Smarter Media Investments by Ocean Media

BETTER. FASTER.

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.

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

Ashlee Clarke
CEO & Co-Chairwoman

Chris Clarke
Executive Chairman

ACTIVE CLIENT PORTFOLIO

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

drives results.

Managing media investments across all platforms and devices

SUPERIOR RESULTS

ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA

AMERICAN BUFFALO

American Buffalo returns to Broadway with a glittering cast. Tony Award winner Laurence Fishburne stars as Donny, alongside Oscar winner Sam Rockwell as poker buddy Teach and Golden Globe Award winner Darren Criss as ‘gofer’ Bobby.

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LAINEY WILSON

Whataburger introduced its new ambassador Lainey Wilson and National Honey Butter Day, while we helped activate local DJs across iHeartMedia and Cumulus Media to organically amplify brand love— turning media into added-value cultural impact at no extra cost.

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JASON MOMOA

Jason Momoa launched his water brand exclusively at Sprouts Farmers Market—driving all the social media buzz himself at no cost to Sprouts. We we deliver exclusive celebrity launches that activate built-in fan bases to generate cultural relevance and store demand.

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TOOTSIE

Tootsie is Broadway’s newest record breaking musical comedy produced by our very own, Chris & Ashlee Clarke! It was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and won two Tonys: Best Actor and Best Book.

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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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Empower really immerses themselves in our business and they push us creatively. I always get the “A” team!

The Empower Ocean Media Group team deeply understands our business and goals, and have translated that into a highly effective media strategy. Their ability to stay focused on long-term goals while remaining flexible and dynamic in execution has been a huge asset, and we’ve appreciated the hands-on partnership along the way.

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Smarter Media Investments by Ocean Media

BETTER. FASTER.

CLIENT RESULTS, GUARANTEED.

CLIENT RESULTS, GUARANTEED.

Empower Ocean is a technology-enabled media investment firm.

Empower Ocean is the first cultural velocity + capital discipline media company.

BOLD LEADERSHIP

ACTIVE CLIENT PORTFOLIO

SCALE BUILT OVER DECADES. DESIGNED FOR NOW.

SCALE BUILT OVER DECADES

DESIGNED FOR NOW.

drives results.

drives results.

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

AMERICAN BUFFALO

LAINEY WILSON

JASON MOMOA

TOOTSIE

Don't Take Our Word For It...

Don't Take Our Word For It...

Brett Keller

Matt Prevost

Cheryl DeGrasse

Aron North

Rachel Mahoney

Gil Phipps

Mark Fedyk

Lauren Sutkowski

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