Firestarter Media — Brand Films, SaaS Editorial & Sports Content

Stories peopleactually finish.

Twenty years in the edit bay, from network television to digital entertainment to corporate messaging. Editing and production for studios, sports brands and SaaS teams.

Interview from Draft DayLionsgate × NFL Two Power Slap athletes face offThrill Sports Camila Perry, owner of The Oaks TavernBarTopTV The Milken Center for Advancing the American DreamHearst

Clients and networks

Selected work

Recent brand, corporate and sports work. Every project lists the part we played, so you know exactly what we did.

Carta

AI Fundamentals for Private Funds

A six-part video course that teaches private-fund teams how to work with AI, from first prompt to live fund workflows. We came on for the edit, two episodes and the series teaser, the same embedded editorial we do for other SaaS teams.

Our role
Editorial only
We cut
Episodes 3 and 5, series teaser
Series by
Carta

Thrill Sports

Power Slap and Street League Skateboarding

Athlete stories for one of the busiest names in combat and action sports: fighters at home before fight night, and skaters chasing a title.

Our role
Produced and edited
Shot by us
Power Slap 18
SLS
Acquired footage, our graphics

BarTopTV

Venue owner testimonials

Bar owners and staff on what BarTopTV's countertop screens did for business. Shot on location across Los Angeles in a single day and cut into short testimonials for BarTopTV's site and sales team.

Our role
Shot and edited
Format
Testimonial series
Locations
Sherman Oaks, San Gabriel, Hawthorne

Hearst × Milken Institute

Internal marketing video

An internal marketing piece for Hearst, built around the Milken Institute and its Center for Advancing the American Dream: the research, the programs and the people they reach.

Our role
Edit
Format
Internal marketing video, 2:51
For
Hearst
The Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream Watch the film (opens in a new tab)

Television development

More than 100 sizzles, pitch tapes and development cuts for Lionsgate, Disney+, STX Entertainment, Hearst, 3Ball Entertainment and Pilgrim Media Group, across crime, sports, music, automotive and unscripted. To view the full slate, ask for access.

Half filmmaker, half marketer.

I'm Jake, a filmmaker, editor and marketing strategist who has spent nearly 20 years making content people don't scroll past. My work moves across formats on purpose: brand films, corporate series, sports, documentary, and originals that don't fit any single box. Different every time, but always built where craft meets retention.

I've cut and directed stories for Lionsgate, Hearst, Carta, Ranker and Thrill Sports, with work reaching audiences across NFL, HGTV, History and Discovery. Now I'm building the next chapter in AI-driven filmmaking: original microseries produced end to end with next-generation tools.

Whether it's a brand film, a course, a sizzle or something no one's made yet, I care about one thing: the story landing.

Full-stack storytelling

From the first idea to the final export, and the strategy to make sure people actually see it. Hire us for the whole job or one part of it.

Editorial for SaaS teams

Embedded editing for software companies. Product explainers, course and training series, customer stories, webinar cut-downs and launch teasers, cut from your footage to your brand guidelines and turned around on your release schedule. Per project or on a weekly retainer.

See the Carta series
  • Product explainers and demos
  • Course and training series
  • Customer stories and testimonials
  • Webinar and event cut-downs
  • Launch teasers and social cuts
  • Review in Frame.io, delivered to spec

Filmmaking and direction

Brand films, testimonials, sports and documentary. Concept, shoot and direction with a cinematic eye and a documentarian's instinct for the real moment.

Editing and post

Where the story is really made. Retention-first edits, color, motion graphics and sound, for your footage or ours.

Story and brand strategy

Half the battle is what you make; half is how it's positioned. Messaging, content strategy and platform-smart storytelling built to perform.

AI-driven production New

Original microseries and branded content produced with next-generation AI tools. Faster, bolder, and impossible a year ago.

Start a project.

Got a brand film, a series, a sizzle or an idea no one's made yet? Tell me about it. I read every message myself.

Email
hello@firestartermedia.tv
Based in
Los Angeles, working worldwide

No spam, ever. I'll get back to you within 1–2 business days.