Portland ad agency Wieden + Kennedy is no stranger to acclaim.

In the past 20 years, publications such as Advertising Age, Adweek and Fast Company have all singled out the agency for its nimble approach to marketing and standout ads.

This week, the company's executives grace the cover of Adweek once more, taking the title of Global Agency of the Year for the fourth time.

The firm was founded by Dan Wieden and David Kennedy in 1982. Nike was its first client, and Wieden famously coined the company's "Just Do It" tagline.

The agency is still headquartered in Portland but now has offices in New York, São Paulo, London, Amsterdam, Delhi, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Adweek's cover story lauds Wieden + Kennedy for its evolution into "the go-to agency for the new economy."

It points to the firm's ability to deliver for more traditional clients like Nike, KFC and Bud Light while scooping up attractive newcomers and tech-oriented heavy hitters like Instagram, Airbnb, Lyft, dating app Bumble and Niantic, maker of Pokemon Go.

By Adweek's estimates, the agency is set to pull in about $300 million in revenue this year. That's relatively flat compared with the previous year, with the lack of overall growth driven by a loss of the Verizon account at the Portland office.

But those numbers don't yet reflect income from Airbnb, and business at Wieden + Kennedy's international offices is growing quickly. The firm also parted ways with ESPN before joining forces this year with Fox Sports.

Notable work by Wieden + Kennedy this year includes its Lyft ads featuring Jeff Bridges, Tilda Swinton and Jordan Peele; its campaign introducing Instagram's Stories feature; an ad for Delta featuring exotic destinations plastered on a Brooklyn building; and a slew of ads for Fox Sports, each starring a different college football team.

-- Anna Marum

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