Jackson has always been a production-enthusiast – with a passion for digital marketing stemming from childhood, he made it a priority to leverage and improve video strategies for his clients. For over 6 years, he has demonstrated the ability to effectively coach clients on building and maintaining their Influence on social media, as well as oversee the production of Social Jack’s live Influencer streaming programs such as monthly Flash Classes, webinars, and the weekly webcast/podcast, Influence Factory, which he was an integral part of creating.

For Forward Progress, a Chicago-based Influencer Marketing company, Jackson has been a key constituent in the business development team and a phenomenal contributor to the social media department. Shortly after the of launch Social Jack™, an Influencer Development Platform created by Forward Progress, he eagerly took the role as a Speaker, Trainer, and Social Media Coach. With Social Jack, he has successfully contributed to the training of over 120,000 business professionals on their platform for Social Selling and B2B Influencer Marketing. Their curriculum is used globally by Fortune 500 companies, Associations, Conferences and Universities to instill best practices related to the effective use of social networks and how to grow one’s influence in a noisy digital world. He also created and brought to fruition the Scouting and Drafting Program to help influencers target, build, and convert their network using LinkedIn and other social media networks.

Currently, Jackson is the Production Manager & Coach at both Forward Progress and Social Jack™. In this role, he has primarily led and trained his production team to provide digital influencer marketing solutions for the last 5 years.  Outside of his career, Jackson has been an active performer throughout his local community in over 40 theatre programs. He notably received the “Best supporting Actor Award” in 2016, and recently received “Volunteer of the Year Award” for his dignified contributions for acting, directing, and technical assistance. As a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, Jackson also enjoys spending his free time in the dōjō.