Meet Jerry.

Jerry Nelson, originally from Minden, Louisiana, earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Grambling State University in 1976. With his post-graduate studies in advertising and television production completed at the University of California in Los Angeles and the Sony Institute of Applied Video Technology.

Jerry began his career as an advertising copywriter at a Los Angeles ad agency.  In 1980, he found an advertising position with C & R Clothiers, a major men’s retailer based in Los Angeles. He soon was promoted to marketing director/producer at C & R, with an annual advertising budget of over $15 million. 

Prior to forming Nelson Advertising in 1995, Jerry returned to Louisiana and continued to broaden his advertising/marketing experience as an account executive with KSLA-TV in Shreveport. Nelson Advertising has been one of the most successful ad agencies in northwest Louisiana, with an impressive string of clients. The creative strategy of advertising is what most inspires Jerry, but as the agency continued to grow, media buying became more and more of an important element to the success of Nelson Advertising.

Jerry has served on the Board of Directors of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council, the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, the Shreveport/Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau, Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, Multicultural Center of Louisiana, and LSUS Chancellor’s Community Advisory Council.