About MJS Advertising Marketing Consulting Media Buying company in Boca Raton, United States
From concept through creation to completion we do it all. Although weve been automotive advertising experts for decades weve expanded into many other verticals. Because of our experience with one of the most challenging breeds of marketing were able provide service speed and expertise unmatched at other ad agencies. Whether youre looking to make an impact in broadcast television radio digital advertising email paid search or with video – we can help!
MJS Advertising was born in January of 2000 the first child of Matthew J. Sakolove. (He now has two daughters and a boisterous Boston Terrier.)
Matt grew up in St. Croix the largest of the US Virgin Islands. Its an island known for its cultural diversity fascinating history and delicious Caribbean seafood. And while Matt undoubtedly acquired his love of the beach windsurfing and boating from his formative years there his culinary tastes seem to have been derived from Omaha. Steak steak and more steak! As hes been known to say ’If it comes from the ocean Im not eating it.’
Matt and his family moved to Florida in 1981 and though he inherited his football fanaticism from his Boston-born father he eventually grew to think of himself as a South Floridian cheering for both the Dolphins and the Heat – no matter how they fared!
It was in college that Matt decided he wanted to work in advertising. Like many ad execs origin stories he was inspired by an ad campaign. In this case it was Nikes campaign for their new cross-trainer shoes starring the great two-sport athlete Bo Jackson. ’Bo Knows Baseball’ ignited a fire in Matt and he decided to contact the agency that created it. He wrote them. He called them. He sent them his resume. He was invited to visit them. And he spent an entire day in Portland Oregon interviewing with them.
But he was also in talks with an agency in his hometown and when the offer from that local agency came in first he jumped at the chance to start working immediately. That was back in 1989 when a gallon of gas cost 97¢.
His first job in advertising was in automotive advertising and was just as he expected: long hours hard work and low pay. Very long hours very hard work and very low pay. He spent nearly 9 years there gaining valuable experience developing leadership skills and learning from some of the best in the business. He was entrenched in the day-to-day operations servicing accounts traveling to meet with clients and working with every department.
His second employer offered a him a top-level executive job and in just over a year there he learned much more about the business and financial sides of advertising. Armed with this knowledge and wild ambition – he knew that someday soon he would open his own business – just like his father and grandfathers.
In the fall of 1999 with 10 years of automotive advertising experience and a healthy Delta Airlines Sky Miles account he set out to create his own advertising agency with the goals of doing it better smarter faster and with an unmatched passion for client success and employee fulfillment.
But first he needed clients. And employees.