The Houck Agency is owned and operated by Jim Houck, an accomplished public relations professional, writer and digital marketer with 20+ years of experience in agency, corporate and non-profit marketing environments.

Mahoning Valley born and raised, Houck and his three children live in Boardman, Ohio, and he maintains an office in Boardman. He’s active in the community serving as a board officer and pro bono PR consultant for Potential Development School for Children with Autism, as well as a board member and newsletter editor for Mill Creek MetroParks’ Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens. Houck is also a member of the Boardman Civic Association.

Houck’s career includes a blend of Fortune 500 corporate and Cleveland-Akron advertising agency experience. He has worked directly for prominent Northeast Ohio PR/marketing firms Marcus Thomas and AKHIA, as well as Delphi Automotive Systems (formerly Packard Electric) in Warren, Ohio, including as part of the PR team that announced the company’s spinoff from General Motors and subsequent initial public offering in 1999.

The Houck Agency team is comprised of experienced, dedicated professionals who buy into the agency’s guiding principles of integrity, kindness, humor and added value. These characteristics play out in everything we do: account service, copywriting, video production, measurement, marketing research, competitive analysis, web development, graphic design, social media marketing and more.

Coming to work every day is a pleasant experience for our team. We’re genuinely excited about what we get to create each day. And for whom.