Social Capabilities

Buddha Jones is an award-winning advertising and design agency that strives to engage audiences in a way that sparks emotion and shapes our culture…

…and we’re like their nepo baby.

About Us

It’s award-winning creative at the speed of social.

Buddha Social is what happens when a prolific A/V agency with deep roots in Hollywood history hires a group of social natives + Gen Z icons to run their own department.

From box office hits to fancam fodder to stirring cinematic love letters, we’ve got you covered.

Campaign Strategy
Social Creative
Reactive Content
Community Management
Social Shoots
+ More

We’re the perfect partner...

With experience spanning from traditional studios to streamers to premium cable — we understand the industry like the back of our hand. Combine that with hands-on social experience and unmatched creative ability, we’re here to help you flex from theatrical quality thematic vibes to unhinged brainrot edits (sometimes all at once)!

Diving deep into stories and fandoms to develop strategies that draw in new audiences while also giving iykyk nods to fans.
The ultimate catalyst for conversation. Whether it’s proactive or within the hour, we’re here to make sure you don’t miss an opportunity (or align yourself with the wrong one).
Shares are the new follow — pass it on. With algorithms constantly in flux, we make content that speaks to behavior. Whether it’s relatable meme text or exciting formats, we’re here to make sure your content shines as much in the DMs as it does in feed.

Shall we dive into some of our work?

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Shall we dive into some of our work? 👇

Wuthering Heights

Before romance went mainstream and Heated Rivalry penetrated the hearts of millions, Warner Bros saw that yearning was starting to have a moment and tapped us to help them go all in. We created boundary pushing social content that paired romance with provocation, all through the lens of “the greatest love story ever told.”

By mixing romantic moments, trending formats, feed-breaking elements and just the right amount of steaminess, we sought to quench the thirst of every fangirl (gender neutral) on the internet while inspiring a whole lot of good ol’ fashioned blushing (and ticket buying, of course).

Client
Warner Bros

Services
Social Creative
Reactive Content

Tell Me Lies - S3

With the penultimate season of their smash hit looming, Hulu challenged us to reignite the obsessive Tell Me Lies fanbase while also expanding to a new, younger audience. To do so, we built on the chaos of past seasons to deliver the messy, toxic content that fans crave and created recap-driven storytelling to hook both die-hards and new fans alike.

We delivered a full-semester content arc that mirrored the chaos of life at Baird itself. Starting by reigniting the Lucy/Stephen obsession with nostalgia-fueled, toxicity-driven recaps. We drove weekly speculation with in-world episode title teases before closing it all out with sustained discourse filled with iykyk supercuts and sharable content.

Client
Hulu

Services
Campaign Strategy Social Creative
Reactive Content Social Shoots

Companion

As an original film without any existing IP to rest on, WB was looking to get wild. They asked for truly social-first thinking; if it was just editorial in vertical or square form, they didn’t want it. We were challenged to ditch the traditional business-as-usual campaign formats and create content that broke through your phone in the weirdest, eye-catchiest, and most trendy ways possible.

We created campaign assets that not only celebrated the originality of the film but also played into trends and concepts super specific to this story. From shooting a faux influencer commercial and creating a fake dating app UI piece, to explaining the plot like a zoomer and mimicking a full-blown TradWife narration, we approached this campaign fully charged up.

Client
Warner Bros

Services
Social Creative
Reactive Content Social Shoot

Shining Vale - S2

For the Shining Vale Season 2 campaign, we partnered with STARZ to create custom content for TikTok. We filmed and produced footage of one of the show’s characters in costume, transforming him into a social media influencer. We filmed him engaging in current TikTok trends and challenges to create shareable clips that built awareness for the new season.

Client
Starz

Services
Creative Production Campaign Strategy Social Creative Community Management

The Other Black Girl

Hulu approached us for The Other Black Girl campaign wanting talent-capture ideas and with the inspired casting of Garcelle Beauvais and Eric McCormack (plus the fresh young talent of Sinclair Daniel and Ashleigh Murray), we knew we had the perfect opportunity to have some twisted fun.

From plot explainers and featurettes to big swing in-world stunts, we sought to make fans question reality while centering Nella’s very grounded (and relatable) experience. And the cast was down to clown with us, too; we concocted in-character pieces with McCormack leading our deeply chilling “diversity training” video while Beauvais starred in our Masterclass-inspired video, seamlessly weaving talent capture with show footage that conveyed an edge of humor with a hint of something sinister — just like the series.

Client
Hulu

Services
Creative Production Social Creative

Fear Street: Prom Queen

What started as a simple title treatment idea turned into a full fledged bloody shoot. Netflix loved the idea of a bloody disco ball hanging behind the iconic Fear Street logo but wanted to make sure it looked real. So we made it real.

With a disco ball, a bucket of blood and a spotlight we made their dream a reality and our post-team “reflected” quick tease footage onto the spinning orb for a killer date reveal.

(DISCLAIMER: no real blood was shed in the making of this asset…that I know of).

Client
Netflix

Services
Creative Production Social Creative

Kill or Be Killed

To help sell the feature length script for Kill or Be Killed, we developed a showreel that captured the tone, mood and cinematic style of the film to give potential buyers a clear sense of how the story would translate to the screen.

To achieve this, we worked with a small crew to build the opening scene from the film in-house at Buddha. The team storyboarded the sequence to define the visual approach, then designed and built the sets and props needed to bring the scene to life. From there, we moved into production, handling cinematography on set and later completing the edit, sound design, and visual effects internally.

Every stage—from pre-production through post—was executed by our team, allowing us to fully control the look, tone, and pacing of the final piece.

Client
David Straiton

Services
Creative Production