As Managing Director of Cobrandit I maintain key relationships with agency and brand clients, provide content strategy, production and post-production services & crews, and provide oversight and creative direction on all video projects and business operations. My team and I develop & produce video marketing content packages and strategy for brands, agencies, and organizations of all sizes. The back story: In 2002 my annoyance with conventional TV ads led to an epiphany: advertising ought to be about real people in real places with real product. A website full of unauthorized documentary "ads" followed, Inc. magazine wrote it up, and a business was born: Cobrandit Video.Fast forward: Cobrandit has a proven track record delivering video projects for global organizations, start-ups, and agencies of all sizes. Cobrandit is known for unscripted, interview based content featuring consumers and brand stakeholders, and for projects utilizing user generated content (UGC). We've shot everything from Coachella to corporate, PBR to HBS.

From the Forge website: "Owen’s eye for capturing great video moments is only matched by his organizational skills. And his editing skills. And his people skills. Owen helps us capture dynamic content and brand videos for university and non-profit clients. As a videographer and a businessman, Owen understands how storylines work to improve bottom lines. As an editor, he assembles TV spots, social videos, and brand videos with a sense of taste, timing and clarity that reflect his degree in graphic design. Owen is a great collaborator and a valued Forge Key Associate. His video work truly engages viewers because it is always truly authentic, truly creative, and truly memorable."

My side project: Mixed use real estate development & management. Commercial. Residential. Unexpected structures. New England and elsewhere.

My role spans creative strategy, creative direction, production, distribution, content program strategy and business development. I manage Matter’s award winning creative team to ensure high quality visual content is delivered across client programs. Details of my role include:— 15+ person creative team leadership and direction (video, motion, graphic design, web). In early 2017 the team and I launched Matter's new branding including website, reels and decks...see below.— Executive producer/managing director type role, embedded in a 125+ person PR & social agency. Creative vision is wrapped into full scale messaging programs, SEO/SEM, and metrics.— Development of creative services offering across 5 offices: Boston and Newburyport MA, Providence RI, Boulder CO and Portland OR. The team is growing.— Developing Matter’s production competency, breadth and ability to wow clients and win new business. We're stepping it up.— Clients include Harman/JBL, CVS Pharmacy, Tyco IS, OSRAM Sylvania, La Brea Bakery, Porsche Club of America, Black Duck, RSM US, Footjoy, Pinterest, and many others.

On behalf of Cobrandit I procured and managed a $610k budget covering a year’s worth of video production for VWoA. Working with their internal production staff, my team and I covered VW's RedBull Global Rallycross season, partnerships with People for Bikes and Major League Soccer, as well as auto show coverage, new product introductions, enthusiast events, and content shot at VW world headquarters in Wolfsburg Germany.In all we scheduled, managed, and produced 25+ shoots and fast-turn edits in various US and European locations, providing 1-3 man production teams with me personally fulfilling a mix of Producer, DP, audio, and post-production roles including edit, motion design, and music supervision.Resulting videos have garnered over 1.2mm views to date and have been picked up by national news outlets and automotive enthusiast sites worldwide.

Between 2004 and 2011 I assisted PUMA AG with qualitative market research projects in Paris, London, and NYC, as well as providing video strategy for PUMA social channels. During the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games I worked closely with PUMA Running to launch and distribute the video series Chasing BOLT, which garnered over a million views in a few weeks time and won an award of excellence from SNCR. In 2009 I began working on a weekly basis out of PUMA's Global Marketing HQ in Boston. I helped launch PUMA Ocean Racing's social elements and provided strategy for their use. This activity led to an ongoing contractual relationship with PUMA's Global Digital Team and Digital PR group, with whom I worked throughout 2009, 2010, and 2011. I now assist PUMA on a project basis.

My family's independent retail kitchenware store took on the big guys for almost 80 years. Want to understand WOM, loyalty, and customer service? Retail experience helps. We started videoblogging on YouTube in 2005.

I repaired bicycles at St. Louis's top bike shop.