Our story

Sakura Media

Every spring, the cherry tree does something quietly radical. It doesn’t grow a new trunk or rebuild its roots. It blooms again, on the same branches as last year, and the new flowers look nothing like the old season.

Sakura Media started the same way. Most agencies were built for a world that no longer exists. They carry layers of process, departments, handoffs, and habits that stayed long after anyone remembered why. When AI and automation changed how the work gets made, we didn’t add another layer on top. We cleared the slate and started from nothing.

Almost nothing survived, and that was the point. What stayed standing were the few things no machine replaces: judgment about what matters, taste to know what’s good, the instinct to read an audience, and the human heart that makes people care. Everything else is built new, lean, and fast.

The branch is years of real experience. The blossom is what grows from it now. This is a new spring, built on what came before and not weighed down by it.

See what we do

Agency-trained. AI-built.

Same reach. Up to 90% less marketing spend.

Brad Marsh came up through Team One (Publicis Groupe) and Yahoo. Now he makes your ads and runs your campaigns with AI, using the brand you already have.

Book a free 30-minute consult Find your path

Free. No obligation. You talk to Brad.

agent_run / paid-social Running
  1. 01Brief loaded: your brand assets + positioningdone
  2. 02Ad variations built from approved artdone
  3. 03Resized for display + social placementsdone
  4. 04Lookalike + interest audiences builtdone
  5. 05Structured creative test launchedlive
  6. 06Budget pacing to top performersrunning
  7. →Human review: Brad✓
Illustrative. Brad reviews everything before it goes live.
PedigreeAs listed on Brad’s LinkedIn.
  • Team One (Publicis Groupe)
  • Yahoo
  • Slash Award Team One’s highest honor · 2018
  • Endeavor Award Team One · 2021
  • Strategy “Winning Idea” EGG Awards 2018 · 2020 · 2021
  • CMO Awards Yahoo! Marketing · 2013 · 2014
  • Led a DMP strategy team
  • Speaker Dataxu Data Summit · 2017

Which one are you?

Two ways to work with Brad. Pick the one that fits.

Path 01 · Mid-market Growing company A few million to $200M in revenue. The owner or CMO makes the call. You want agency-quality creative and campaigns, rebuilt with AI to cost less. Coaching · creative · workflows · campaign management $500–$10,000 Take the mid-market path Path 02 · Small business Owner running ads You spend $5k–$20k a month on ads and run the business yourself. You want them fixed and working, fast. Ad fix-up · monthly ad management $750–$2,500/mo Take the small-business path

Path 01 Mid-market · a few million to $200M in revenue

Agency pedigree. AI transformation.

Brad brings what he learned at Team One (Publicis Groupe) and Yahoo, then rebuilds how your marketing gets made with AI. He can coach your team, build your creative and workflows, or run your campaigns for you.

No account team in the middle. Brad does the work.

Book a mid-market consult See the packages
  • Slash Award Team One’s highest honor · 2018
  • Endeavor Award Team One · 2021
  • EGG “Winning Idea” 2018 · 2020 · 2021
  • CMO Awards Yahoo! Marketing · 2013 · 2014

The problem

You’re still paying agency-era prices for work AI can now do.

Most marketing budgets were built before AI could write, design and test. The line items haven’t caught up.

Today
Agency retainersProductionContentCampaign ops
With AI
up to 90% less
Illustrative only. Savings vary by company; results not guaranteed.
01

Retainers built for a different era

Monthly fees for manual work: resizing, rewriting, reporting and revisions.

02

Production that takes weeks

Weeks of shoots and edits for assets AI can now draft in hours.

03

Testing you can’t afford to do

When every new ad costs real money to make, you test a handful of ideas instead of dozens.

The tools are ready. The hard part is knowing what to move, and how to move it without hurting your brand.

Find my savings

Where the savings come from

An AI strategist who builds.

No 80-page decks. No account managers in the middle. Three things, done by the person you hired, using the brand you already have.

  1. Spend less on the same work

    Find the work you pay agencies and vendors for that AI can now do, and move it. Savings of up to 90%; results vary by company.

