Meet Jared

Jared Belsky is CEO and Co-Founder of Acadia, a powerhouse digital marketing and analytics agency. Before starting Acadia, with his Co-Founder and friend Sean Belnick (who by the way started one of the best online furniture companies at the age of just 14!), Jared was CEO of 360i, an award winning global digital agency purchased by Dentsu. Jared held positions in brand management at Coca-Cola, started a CPG brand in Lawn & Garden, is a board member at 2U Laundry, and an operating partner at Overline, a prominent venture seed fund. He loves agency life, but as you can see, also understands what it is like to be a client which forms his basis for this book.

Belsky takes his role in trying to improve the marketing industry seriously and has authored two distinct books, one from the agency side, and the other from the client point of view. The Great Client Partner (www.thegreatclientpartner.com), which was a best seller in Amazon, focused on helping to educate and inspire around soft skills, and how to make client facing agency folks more effective at active listening, negotiations, and asking better questions among other topics. His second book, You Get the Agency You Deserve is designed to help clients get more out of their very expensive and important agency relationships.

Jared is a frequent contributor to AdAge, Adweek, and AdExchanger. Jared was named to AdAge’s “40 Under 40” in 2017, honored as “Executive of the Year” at the 2016 Bing Awards, and was the only person named in back to back years to Adweek’s Media All-Star list in 2014 and again in 2015, and most recently was named as one of the “Most Admired CEOs in Atlanta 2023” and then named in Campaign’s 40 over 40 list.

Jared counts his greatest treasure as his family, he appreciates his incredible friends who are a mix of supportive and also give him a hard time, and so much of what happens at Acadia is only possible due to the best co-workers a person could ask for.