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Melissa Jackson Parsey

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Melissa Jackson Parsey is a senior marketing executive at R/GA, the globally recognized creative and technology agency, where she leads marketing strategy and brand positioning efforts. She is known for her ability to connect creative storytelling with performance-driven advertising approaches, helping position R/GA's capabilities to clients navigating the evolving digital and AdTech landscape. Her work sits at the intersection of brand marketing, agency positioning, and technology-forward advertising solutions. Throughout her career, Melissa has built expertise in agency marketing, thought leadership development, and go-to-market strategy within the creative and advertising technology space. Her tenure at R/GA has involved elevating the agency's profile across industry conversations, new business efforts, and communications that speak to both brand marketers and technology partners. As a marketing leader within a major creative technology agency, she contributes to shaping how R/GA engages with the broader AdTech and MarTech ecosystem, including programmatic, data-driven creative, and connected experiences. Her influence is primarily as an operator and internal brand builder rather than a public-facing industry commentator.

Last updated Jul 22, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment · Connections updated Jul 27, 2026

Role
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Company
Based
New York, New York, United States
Connections
1
Years in industry
12 years

Bio

Melissa Jackson Parsey is a senior marketing executive at R/GA, the globally recognized creative and technology agency, where she leads marketing strategy and brand positioning efforts. She is known for her ability to connect creative storytelling with performance-driven advertising approaches, helping position R/GA's capabilities to clients navigating the evolving digital and AdTech landscape. Her work sits at the intersection of brand marketing, agency positioning, and technology-forward advertising solutions. Throughout her career, Melissa has built expertise in agency marketing, thought leadership development, and go-to-market strategy within the creative and advertising technology space. Her tenure at R/GA has involved elevating the agency's profile across industry conversations, new business efforts, and communications that speak to both brand marketers and technology partners. As a marketing leader within a major creative technology agency, she contributes to shaping how R/GA engages with the broader AdTech and MarTech ecosystem, including programmatic, data-driven creative, and connected experiences. Her influence is primarily as an operator and internal brand builder rather than a public-facing industry commentator.

Career

  • Vice President, Marketing

    R/GA · prior to current role

Expertise & education

Expertise

Agency MarketingBrand StrategyGo-to-Market StrategyCreative TechnologyThought Leadership DevelopmentDigital AdvertisingB2B MarketingContent Marketing

Speaking topics

Agency marketing and positioningCreative technology and brand strategy

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Led marketing positioning for R/GA, one of the world's most recognized creative technology agencies
  • Contributed to R/GA's industry communications and new business marketing strategy across global markets
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