  2. Get better results

    Brad pairs AI tools with his audience-data and campaign experience so your ads work harder.

  3. Cut production costs

    Ads and assets built with AI from your existing brand, in every size you need, without production-house rates.

What Brad does

Ad creative from your brand assets

Ads built from the art, logos and messaging you already have, plus new variations to test.

Before
Agency rounds for every new ad
With AI
Dozens of on-brand variations to test

Digital asset production

Display and social assets in every size you run, made with AI from your existing brand.

Before
Paying per resize and per format
With AI
Every size you need, at scale

Custom audience targeting

Custom, lookalike and interest audiences, built and refined using Brad’s audience-data background.

Before
Broad targeting and guesswork
With AI
Audiences built, tested and refined

Campaign build & management

Paid social campaigns set up, launched and optimized, without hours of manual campaign ops.

Before
Manual setup and slow testing
With AI
Structured, always-on testing

Data strategy & activation

First- and third-party targeting, DMPs and CDPs, multi-touch attribution, and custom modeling with data science teams.

AI workflow setup

Tools, templates and prompt libraries set up in your accounts, so your team can do more on its own.

Before
Every task starts from scratch
With AI
Repeatable in-house workflows

Team training & coaching

Hands-on sessions that teach your team the tools, so the savings last after Brad steps away.

Before
Outsourcing what you could own
With AI
A team that runs it confidently

Product, app and game development

AI-built apps, games and digital products, from prototype to launch.

How it works

Three steps. No guesswork.

Start with a free call. Then decide how hands-on you want Brad to be.

  1. Free 30-minute consult

    We talk through where your budget goes today and where AI could take on the work.

    • Agencies, production, content and campaign ops
    • An honest read on whether it’s worth it for you

    Free · 30 minutes

  2. Pick coach, build or run

    Clear scope and price, in writing.

    • Coach: learn the tools and workflows yourself
    • Build: ad creative, digital assets or workflow setup
    • Run: Brad manages your paid campaigns

    From $500 to $10,000

  3. Brad teaches, builds or runs it

    He does the work himself, end to end.

    • Built from your existing brand assets
    • Human review before anything goes live
    • Set up in accounts you own

    About 1 week to 90 days

Packages & pricing

Clear scope. Clear price.

Learn to do it yourself, or have Brad build and run it. Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute consult.

Start here

AI Marketing Coaching

For teams that want to do more themselves. Brad reviews how you work, teaches your team the AI tools, then steps away.

  • Review of your current marketing spend and workflows: what you pay for and where the time goes
  • One 90-minute hands-on teaching session with your team (live, recorded)
  • AI tool recommendations matched to your budget and team
  • Written summary of quick wins, plus two weeks of email follow-up for questions
$500
One-time · about 1 week Book coaching

Ad creative

AI Creative Sprint

Starting at$1,500one-time

Ready-to-run ads for one campaign, built from your existing brand.

  • Kickoff to gather your brand assets, guidelines and approved messaging
  • Up to 20 ad variations (image + copy) for one campaign
  • Additional looks and variations of your existing art to test
  • Headline and copy variants for testing
  • Sized for up to 2 platforms (e.g. Meta, LinkedIn, X)
  • One round of revisions

TimelineAbout 2 weeks

Choose Creative Sprint

Production at scale

Digital Asset Production

Starting at$2,500one-time

Display and social assets at scale, in every size you run.

  • Up to 50 finished assets across display and social
  • Standard display sizes (e.g. 300×250, 728×90, 160×600, 320×50)
  • Social formats: square, vertical, story and landscape
  • Adaptations and resizes of your existing creative
  • Named, organized files ready to upload
  • One round of revisions

Timeline2 to 3 weeks

Choose Asset Production

Setup + training

AI Workflow Setup & Training

Starting at$3,500one-time

Brad sets up the tools and workflows in your accounts, then trains your team to use them.

