# Acadia

> Acadia is a privately held digital marketing agency founded by Jared Belsky and Sean Belnick in 2021. It brings retail marketplace management, media buying, analytics, SEO, conversion optimization, and social creative together for mid-market and enterprise brands, with an emphasis on coordinated budgets and transparent client relationships.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Atlanta, United States
- **Founders:** Jared Belsky (Co-founder and CEO), Sean Belnick (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Retail Media & Marketplaces, Analytics & Business Intelligence, Paid Media, Content & Creative, SEO & CRO
- **Notable:** Launched August 17, 2021 with 65 employees and three acquired specialist agencies., Acquired Bobsled Marketing in early 2022 to expand retail marketplace expertise., Announced acquisition of CRO agency SplitTesting.com in January 2023.

## Products & services

- **Retail Media & Marketplaces** — Marketplace strategy, advertising, and management across Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, Target, and other retail networks.
- **Analytics & Business Intelligence** — Customer segmentation, data warehousing, predictive modeling, dashboarding, media mix modeling, and incrementality testing.
- **Paid Media** — Media strategy, planning, buying, and optimization across search, social, video, audio, programmatic, and additional media.
- **Content & Creative** — Organic social management, influencer campaigns, and performance creative connected to media objectives.
- **SEO & CRO** — Search discovery, website testing, user experience improvements, and conversion optimization.
- **Acadia Analyze** — Proprietary intelligence platform presented on the company website as supporting performance interpretation and identifying opportunities. Public standalone pricing is not supplied.
- **ShopFluency** — First-party data and segmentation platform brought into the business through the 2021 Lift361 acquisition; historical product, current standalone availability not established.

## Achievements

- Launched August 17, 2021 with 65 employees and three acquired specialist agencies.
- Acquired Bobsled Marketing in early 2022 to expand retail marketplace expertise.
- Announced acquisition of CRO agency SplitTesting.com in January 2023.
- Named Ad Age Performance Marketing Agency of the Year in 2024.
- Acquired CRUSH in April 2025; announcement described more than 250 agency experts and close to 150 retail media and marketplace staff.
- Named 2026 Ad Age A-List Media Agency of the Year on March 9, 2026.
- Reported two 2026 US Search Awards for AirSculpt campaigns on October 8, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — October 8: Acadia reported two US Search Awards for AI search and content work with AirSculpt.
- **2026-10** — October 8: Acadia described a Perkins campaign featuring a custom, menu-inspired Mahjong set.
- **2026-07** — July 8: Acadia highlighted an Internationalist interview about returning media rebates to nearly 50 clients.
- **2026-03** — March 9: Acadia announced its Ad Age A-List Media Agency of the Year recognition.
- **2025-04** — April 8: Acadia announced the acquisition of Amazon agency CRUSH.

## Links

- Website: https://acadia.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acadiaio/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/techwoodagency
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acadiaio/

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Last updated: 2026-10-25