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Surfacing Digital Greatness

Shining through the deep blue for over 20 years

Our force endures beneath the surface...

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Our hands-on leadership team is always quick to leverage their insight, intuition, and adaptability to fulfill even your loftiest goals.

Lean Yet Infinitely Scalable

We have the tools, talent, and agility to solve challenges of all sizes with a personal touch.

Nothing Rocks Our Boat

We’re not just resilient to change. We navigate it with a steady hand, delivering better, faster, enduring outcomes.

Bona Fide Know How

Forged over years of experience, our technology, creative, and strategy skills are aimed squarely at exceptional.

Limits? That’s Hilarious

Fueled by realistic optimism and a spirit for adventure, our culture thrives by pushing boundaries to create the extraordinary.

Our True Treasure

Who says it has to feel like work? Not our curious, collaborative, and wicked-smart team of tireless digital innovators.

What The Experience Holds For You

Exceptional Customer Experience

Steadfast Partner

Seamless Execution

Positive ROI

Happy Stakeholders

Peace of Mind

Ocean Group Landmarks

Along our journey, we’ve had some notable firsts.

SCROLL OVER TIMELINE

1998

Warner Home Video

  • HQ in Malibu, CA
  • Selected by Warner Home Video to launch their eCommerce site
  • Helped Warner become the first major movie studio to sell their DVD movie library directly to consumers
1999

Microsoft

  • Selected as Agency of Record to launch Windows CE
  • Handled all digital advertising, web development, and mobile UX 
2000

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

  • Selected as AOR
  • Launched 1st eCommerce site, digital loyalty program, and email marketing program
2001

Dick Clark Corporate Productions

  • Selected to launch 1st rebranding effort
  • Executed brand development and created new name, logo and identity system
2002

Coca-Cola and Dick Clark Productions

  • Launched the 1st American Music Awards New Music Award nationwide competition (Pre-American Idol, The Voice, and AGT)
  • Handled branding, print, signage, collateral, and digital communications
2004

The Move

  • Pre-Silicon Beach offices open in the heart of Santa Monica
2005

 Leiner Health Products

  • Chosen by 1st direct to consumer vitamin manufacturer to launch a new product
  • Developed 1st online platform to generate a personalized supplement program and drive sales at Walmart, Target, and Sams Club
2005 – 2007

Action Sports Brands

  • Worked with a collective of dynamic brands: Volcom, The North Face, Channel Island Surfboards, Maui & Sons, ZJ Boarding House
  • Created digital 1st footprints, back-office system integration with eCommerce
2008

New Balance LA

  • Selected for their 1st eCommerce site with custom CMS
  • Launched online appointment system, virtual fit consultant, and direct mail campaign
2010

Adobe

  • Executed their 1st nationwide internal sales competition
  • Gamified their sales goals to increase engagement and camaraderie
  • Created program identity, email communications, analytics, and custom gaming app
2011

Mellow Beverages

  • Launched the 1st brand in functional relaxation beverage category
  • Developed eCommerce site, print, investor presentation
2012

I:Collect (I:CO)

  • Entered the sustainability space with 1st international client
  • Implemented a 360-degree North American market launch for the global textile reuse & recycling giant
  • Executed strategic planning, brand positioning, digital, print, tradeshow exhibits, sales materials
2013

The Virtual Move

  • The Ocean Group becomes a fully virtual agency
2014

Saltwater Software (Product Innovation 1)

  • Our first SAAS product
  • Launched a website marketing platform built for destination marketers to convert traffic from digital to physical
  • Clients included Hollywood & Highland, Downtown LA, Downtown Pittsburgh, …
2016

Daily Donor

  • Entered the non-profit space, launching 1st charity-based client
  • Launched a new organization that helps shoppers fund local school systems through their purchases
  • Developed web app, go-to-market materials, email, and social campaigns
2017

Sports Academy

  • Launched the largest state-of-the-art sports facility in Southern California with leading investor the late Kobe Bryant
  • Designed branding, identity, eCommerce site, content
2018

Saltwater Loyalty (Product Innovation 2)

  • Our 2nd product, but 1st in the Loyalty space, supporting cities, shopping centers & business districts
  • 1st loyalty platform approved by VISA, MasterCard, and AMEX
  • 1st loyalty platform to capture physical consumer spending data across a collection of businesses
2020

A-Mark Precious Metals

  • Our first foray into the precious metals/investment space
  • Redesigned A-Mark’s web presence to include its historic expansion through website design, custom photography, and a corporate video
2018 – Present

Flooring Industry

  • 1st time collaborated with a collection of brands embracing digital transformation efforts: Lonseal, Bentley Mills, Milliken
2023

Bentley Mills

  • Deployed a new database platform to handle a wide array of products
  • Replaced the existing CMS and redesigned the digital product catalogue
  • Cut the tech team’s workload, enhanced sales, and elevated client satisfaction
2025

Milliken

  • Upgraded existing visualization tools using 3D visualization and AI-powered customization to improve customer experience and drive sales.
  • Refined and deployed AI models for advanced accuracy and improved platform integration
2025

Launches New Site and AI Powered Tools

  • Leverage AI-driven initiatives to help clients with Automation and Intelligence
  • New AI team members join The Ocean Group’s leadership