  • AI tool setup in accounts you own
  • Templates and a prompt library built from your brand guidelines
  • Production workflows for ads, copy and assets, with a review step
  • Two live training sessions for your team (recorded)
  • Quick-reference guides
  • 30 days of email support

Timeline3 to 4 weeks

Choose Workflow Setup

Your digital agency

Hands-on Campaign Management

Per engagement$6,000to $10,000

Brad acts as your digital agency and runs your paid campaigns himself. Price depends on channels and scope.

  • Campaign build and management on 1 to 3 paid platforms
  • Custom, lookalike and interest audiences, built and refined
  • Ad creative and digital asset production from your brand assets, refreshed as needed
  • Structured creative and audience testing
  • Budget pacing and weekly optimization
  • Reporting and a check-in call every two weeks

Engagement60 to 90 days

Have Brad run it

Prices are one-time starting points unless noted. Campaign Management is priced per engagement ($6,000 to $10,000 depending on channels and scope). Final scope and price are confirmed in writing after your free consult.

All creative is built from your existing brand assets and positioning; new brand concepting isn’t included. Ad spend and third-party tool subscriptions are billed separately, directly to you. Savings vary by company; results not guaranteed.

Spending $5k–$20k a month on ads as a small business? See the small-business path

Path 02 Small business · ad spend $5k–$20k/mo

Your ads, rebuilt and run by a former agency pro.

You’re already spending the money. Let’s make it work.

For small businesses spending $5k–$20k a month on ads. Fixed prices, fast turnaround.

No account managers. No agency fees for people you’ve never met. We’re the consultants and the ones doing the work.

Brad Marsh

With an agency, part of every invoice pays for people you never see. With us, you pay for the work. The people on the call are the people building your ads and running your campaigns.

Book a small-business consult

  1. 01 Start here

    Ad Fix-Up

    $750 one-time · about 10 days

    A fast, fixed-price reset for ad accounts that aren’t working.

    Brad does

    • Audits your ad accounts and cuts wasted spend
    • Rebuilds targeting and audiences
    • 6 fresh ads built from your existing brand assets
    • Relaunches and restructures your campaigns
    • One-page “what I changed” summary

    You provide

    • Ad account access and your brand assets
    • Ad approvals
    • One 30-minute kickoff call

    Buy now $750 one-time payment

    Buy withPay

    Secure checkout by Stripe. Brad reaches out within 1 business day.

    Questions first? Book a free consult

  2. 02 Run it

    Ads Autopilot

    $1,500 /month · 3-month minimum

    One ad platform, run end to end. For ad spend up to about $10k a month.

    Brad does

    • Runs one platform end to end
    • 8–12 new ads a month from your existing brand assets
    • Targeting and budget pacing
    • Weekly optimization
    • Monthly report

    You provide

    • Brand assets and current offers
    • Approvals within 48 hours
    • Ad spend, paid directly to the platform

    Buy now $1,500/mo billed monthly, 3-month minimum

    Buy withPay

    Secure checkout by Stripe. Brad reaches out within 1 business day.

    Questions first? Book a free consult

  3. 03 Scale it

    Ads Autopilot Plus

    $2,500 /month · 3-month minimum

    Two platforms and double the creative. For ad spend up to about $20k a month.

    Brad does

    • Everything in Ads Autopilot
    • A second ad platform
    • 16–24 new ads a month (double the creative)
    • Retargeting and lookalike audiences
    • Landing-page recommendations
    • Biweekly 30-minute call

    You provide

    • Brand assets and current offers
    • Approvals within 48 hours
    • Ad spend, paid directly to the platforms

    Buy now $2,500/mo billed monthly, 3-month minimum

    Buy withPay

    Secure checkout by Stripe. Brad reaches out within 1 business day.

    Questions first? Book a free consult

Monthly plans have a 3-month minimum, then continue month to month. Ad spend isn’t included and is paid by you directly to the ad platforms. All ads are built from your existing brand assets. Results vary; no specific performance is guaranteed.

Bigger team, or want the full AI transformation? See the mid-market path

About

Our story

Every spring, the cherry tree does something quietly radical. It doesn’t grow a new trunk or rebuild its roots. It blooms again, on the same branches as last year, and the new flowers look nothing like the old season.

