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Scale Smarter & Unlock Opportunity with more intelligent paid marketing
Recognized By Industry Leaders
Premier Partner
Our Premier Partner tier is reserved for the top 3% of participating Google Ads agencies each calendar year*, making it the most exclusive tier of the program.
$50M+ Ad Spend Managed
100+ Advertisers
Led by ex-Google & Bain
KEY STEPS
Define Points
Set clear audiences & messages based on who who you believe will buy your product, and why they will buy
Refine
Recombine best market points to test deeper niches and possible adjacencies
Test in Market
Run ads to key audiences, split testing messages to understand where engagement & sales are highest
Establish Profit
Assess which market points offer the most profit based on available sales volumes & marketing costs
Leadership Team
TRENT TYLER
Trent has 10+ years of experience in marketing, including 5 years at Google advising both advertisers and agencies on digital strategy. He managed Search, YouTube, and Display for some of Google's largest advertisers ($20M+ / quarter) and internally for Google's own products before co-founding Open Oceans in 2016.
BEN GASTON
Prior to Open Oceans, Ben managed marketing & business development at the Awethu Project, a South African venture capital fund. In that role Ben worked with 30+ companies to help plan, execute and fund scaling growth plans. Before that, Ben was a consultant at Bain & Company, a management consulting firm.
ZACK GASTON
Zack Gaston comes from a management consulting and video production background. While at Accenture, Zack worked with clients across the country, producing videos for household names like Best Buy and Caterpillar. In his free time Zack makes music and comedy sketches.
JAKE VASSAR
Jake joined our team in 2021 with 6 years of experience in operations management. With an eye for streamlining processes and procedures, Jake helps oversee program development and strategic planning for both Open Oceans and our clients.
SHILPA NEDURI
Shilpa worked at Google as an AdWords account manager and optimization strategist for six years. During that time she managed over $10M in AdWords spend and worked with clients in the Retail, Travel and Finance verticals in the US & CA markets. She worked closely with clients to design their SEM strategy and built their campaigns from the ground up.
MAURITZ MULLER
Mauritz (Mo) Muller is a Facebook ads expert who joined the Open Oceans team in 2018. Prior to working with Open Oceans, Mo worked for a marketing consultancy company in South Africa. Also a multi-instrumentalist, Mo has composed music for ads and TV series.
PRIYANKA JAIN
Priyanka Jain is a digital marketing expert with over 5 years of prior experience at venture-backed startups where she managed paid social, search & email marketing efforts that drove upwards of 40% of annual revenue in the retail, wellness, and healthcare verticals.
KEENAN LEE-PETERS
Keenan is a dedicated Software Engineer and Designer focused on creating highly functional and aesthetically refined solutions. He brings meticulous attention to detail & strong problem-solving to develop tools that genuinely enhance user experiences.