WE create podcasts and COMMUNICATIONS assets that drive results
I'm Adrian Roup, founder of Above Bar Creative. My career spans two decades of brand storytelling, digital media, and creative strategy — producing content for Soho House, Providence Health, TEDx Santa Monica, Intel, XPRIZE, and UCLA, working on film sets internationally, and managing over $1M in legal marketing accounts across Los Angeles and Orange County. That rare combination — creative firepower paired with deep legal industry experience — is what makes Above Bar Creative different. I believe great storytelling is the most underutilized business development tool available to law firms today. My approach is simple: listen first, understand your goals, and build something that genuinely moves people.
At Above Bar Creative, we help experts like you build a dominant digital presence — amplifying your brand story with creative assets including podcasts, headshots, social media, OTT advertising, and public relations. The firms that invest in their story today will own their market tomorrow — let's make sure that firm is yours.
TESTIMONIALS
Client Success Stories — Proven Results Across Podcasts, Social Media, OTT, and PR
Ikuta Hemesath LLP
... a professional who exudes great care & put our Law Firm at ease:
“Adrian brought a kind and professional demeanor that immediately put our Law Firms entire team at ease. What impressed me most was how efficiently he managed his time with each staff member of our large team, while still making everyone feel comfortable and valued during their interactions. Adrian's ability to work well with our team and maintain consideration for everyone involved was genuinely appreciated; he is a professional who exudes great care for the people he works with.”
Thomson Reuters FindLaw
... ran a strong campaign which generated business growth:
“It’s been an absolute pleasure collaborating with Adrian as the account executive for our client's digital marketing strategy. His keen insights and strong understanding of the client's needs were crucial in shaping a tailored approach that drove impressive results. His ability to align client goals with marketing strategies played a significant role in the strong campaign performance and business growth we achieved together. If you have the chance to work with Adrian, I highly recommend it.”
City of Los Angeles
... found critical savings, improved outreach, contributed creatively:
Adrian is knowledgeable and kind, and he works quickly. He understood our needs and limitations, and found ways to deliver a robust digital and television advertisement program under our budget. In fact, Adrian found opportunities to save us more than $10,000 - a critical savings, which would ultimately be turned around into greater outreach. Above all, Adrian was friendly and available to answer all our questions, even offering his own ideas for our ad plan. Adrian also shared the idea of buying the URL for our signature anti-hate campaign: LAisForEveryone.com to strengthen our brand awareness and provide the public with an easy-to-remember web address to reach us. We took his suggestion, and purchased the LAisForEveryone.com domain. Adrian remains accessible and helpful as our ads roll out, and we look forward to working with him and his team in the future.
TEDxSantaMonica
... ability, talent and work
ethic are exemplary:
“Adrian's creative, personable, high integrity approach is a complete and total joy. I've been approached by many, many people who claim to be able to do what Adrian has done. The bottom line is that I am very happy I waited until I met Adrian. He had a great approach, a strong willingness to work with me, coach me, and stay on track with the vision. I work with many TEDx organizers and events and Adrian's excellent work with me has already made a big contribution to several TEDx events around the world. His commitment to making me look great and be sure I served my message well ended up producing a wonderful product. I recommend Adrian very, very highly. His ability, talent and work ethic are exemplary!”
