About
JC Media is the one-person studio I run out of San Jose. I build websites, apps, and local search, and I shoot the photography and aerial work — all under one roof, for Bay Area businesses that want one partner instead of five vendors.
Who JC Media is
One person, end to end.
I started JC Media in 2022 as a California sole proprietor — licensed, insured, and based in San Jose. It’s just me, which means you talk directly to the person designing, building, shooting, and shipping the work. Fewer handoffs, no account managers, no offshore team you never meet.
The clients are established Bay Area businesses and the occasional nonprofit — people who need a real digital presence and the photos to match, and would rather hire one partner who owns the whole thing than juggle a web agency, an SEO consultant, and a photographer separately.
I bias toward foundations that hold up: a modern stack, real performance budgets, and search and analytics built in from day one rather than bolted on after launch.
One business · two equal crafts
The same shop that builds it also shoots it.
Most businesses need both — a site and app that win customers, and the photography that makes them look the part. I treat the two as one craft, because that’s how the work actually performs.
Build & get found
Fast, mobile-first websites and apps, plus the local SEO and AI search work that brings Bay Area customers in — Google, the map pack, and the AI answers more buyers now start with.
Shoot & look the part
Headshots, product, storefront, real estate, events, and drone coverage — shot and edited in-house, ready to drop straight into the site that needs them.
The synergy is the point: when the same person builds the site and shoots the photos, nothing gets lost in translation.
Proof, not just promises
I build the software my own studio runs on.
JC Media doesn’t just buy off-the-shelf tools — I build my own client-software platform: the proposals, the client portals, the reporting you see on your own projects. It runs my business every day.
That’s the simplest credibility I can offer. If I’ll build and trust it to run my own studio, you can trust I’ll build it right for yours.
Every client deliverable is built on fully open, standard foundations: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Vercel, GitHub. Your website lives in a repository in your name — written in open-source code that any developer on the planet can read, maintain, and hand off. Building my own internal software is a credibility signal, not a mechanism for dependency.
How I work
Simple, start to finish.
Free consultation
Tell me about your business and your goals. No pressure, no jargon — just a real conversation.
Plan & clear quote
A scope and a fair, fixed quote up front. You'll know exactly what you're getting and what it costs.
Build & shoot
I design, build, and photograph it myself — one partner, start to finish, no handoffs.
Launch & grow
Go live, then keep climbing — SEO, content, reviews, and care plans that compound over time.
Let’s talk
Tell me about your project.
A few sentences about your business is enough to start. I’ll reply with questions, a rough scope, and a timeline — usually within a day. Free consultation, no pressure.