We Bring Stories to Life

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Our Services

What We Do

Video Production

Our team captures the perfect images, edits them for maximum impact, and releases them back into the world. We have the process down like Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Video Production

Company Overviews, Vlogs, Explainer Videos, Testimonials, Motion Graphics, Video Brochures, Business Presentations, Conference & Expo Booth Videos

Branding

We balance your objectives with your vision, assess the overall quality and consistency of your branding, optimize each asset associated with your organization. But ‘ya know that dreaded utterance: ‘It seemed like a good idea at the time.’ Our real job is to make sure you never have to say it.

Branding

Brand Evaluations & Strategic Growth Solutions, Logo Design, Research, Focus Groups, Sentiment Scoring, Culture & Voice Discernment, Brand Evolution & Rebranding

Content & Creative

We take the messaging that tells your story – your successes, your challenges, your future goals – all the stuff that is often as interesting as a dozen farm fresh eggs. Then we transform them into supercharged ultraviolet psychedelic bedazzled Fabergé eggs.

Content & Creative

Ideation, Concept Development, Storyboarding, Motion Graphic Design, Collateral Production, Photography & Visual Design, Scripting & Copywriting, Sound Recording & Design

Message & Outreach

Effective outreach and messaging is a determination of audience, purpose, and medium. We help develop the strategy whether it is to shoot an arrow straight for the cerebrum to convey vital technical information, or whether we need to reach the mind by tunneling through the heart. We got you either way. We always have plenty of arrows in our quiver and our mining hats shine way bright.

Message & Outreach

Cause Marketing, Issue Campaigns & Advocacy Videos, Website Design & Development, eCommerce & Marketing Hubs, Email & MMS Marketing, Technical Writing, Event Promos, Public Relations

Multi Media Strategy

Strategy means many things to many people. What’s your goal? Our team will blend data, experience, & intuition to match strategy to strengths. We certainly don’t want you playing checkers while your competition is playing chess.

Multi Media Strategy

Digital Media Management, Traditional Media Buys & Placement, Social Media Management, Streaming & OTT, Search Engine Optimization, Business Listings

Consultants

Timing is everything, and when it comes to Business Consulting the best time is BEFORE not AFTER. Sit with us before developing a vital proposal or going all in on an expensive rebrand or redirection. We will review your operations. We will help organize, visualize & stylize your initiative.

Consultants

Startups, Leadership Change, Market Opportunities, New Product Launch, Operations Support, Mission Re-focus, Entrpreneurial Guidance

Our Process

How We Work

01

Discover your story

Many of us become so immersed in the details of our daily work and lives that we don’t see the entire arc and captivating aspects of our own journeys. Our first priority is to help you discover – or rediscover – your story: the challenges, the success, the pain points, the dream. How do we do it? First, we listen. We listen in our workspace and oftentimes in your workspace – because we know environment matters. We listen while you are away from the job and on the job – because we know context matters. We stay alert for the authentic voice because we know it doesn’t always present itself openly and fully. Sometimes it only appears in snippets and fragments. Sometimes it reveals itself more in what is NOT said than in what is said. Capturing the authentic voice is like catching fish. Sure, anyone can cast a line and occasionally hook a big one. That’s what makes it fun. But you know who catches the most fish? The people who know how to fish.
02

Craft your story

Now we have a map to your brand’s vibe, voice, and values. All we need to do is stay in our lane and follow the directions, right? Except at Steven James, we don’t really have lanes. It’s more like we’re in a busy roundabout playing bumper cars. There are side swipes and fender benders and even the occasional collision. But what emerges from the creative snarl is the right vehicle to tell your particular story. One with a powerful and well-tuned engine. From here, we only have to have the story sanded smooth, have the dents knocked out, & give it a beautiful paint job. Luckily, we have the best body shop in the business. It’s called the Steven James Video Production team.
03

Visualize your story

Their tools include the use of light, of depth perception, of intricate cameras and powerful editing programs. But beyond the technical acumen, our team is highly skilled at connecting with its subjects – putting them at ease because things tend to change when the camera’s red light comes on. They explain, they direct, they support. They have a detailed plan and they stick to that plan closely until it’s time to change the plan. Because a vital part of every good plan is knowing that things often don’t go as planned. That is when our vast experience pays dividends. The SJ video team does more than capture images: it creates them and constructs them. The whole process is kind of like fishing…hold it…we already used that one. Okay, just take a look at the images on this site. They really know what they’re doing. A picture says a thousand words... (hey, a cliché didn’t become a cliché without some truth behind it.)
04

Communicate your story

We have captured your story in a powerful package. What’s next? Magnify it. Amplify it. Qualify it. A story shouted in a barren wilderness will fail to move a single soul. But the same story told in the right village, in the right venue, at the right volume can move the world. The Steven James media and communication specialists will identify the optimum times, platforms, and strategies to spread your story far and wide at the best possible value. And eventually, hopefully, with a lot hard work, a load of strong data, and a dash of good luck, you won’t have to deliver your message so far and so wide. The world will be waiting curb side to hear your message the moment you open your door.

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