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IRL Agency IRL (in real life) is a creative marketing and events agency for experience-driven brands.

We use the powerful combination of digital marketing and experiential events to create unforgettable online and offline experiences that make your brand feel real. Services include social media strategy and management, content creation, photo/ video shoot production, virtual + live event production, pop-up activations, and digital marketing (email newsletters, digital ads, campaign development, etc).

08/12/2026

Who Good Fortune is for depends entirely on when you walk in.

📍 Good Fortune Rooftop | Hotel Heron | Old Town Alexandria

Calm and low-key for the weekday traveler who wants somewhere to unwind. Lively and social for the Old Town locals out on a Saturday. One rooftop serving two different audiences, and the only way to prove that is to show both.

This concept started as research on social. We identified the split screen as a creative trend worth leaning into, then our creative director built the video against Hotel Heron's audience strategy.

From there the whole shoot day schedule was designed around the light. The empty space first, then the food and drinks, then the crowd filling in through sunset.

None of this happens without the strategy and pre-production behind it. One shoot. Two versions of the same rooftop.

08/11/2026

Behind every scroll-stopping post is a shoot day that looked like this ☀️

📍 Good Fortune Rooftop | Hotel Heron | Old Town Alexandria

The Goal: Capture Good Fortune from every angle, from its new food and cocktail menu to the 360 views that makes this rooftop unlike anything else in Old Town. Enough content to carry the whole rooftop season.

We documented the opening event, the new menu, the details, and the moments in between. Strategy, creative direction, photography, and production, all in one day on a rooftop.

The final result drops on our feed soon. You're going to want to see this one →

07/03/2026

The Brief: bring the hearth to life. 🔥

We set out to capture KILN inside Hotel Heron the way you feel it in the room: the warmth, the movement, the craftmanship all lit by the hearth that gives the restaurant its name.

Every frame is intentional. Every image is alive.

📍 Old Town Alexandria
📸: Hawkeye Johnson

07/02/2026

This is why strategy matters.

📍 KILN Restaurant | Hotel Heron | Old Town Alexandria

Rather than focusing on a single menu item or dining moment, we built a concept around the entire guest journey. A daytime café, bustling brunch destination, a warm happy hour gathering spot, and an intimate live-fire dining experience by night: our goal was to capture every side of KILN's identity.

Strategy-led storytelling. Creative direction. Photography. Content creation. Production.

📱: Sarah Galaviz

The result is a story that showcases KILN's versatility, atmosphere, and unique position as one of Old Town's most dynamic hospitality experiences.

06/23/2026

🔥 We took on , the only open-hearth dining experience in Old Town Alexandria, and brought the fire to life.

The brief: capture fire-driven cooking through visuals that feel alive, cinematic, and authentic. From strategy to creative direction to production, our team owned every frame, concept to ex*****on.

📍 KILN | | Old Town Alexandria

Stay tuned for what we cooked up. 👀

01/02/2026

Our biggest year yet: bigger brands, bolder ideas, and social-first storytelling done with intention.

Thank you to every client, creator, and partner who trusted us. See you IRL in 2026. ✨

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Alexandria, VA
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