The Media Captain, Leadership
Jason Parks
Co-Founder, The Media Captain, leads sales, oversees agency operations, and stays ahead of shifts in the search and marketing landscape.
Co-founded The Media Captain in 2010 alongside his sister and business partner, Stefanie Parks. Has personally managed hundreds of small, medium, and large accounts, a hands-on track record that shapes how the agency approaches strategy and execution today.
Track Record
- Has personally managed hundreds of accounts across every size tier, giving him a ground-level perspective most agency leaders don’t retain once they scale.
- Helped SafeAuto, a billion-dollar insurance company, recover from a 2012 Google Core Update, disavowing over 2 million backlinks over the better part of a year. At the time, there was little precedent for recovering a site of that scale, and the turnaround delivered a multi-million dollar impact on the bottom line.
- Partner at DermWarehouse, where he helped launch a seven-figure eCommerce business that grew to over 100,000 customers.
- Sits on the board of THE Foundation, the premier NIL organization for Ohio State football and basketball.
- Annual speaker and leadership contributor for Ohio State’s Fisher College of Business.
- Under his leadership, The Media Captain has been named one of Columbus’s best-rated advertising agencies for 9+ years running, a top 100 advertising agency worldwide, and one of Ohio’s top B2B companies.
- Past contributor of digital marketing content for Entrepreneur, and featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Columbus Dispatch, and Search Engine Watch. See the full press and accolades.
Off The Clock
- Originally set his sights on sports broadcasting, reporting for Arizona State men’s basketball and football while in college. Built a personal relationship with James Harden during that time.
- At 19, appeared on CNBC’s Fast Money to talk Walmart stock, based on his own back-to-school shopping observations. It led to a producing internship at CNBC, where he ended up booking over 100 guests for the network. Watch the segment.
- Season ticket holder for the Blue Jackets, still patiently waiting for a Stanley Cup to make its way to Columbus.
- Runs 2.5 miles before work most mornings. Married, with two kids.
From founding The Media Captain at 22 out of his own apartment to today’s home in Columbus’s historic governor’s mansion, see how the agency got here.