Jonathan Becker

Board Member

BC Childrens Hospital Foundation

Jul 2023 - Current (3 years 1 month)

Board Member

OUTWAY

Nov 2021 - Current (4 years 9 months)

Board Observer

AeroPress Inc

Jul 2021 - Current (5 years 1 month)

Founder & President

Thrive Digital

Mar 2021 - Current (5 years 5 months)

General Partner

Occasional Ventures

May 2020 - Current (6 years 3 months)

We invest in great businesses of all kinds for the long term. Strategic investors helping other founders get from where they're at today, to where they want to be through operational support and investment capital.

Marketing Advisory Board Member

BC Childrens Hospital Vancouver

Nov 2018 - Feb 2020 (1 year 4 months)

Advising on BC Children's Hospital Annual Marketing Initiatives.

Advisory Board Member - School of Business

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Oct 2013 - Dec 2017 (4 years 3 months)

I am an advisor to BCIT's School of Business for both the Digital Design & Development and New Media Web Development programs. The advisory committee for these programs is responsible for providing the dean and key administrators with critical feedback regarding curriculum, course planning, industry trends, and emerging technologies.

Advisory Board Member - Digital Communications

Simon Fraser University

Aug 2011 - Feb 2018 (6 years 7 months)

At SFU I am a member of the Digital Communications Advisory Board that created and currently oversees the Digital Communications program in the School of Continuing Studies. Our team identified key areas of study, developed the program's structure, wrote course syllabi and selected program instructors. The Digital Communications program launched in early 2013 and has already trained hundreds of successful graduates.

Founder & CEO

Thrive Digital

Apr 2011 - Mar 2021 (10 years)

I founded Thrive to prove that data-led marketing campaigns outperformed their more traditional alternatives. Since 2011 we've planned, built, and executed paid acquisition campaigns that have reached millions of people around the world. We specialize in media buying, data insights, and building the creative that powers marketing. We've developed an expertise in B2B/B2C lead generation, demand generation, D2C ecommerce, user acquisition and we work with organizations like Asana, Lululemon, Uber, Tempur-Pedic, Square, and many more.

SEO Manager

Cymax Group Technologies

Feb 2011 - Apr 2012 (1 year 3 months)

At Cymax I was responsible for the creation and implementation of the company's organic search strategy across all of its 130+ websites. My duties included managing and training Cymax's SEO department, growing revenue through organic search, and ensuring that all organic search efforts reflected the latest trends in search marketing.

Lead SEO Specialist and Internet Marketing Strategist

S Marketing

Dec 2009 - Feb 2011 (1 year 3 months)

My role at 6S Marketing involved developing and implementing web based strategies designed to help clients achieve their online marketing objectives. Clients I worked with at 6S included HSBC Canada and lululemon athletica. My specialties include both strategic and technical SEO services, advanced web analytics, usability consulting and the development of actionable implementation strategies for all company marketing recommendations. At 6S I also led the internal SEO committee which is responsible for conducting ongoing research and experimentation on Google's search engine, setting standards for company-wide SEO consulting, and ensuring that everyone at 6S Marketing is as sophisticated as possible in their approach to search engine marke

Student

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Apr 2009 - Mar 2010 (1 year)

At BCIT my areas of study included web development, web marketing, information architecture, website usability, web analytics, CSS, HTML, XHTML, social media development, graphic design, entertainment law, and project management. Classes taught students a combination of practical skills and theory. Software and tools we used on a daily basis included Dreamweaver CS4, BBEdit, CSSEdit, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, After Effects CS4, Flash CS4, Bridge CS4, Acrobat Pro CS4, Final Cut Pro, Pro Tools LE, Wordpress CMS, MAMP, Compressor, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Power Point.

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