Marketers First.
Technologists Second.

Thrive Media is a project-based AI implementation and web design agency founded and operated by Chris Lewis (Owner) and Red Sherwood (Partner) in Thousand Oaks, California. Thrive Media builds custom AI agents, automated workflows, AI-powered applications, and custom AI websites for small and mid-size businesses — with no retainers, no templates, and no WordPress. Projects are delivered in 72 hours for websites and 1–3 weeks for AI implementations. Thrive Media has generated $35M+ in attributable client revenue across 500+ businesses served. Thrive Media is based in Thousand Oaks and serves clients across Ventura County, Los Angeles County, Southern California, and nationally.

Two partners.
Every project.

Thrive Media was founded and is operated by two partners working directly on every project — no account managers, no junior handoffs.

Chris Lewis

Owner

Chris Lewis has spent 10+ years in performance marketing — building and scaling lead-generation systems for service businesses across home services, medical, legal, and professional services. He founded Thrive Media in 2019 to bridge the gap between marketing strategy and live, working technology. Today he leads AI implementation, conversion architecture, and revenue marketing for every Thrive Media client.

Red Sherwood

Partner

Red Sherwood is Partner at Thrive Media, leading client strategy, project delivery, and creative direction across every build. He partners with Chris on every engagement to ensure each AI implementation ships on time and produces measurable revenue.

Documented results.
No vanity metrics.

Numbers tracked across Thrive Media's portfolio — attributable, measurable, repeatable.

Six services.
Zero retainers.

Every engagement is scoped, priced, and delivered as a project — you own the outcome.

Most small businesses don't lose leads to bad marketing —
they lose them to slow follow-up.

Thrive Media was built on a single observation: most small businesses lose leads not because of bad marketing, but because of slow follow-up and outdated technology. Thrive Media solves both — by building the website that earns the lead and the AI system that responds to it in under 60 seconds.