a river, and rarely on a website alone.
The people you’ll work with
Plus ten strategists, buyers, designers and editors
Lena Marsh
Founder, strategy director
Theo Barksdale
Cofounder, creative director
Priya Nair
Head of paid media
Sam Whitfield
Producer
Credentials
Google Partner since 2017
Meta Business Partner
Klaviyo Gold Partner
4.9 on Clutch from 38 reviews, October 2026
$6.2M in ad spend managed in 2025
Clients we turn down
Tobacco and vape
Payday lending
Political campaigns
B2B software
Anyone who wants results in two weeks
Visit
1309 Summit Ave, Suite 200, Richmond
Street parking on Summit Avenue. The GRTC Pulse stop at Scott’s Addition is a four-minute walk. We’re upstairs, through the green door.
Mon to Fri, 9:00 to 5:30
Tell us what you’re launching next.
Lena Marsh reads every inquiry and replies within two business days. The first call is 30 minutes and free.