Sakura Media started the same way. Most agencies were built for a world that no longer exists. They carry layers of process, departments, handoffs, and habits that stayed long after anyone remembered why. When AI and automation changed how the work gets made, we didn’t add another layer on top. We cleared the slate and started from nothing.

Almost nothing survived, and that was the point. What stayed standing were the few things no machine replaces: judgment about what matters, taste to know what’s good, the instinct to read an audience, and the human heart that makes people care. Everything else is built new, lean, and fast.

The branch is years of real experience. The blossom is what grows from it now. This is a new spring, built on what came before and not weighed down by it.

Experience includes
Team One (Publicis Groupe) Yahoo
Education
USC Marshall School of Business

  • Agency leadership, from the inside

    Former marketing leader at Team One (Publicis Groupe), where he received the 2018 Slash Award and the 2021 Endeavor Award. Also Strategy “Winning Idea” EGG Awards in 2018, 2020 and 2021.

  • Data and audience strategy

    Led a DMP strategy team and worked on CDP implementation for clients. Panel speaker on data activation at the Dataxu Data Summit 2017.

  • Brand-side marketing

    At Yahoo, received CMO Awards from Yahoo! Marketing: Globemaster (2013) and Innovative Idea (2014). Earlier, a Google Checkout All Star Award (2007).

  • No middlemen, no hand-offs

    No agency fees for account people you never see. We make the ads and run the campaigns ourselves.

See Brad’s full background on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)

FAQ

Straight answers.

Still have a question? Ask it on the free call, or email marsh.brad@gmail.com.

Is “up to 90%” realistic for my company?

It’s the upper end, not a promise. How much you can save depends on how much of your budget goes to work AI can now do, like creative production, copy, content and campaign operations. Many companies will save less than 90%, and some line items (like media spend) don’t shrink the same way.

The free consult exists to give you a realistic view for your business. Savings vary by company; results not guaranteed.

Will AI-made ads hurt our brand?

Not if it’s done properly. Everything is built from your existing brand assets, guidelines and positioning, with a human review step. Nothing goes live without your approval.

What happens on the free 30-minute consult?

We talk through where your marketing budget goes today, what you’re trying to achieve, and where AI could realistically help. You’ll leave with a few concrete ideas and an honest view on whether a paid package makes sense. No pitch deck, no obligation.

Do we have to fire our agency?

No. Often the right move is to rebalance: keep your partners on the strategic work they do well, and move repetitive production and ops work to AI. The goal is to stop paying premium rates for work that no longer needs them.

Which AI tools do you use? Do we need to buy anything?

Tools are chosen to fit your team and budget. Many workflows run on widely available tools. Any subscriptions are set up in accounts you own and billed to you directly, along with ad spend.

Who actually does the work?

We do. The people you talk to are the people who make the ads and run the campaigns. No account managers, no hand-offs. That’s also why packages are scoped to what we can deliver well ourselves.

We’re a small business. Where do we start?

If you spend roughly $5k–$20k a month on ads, most teams start with the Ad Fix-Up ($750, about 10 days): Brad audits your accounts, cuts wasted spend, rebuilds targeting and relaunches with fresh ads. If you want him to keep running it, Ads Autopilot ($1,500/month) or Autopilot Plus ($2,500/month) take over from there. Monthly plans have a 3-month minimum, and you pay ad spend directly to the platforms.

How do payment and scope work?

Mid-market packages: prices are one-time starting points unless noted. After the free consult you get a short written scope with the final price and timeline before any work starts.

Small-business plans are fixed-price and can be bought directly with Apple Pay or PayPal: the Ad Fix-Up is a one-time $750, and Ads Autopilot ($1,500/month) and Autopilot Plus ($2,500/month) are billed monthly with a 3-month minimum. Ad spend is always paid by you directly to the ad platforms.

Let’s talk

Book a free 30-minute consult.

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  1. Send the form, or call or email directly.
  2. We pick a 30-minute slot that suits you.
  3. You get an honest view of where AI can cut your spend.
Brad Marsh AI Marketing Consultant marsh.brad@gmail.com (310) 650-6197

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