PLEASANT

STREET

Start with a good story.

Featured Projects

Services
Narrative Direction, Writing

Client
Nike

Services
Brand Identity, Writing

Client
C. Baldwin Hotel

Services
Messaging Strategy, Writing

Client
Mercy Corps

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Pleasant Street is a narrative strategy studio telling stories that stretch the imagination toward what’s possible.

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    Narrative Direction

    Define what sets your story apart and how it can move your brand forward.

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    Messaging Strategy

    Bring the narrative strategy to life through core language that’s original, memorable, and true.

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    Writing

    Translate messaging into on-voice copy – from global campaigns to local grants.

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    Insights

    Deep research and thoughtful interviews to uncover the truths that make a story stand out. 

Pleasant Street is named for the tiny blue house in New Orleans where founder Emily Jensen took her first freelance writing assignment. Now based in Portland, OR, but always building from that joyfully scrappy place, Pleasant Street seeks to see every story through the eyes of the ones living it.

More projects

  • World Forestry Center

    Reimagined messaging for a Portland institution in a new era of impact with Studio DAD.

  • Blossom Box

    A little box of big questions, designed to take us from doom to bloom.

  • Nike By You

    Pulled off the surprise of a lifetime with women’s soccer icons and their favorite grassroots teams.

  • OMSI

    Hero storytelling series to launch Oregon Museum of Science & Industry’s new brand.

  • Rose Citizen

    A monthly love letter to the helpers in the Rose City who are building our next chapter.

  • Oregon Health & Science University

    Strategic messaging for OHSU’s Health Equity initiative with Studio DAD.

  • Made with Code

    Made with Code

    An award-winning campaign with Snapchat to get more teen girls into coding.

  • Nike Training

    Narrative direction to bring glory to the unsung sessions and ugly reps behind every big win.

  • Project Regeneration

    Research and writing to bring regenerative climate solutions to the masses.

  • Girl Rising

    Strategic messaging to make the case to funders for girls’ education as a climate solution.