About

One operator. Twenty years.

Json Knepper. Fourteen running this shop. Based on the Pacific, with one foot in Alaska.

Json Knepper — JKCA founder, Seal Beach, California

The story

Sailfish caught off Cabo San Lucas
Cabo San Lucas · sailfish

Design, retail, technology, finance — then JKCA.

Started building websites in the mid-2000s. JKCA opened the doors in 2011 and hasn't closed them.

Before this shop, I was a Business Partner at Apple (2007–2009) and worked in financial services at FMC Financial Group (2009–2011). That mix — design, retail, technology, finance — is the reason I can switch from a Big Sur cliffside resort to a 40-year sunflower seed brand to a healthcare fintech without missing a beat.

JKCA opened in 2011 in Seal Beach, California. Most of the year I'm at sea level on the Pacific. Summers, I'm at Knepper's Alaska Fishcamp on the Kenai Peninsula — a family operation since 1988. Both places anchor what I do — coastal, place-rooted, slow-built.

I work with founder-led brands across hospitality, food, fintech, education, retail, and lodging. The work that lasts is the work I've been doing for the same client for ten-plus years.

Where I've been

The arc.

2007 — 2009

Business Partner

Apple — working with business customers.

2009 — 2011

Financial Services

FMC Financial Group.

2011 — now

JKCA

Founded the shop. Brand, web, and the calls that come with them.

Since 1988

Knepper's Alaska Fishcamp

Family lodge on the Kenai Peninsula. Where I spend summers.

Two places

Coast and river.

Seal Beach sunset on the Pacific — JKCA primary studio

Sept — May · primary studio

Seal Beach, California.

Home base since 2011. Studio at sea level. Most of the year and most of the work happens here, on the Pacific.

Knepper's Alaska Fishcamp lodge by the river, Kenai Peninsula

June — August · summer studio

Ninilchik, Alaska.

Family fish camp on the Kenai Peninsula, since 1988. Summers I'm on the river. The remote work hasn't broken anything yet.

Find me through someone who knows me.

Best route in is referral — but if a case study landed for you, that's a referral too. Have a question? Let me know.

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