Ember & Rise
An Atlanta growth marketing agency combining performance marketing and cinematic creative for established brands and businesses.
Ember & Rise
An Atlanta growth marketing agency combining performance marketing and cinematic creative for established brands and businesses.
Atlanta Growth Marketing Agency
Performance marketing and cinematic creative for established brands and businesses.
A Partner Who Understands Your Business.
A Team Invested in What Comes Next.
Good marketing starts with understanding the business behind it.
We create strategy, performance, and creative shaped around your customers, priorities, and opportunities.
Working directly with agency leadership, proactive communication and recommendations, and thoughtful follow through.
Measured Momentum
Revenue Growth YoY
Integrated marketing helped SwimKids build enrollment momentum and grow annual revenue. View case study.
Google Ads Cost Per Lead
High-intent campaigns consistently generated swim lesson inquiries at an efficient cost. View case study.
Growth in Search Impressions
A deeper local SEO strategy expanded America’s Service Station’s visibility against national competitors. View case study.
Our Work
Growth in Motion
SwimKids of Georgia
Growth strategy · Paid media · Website optimization
Integrated marketing strategy that supported 41% year-over-year revenue growth. View case study.
SEO · Search visibility
Strengthening local search visibility, with a 627% increase in search impressions. View case study.
Website strategy · Design · Development
A redesigned website that brings an established PR agency’s expertise and personality into clearer focus. View case study.
Creative development · Commercial video production
A cinematic promotional film created to introduce prospective students and families to a different kind of high school. View case study.
Trusted by Growing Brands
CAPABILITIES
How We can Work Together
For established businesses looking for a marketing partner who understands the bigger picture and keeps the work moving.
We build and manage a focused plan across growth strategy, paid media, SEO and AI search visibility, website optimization, and performance measurement.
For brands with a story to tell, a campaign to launch, or a stronger impression to make.
From creative development through production, we create commercial video, brand films, campaign content, and photography shaped around your audience and objectives.
WHO WE ARE
Strategy and Craft, Working Together
Ember & Rise was built on a simple belief:
The best marketing doesn’t happen when strategy and creative compete for attention.
It happens when they work together.
Melissa Hwang, founder and chief strategist, brings more than 15 years of experience helping businesses grow through strategy, paid media, SEO, analytics, ecommerce, and digital transformation.
Corey Diamond, creative director and executive producer, brings film and television experience, cinematic storytelling, and an instinct for creating work people actually remember.
Together, we help ambitious brands build authority and attention.
Let's build momentum
Whether you’re launching something new, scaling an established brand, or looking for a strategic growth partner, we’d love to hear what’s next.