Promoting Positive Ocean Health for 3 Years
This month, Bright Ocean Marketing turns three!
We're deeply grateful for everything we've learned and we're excited to celebrate how far we’ve come. Everything we've built at Bright Ocean has been built in partnership with an incredible community.
The mission of Bright Ocean Marketing has remained unchanged since day one, and it is still what motivates us to come to work every day:
Uniting people to protect ocean health with great marketing.
Bright Ocean Marketing Has Two Core Pillars
Everything we do rests on two pillars:
- Building bigger positive ocean impact
Providing better marketing services for the organizations doing that work
An Ocean Startup Project
Bright Ocean got its start through the Ocean Startup Project in 2023, an accelerator that enables founders to build businesses across the blue economy. Bright Ocean began as an app that connects Ocean Conservation groups with influencers to promote the work of the conservation groups. The market research for this app uncovered a core issue with bringing the app to market: many ocean-focused organizations had delivered incredible work but they had no in-house marketing strategy to handle an influencer campaign.
That insight sparked a pivot — instead of building the Influencer Matching App, Bright Ocean became a full marketing services provider positioned specifically for ocean-conscious ventures.
Three Years and 30 Clients
Three years later, we have grown into a thriving agency with real impact behind it: we've had 30 clients with 100s of marketing partnerships enabled.
Deeply Grateful For Our Growing Team
None of that happens without a team, and we're endlessly grateful for ours — from Robin Shelley's account leadership, to Madison Stapley's ongoing marketing support, to the students who've pitched in behind the scenes: Lauryn, Gajalini, Melanie, Prithika, and Tammana. Each of them has helped move this work forward, and we're deeply proud of what the team has built together.
We are also deeply grateful to all the clients we’ve worked with over the last three years. Each client has brought a deeper understanding of the ocean space and brought valuable experience to our team.
Our Services
Bright Ocean now offers a broad range of marketing services — from website builds, to trade show representation, prospecting, social media management, email marketing, and event support. Explore our full range of services here. Our clients span the ocean economy: maritime decarbonization, electrification of transportation, ocean tourism, marine weather, solutions to ocean pollution, and ocean data. We work with each of these organizations differently, but the throughline is the same — helping them grow so they can do more for ocean health. If that sounds like your organization, we'd love to hear from you — reach out and let's talk about how we can support you.
Our Network
None of this growth happens in isolation. Bright Ocean is proud to be part of a strong community of accelerators and organizations that have helped shape who we are today. Their support, mentorship, and network have played a real role in the development of Bright Ocean, and we're grateful for it. Huge shout out to COAST, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, Canada’s Ocean Startup Project, Alacrity, Synergy Foundation, and Climate Coffee for being our extended network.
Looking Ahead
Looking ahead, we're in the early research phase of a new eco-tourism initiative, Bright Ocean Tourism, aimed at connecting resorts and nonprofits working in ocean conservation. It's still taking shape, but if you're a resort, excursion company, or nonprofit and think there could be a fit, we'd love to hear from you! Contact us here.
Helping Ocean Conscious Organizations Grow
Three years in, Bright Ocean Marketing remains focused on what matters most: helping ocean-conscious organizations grow, and building a healthier ocean economy one partnership at a time. Thank you to our team, our community, and every organization that has trusted us with your story. Here's to many more years ahead.
Want to work with us? Get in touch to learn how Bright Ocean can support your marketing.