OUR WORK
VIDEOS
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This Is What Control Looks Like at an EV Crash Scene
Client: Midtronics
The xIM-100 EV Immobilizer is a powerful tool that can be used by rescue workers, ensuring that responder know whether EVs are either completely immobilized or to take precautions. Midtronics came to us to edit a series of videos showing how rescue workers can use this new product in the field.
We provided editing, sound mixing, and motion graphics for this video.
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D1 Baseball Series
Client: KPJ Digital / MAI Capital Management / D1Baseball
MAI Capital Management and D1Baseball partnered in early 2026, with MAI’s Sports & Entertainment division delivering educational content and resources to D1 players. This content focuses on financial management and NIL deals. MAI turned to KPJ Digital and First Astronaut to deliver this educational content through a series of videos.
For these videos, we provided editing and motion graphics.
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Built with Precision, Delivered Through Partnership
Client: Cultivate Brands / Executive Construction
From bold design to seamless execution, Boston Consulting Group's Midwest Headquarters at 360 North Green stands out as one of Chicago’s most refined and collaborative interior projects. The people who brought this project to life share the story behind the vision, details, and the dedication it took to build this space.
We provided editing, sound mixing, and produced this video.
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Keep Schools Safe with Metrasens
Client: Cultivate Brands / Metrasens
Metrasens provides portable detection solutions for schools. This cost-effective system allows educational institutions to implement adaptable, non-disruptive security measures throughout the day. In order to show the effectiveness, ease, and practical use of their detection systems, Metrasens turned to video.
We provided editing, motion graphics, and sound mixing for this video.
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Via: See Our New Product in Action
Client: Euromonitor International
Euromonitor International's launch of a new online pricing database needed a video to not only explain the product in a concise manner, but also visualize it in a way that made its potential userbase excited. This video blends stock footage with animated elements of the tool.
We provided videography, editing, animation, voice-over narration, and sound mixing for this video.
Produced while employed at Euromonitor International.
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The Need / The Vision: Roseland women and children's shelter
Client: Cultivate Brands / Roseland Christian Ministries
Roseland Christian Ministries provides a safe place for women and children on Chicago's south side. For their "Rest for the Strong" campaign, Roseland's Shelter Director and Ministry Director lay out the struggle of operating a shelter in the area and the need for assistance.
We provided editing, sound mixing, and produced this video.
PODCASTS
off duty
Client: The Guardian
Off Duty examines how the brutal murder of a Chicago police officer, Clifton Lewis, spiraled into a sweeping 12-year legal odyssey, one that lays bare gaping cracks in the criminal legal system.
For this podcast, we provided field audio recording, working with host and investigator Melissa Segura to capture audio from the day Alex Villa came home.
Projectified
Client: Project Management Institute
Projectified is the premiere podcast for project managers, providing engaging conversations with project professionals and individuals involved in steering project success. Projectified continues to be a valuable resource to project managers, who have downloaded the show over 1 million times.
For this podcast, we provided remote audio recording, guest training, and audio production, editing, and mixing.
Projectified has won four awards in the four years we engineered it, including the 2024 AVA Gold Award for Audio Production.
Produced while Employed at The MX Group
Playbook Deep Dive
Client: Politico
Playbook Deep Dive features POLITICO's top reporters and Playbook authors bringing the most compelling and confounding stories that explain what’s really going on in Washington.
For this podcast, we engineered the field audio recording of New York Times White House Correspondent Katie Rogers for the episode The Secrets of Jill Biden's East Wing.