Jacob Simon

is a climate communicator, creator, and independent reporter providing your daily dose of inspiration; he’s on a mission to learn, inform, and encourage action on a global scale.

Who is Jacob?

Jacob Simon is a climate educator & creator, former internationally ranked Team USA pairs figure skater, and the creator of Jacobsimonsays — a platform telling real stories of progress to replace dread and fear with hope and action.

He inspires his audience of well over half a million people across social media (@jacobsimonsays on TikTok and Instagram) and a newsletter (Climativity) to overcome eco-anxiety and get involved with tackling the climate crisis through optimism, community, and action. Living in Brooklyn, NY, he's spreading hope to 75+ million people taking 20,000+ individual actions, and accelerating a better future through impactful storytelling and collaborating with the UN, NRDC, EPA, DOT, Clean Creatives, and more.

83+ million views

11+ million likes

700,000+ followers

71,000+ comments

20,000+ actions driven

8.95% (Instagram) & 19.8% (TikTok) lifetime engagement rates

@jacobsimonsays

has become the leading source of good environmental news & education on TikTok and Instagram:

Standout content

An early video that started Jacob’s journey of spreading positivity and stories of progress to the world.

One of Jacob’s most popular pieces to date about coral reefs restoration, biomaterials, bipartisan climate policy from the band AJR, and a famous tree bouncing back.

Jacob’s take on using positivity & optimism to activate people to stand up against the Willow Project, driving tens of thousands of petition signers.

Partners include

  • "Jacob is one of the most effective communicators and storytellers we've had a chance to work with at Clean Creatives. He's the kind of person that makes everything a bit more fun, while also being a team player who gets behind his colleagues to make everyone better at what they do. He's contributed immensely to our success and will do the same for any project he is a part of."

    Duncan Meisel, Executive Director of CleanCreatives

  • "Jacob went from being an environmental student of mine to leading OnePointFive's digital content creation as our Content Specialist. He worked seamlessly with the team to develop growth strategies, create engaging and educational content, grow our audience, and train other employees in best content creation principals. He played a key part in our daily marketing engine as well as the successful launch of our OPF Academy. Jacob brings energy, positivity, and lightheartedness to the office, on Zoom, or while having some fun in the climbing gym. "

    Neil Yeoh, Founder & CEO of OnePointFive

  • "Jacob has been an invaluable asset to the Clean Creatives team, particularly in his role as a content creator focusing on building our initial TikTok presence. His strategies and forward-thinking approach helped grow our account from the ground-up, establishing us as a leading voice in the sustainability conversation on the platform. His knack for creating compelling, relevant content not only attracted a larger audience but also significantly contributed to our mission."

    Ellie Rountree, Social Media Stratgist

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Fun facts

⛸️ In his previous life (age 7-22) he was an internationally ranked pairs figure skater, competing for Team USA and culminating in a 9th place finish at the 2016 Jr. World Championships.

🎖️ In High School, he and his family created a charity called Courage For Kids, Medals For Hope where they got figure skater to donate medals they’d won from competitions along with photos and a description to patients in Chicago children’s hospitals.

🦊 His favorite piece of content (so far) is an unplanned piece about the most successful animal recovery ever under the Endangered Species Act. On a camping trip to Santa Cruz Island (part of the Channels Islands National Park), he came across these little foxes everywhere he turned, and couldn’t help but investigate further.

🏆 During the COVID-19 lockdown, he was searching for inspiration at home and decided to break 42 world records in a row. He then built a website so others could create and break their own world records. It gained over 20,000 page views in a single month, with 1,000 registered record breakers and 207 broken world records. The website has since been shut down so he could focus on other ventures :)

✍️ Before creating content, he was a copywriter and then ghostwriter completing over 50 jobs and in addition to his own content, he’s also created for inspiring organizations working on solutions and forward progress like Pique Action, Clean Creatives, and Fifth Wall.

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