Smarter Media Investments by Ocean Media
BETTER. FASTER.
CLIENT RESULTS, GUARANTEED.
CLIENT RESULTS, GUARANTEED.
Empower Ocean is a technology-enabled media investment firm.
We treat media spend as capital deployment, not a cost center, and we hold ourselves accountable to incremental revenue and enterprise value, not just campaign impressions.
We’re built to move fast, measure what matters, and prove the return on every dollar we touch. Not at the end of a campaign. In real time.
We’re built to move fast, measure what matters, and prove the return on every dollar we touch. Not at the end of a campaign. In real time.
BETTER. FASTER.
CLIENT RESULTS, GUARANTEED.
Empower Ocean is the first cultural velocity + capital discipline media company.
We are a technology enabled media investment firm, built to out-buy, out-think, and outperform traditional media agencies. If marketing is capital deployment, then we must be accountable to capital return. That means we don’t just report performance metrics. We tie media investment to incremental revenue, margin durability, and enterprise value creation.
BOLD LEADERSHIP
Our team blends decades of media and technology expertise with cultural vision and creative audacity guiding the company’s mission to outperform expectations.
Ashlee Clarke
CEO & Co-Chairwoman
Chris Clarke
Executive Chairman
Executive Chairman
Ashlee Clarke
CEO & Co-Chairwoman
CEO & Co-Chairwoman
Chris Clarke
Executive Chairman
Executive Chairman
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SCALE BUILT OVER DECADES. DESIGNED FOR NOW.
SCALE BUILT OVER DECADES
DESIGNED FOR NOW.
Formed by the combination of Empower Media (41 years) and Ocean Media (30 years), we’ve created one of the largest independent media investment firms in the U.S. We are your technology-powered growth partner at the intersection of media, entertainment, and culture. With 400 professionals across New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Palm Beach, and $1.5B+ in combined media billings, we offer efficiencies of scale with the responsiveness and focus of brand specialists across QSR, retail, CPG, services, and growth brands.
An innovative, holistic approach that
drives results.
An innovative, holistic approach that
drives results.
An innovative,
holistic approach that
holistic approach that
drives results.
Managing media investments across all platforms and devices
Managing media investments across all platforms and devices
CTV / OTT
Television

Audio / Podcasts

Digital

Social

Mobile
CTV / OTT
Television
Audio / Podcasts
Digital
Social
Mobile
SUPERIOR RESULTS
added value on the Radio buy when live DJ reads with true authenticity sharing Lainey’s love of Whataburger. Invaluable Added Value.
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added value on the Radio buy when live DJ reads with true authenticity sharing Lainey’s love of Whataburger. Invaluable Added Value.
incremental holiday revenue
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- $
- 133.48
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incremental holiday revenue
YoY Revenue Growth
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- 29
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YoY Revenue Growth
OOH Campaign Total Impressions
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- 157.4
- M
OOH Campaign Total Impressions
Search Lift
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- 5,137
- %
Search Lift
Increase in Overall Traffic and Key Metrics
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- 56
- %
Increase in Overall Traffic and Key Metrics
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added value on the Radio buy when live DJ reads with true authenticity sharing Lainey’s love of Whataburger. Invaluable Added Value.
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%
- 24
- %
added value on the Radio buy when live DJ reads with true authenticity sharing Lainey’s love of Whataburger. Invaluable Added Value.
incremental holiday revenue
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M
- $
- 133.48
- M
incremental holiday revenue
YoY Revenue Growth
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0
%
- +
- 29
- %
YoY Revenue Growth
OOH Campaign Total Impressions
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- 157.4
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OOH Campaign Total Impressions
Don't Take Our Word For It...
Don't Take Our Word For It...
Ocean Media has been a key partner over the past two decades. Their data driven media approach allows us to execute strategic and efficient media buys. We are very proud of what has been accomplished together since Priceline’s launch in 1998.
Brett Keller
CEO, Priceline
Ocean Media’s team has been absolutely, core to our success. They understand our business and our ambition, the hyper-competitive media market in our category, and the complexity of managing what is a different customer proposition in every state.
Matt Prevost
Chief Revenue Officer, BetMGM
In an ever-changing media landscape, we were thrilled Ocean Media manages our business with collaborative cross functional media experts, allowing us to tap into different skills sets to deliver innovative omnichannel marketing solutions.
Cheryl DeGrasse
Vice President of Acquisition & Retention, Purple.com
I’ve never purchased broadcast like this before. Ocean wraps the fundamentals of smart media planning with spot-level performance to optimize spend. We’re continuously testing creative, daypart, network, and programming. Start with a target, and let performance and analytics drive the optimization. Incredible!
Aron North
CMO, Mint Mobile
I’ve worked with the team at Ocean Media for over ten years, bringing them from one brand to the next. They are true business partners who bring strategic and performance rigor to our brand building. The team constantly analyzes our buys and brings forward new opportunities to ensure every dollar is working as hard as possible to meet our objectives. We respect and challenge each other and the result has been a great partnership that’s helped build high performing brands.
Rachel Mahoney
CMO, Shutterstock
From our extraordinary creative to laser-focus media plans generated by our agency team, we have not only primed the pump. we are in full acceleration mode.

Gil Phipps
Former CMO of Sprouts
Empower really immerses themselves in our business and they push us creatively. I always get the “A” team!

Mark Fedyk
President & COO, Jockey
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
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