Eighteen years
of getting the
shot in one pass.

ASpark Creative is a video strategy and production agency in Hoquiam, Washington. Veteran-owned, deliberately small, and built around a simple bet: that the same people should be responsible for the idea, the footage, and the result.

Why we built this

Good work
that nobody
ever saw.

ASpark exists because of a pattern we kept watching play out. A company spends real money on a video. The video is good. It gets delivered, posted once, and then nothing measurable happens — and nobody involved can say why. The production company got paid. The owner got a file. The business got a line item.

That gap isn’t a craft problem. Plenty of people can shoot well. It’s that almost nobody who makes the footage is also responsible for what happens after it’s made — the distribution, the targeting, the tracking, the honest report at the end of the month.

So we built the agency around one bet: the same people should own the idea, the footage, and the result. If that means telling you the video isn’t your problem, we’ll tell you that on the first call.

Who it’s for

Three kinds
of company.

Outdoor brands with a genuinely good product and a marketing operation running on last season’s phone photos. Veteran-owned companies sitting on the one story a competitor can’t copy and underselling it out of habit. And public agencies with a mandate, a stylebook, a review cycle, and a number they’re accountable for.

Different buyers, same shape of problem: the work has to be made properly and it has to land somewhere it can be counted.

We’re deliberately small, we’re based in Grays Harbor, and we’d rather have a handful of accounts we can actually move than a roster we can only maintain.

Track record

Where the
reps came from.

Combat camera is one-man-band production with no second take and no control over the scene. It is where the habits came from: get the shot the first time, stay out of the way, and hand back something usable the same day.

Eighteen years later that is still the job. The camera is better and the stakes are commercial, but nothing about a launch window or a shoot day in the rain rewards a crew that needs conditions to cooperate.

A Marine combat photographer kneeling with a DSLR, photographing a formation during a training exercise — U.S. Marine Corps combat camera. Photo courtesy of DVIDS — U.S. Department of Defense.

U.S. Marine Corps

Combat videographer, 2007–2015. Global deployments, uncontrolled action, sensitive material handling.

NASCAR Productions

Senior post-production editor, 2015–2018. Broadcast, digital and social for NASCAR, AMA and AFT.

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Social media manager & media producer, 2018–2023. 5M+ followers, 9M+ email audience.

ASpark Creative

Founded 2022. Outdoor, veteran-owned and public-sector clients across Washington and beyond.

MPS Business for Creatives, MICA (in progress) B.A. Communication & Mass Media, ASU Military Motion Media, Syracuse University Google Analytics Certified Defense Information School 2× DoD Editor of the Year

How we operate

Four things
we won't move on.

You own your ad account

Spend is billed directly to you. We never mark it up, never run it through our books, and you keep the pixel data and audiences if we part ways.

Modeled is labelled modeled

If a number is a projection rather than a measurement, the page says so. You'll find that caveat on our own case studies.

We'll tell you not to hire us

If video isn't your bottleneck, the free call ends with us saying that. It costs us work and saves you money.

Underperformers get named

Monthly reporting includes what didn't work. A report where everything went well isn't a report, it's a sales document.

Giving back

Create with purpose.
Give with impact.

At ASpark Creative, we believe great work should do more than just look good — it should do good. That’s why 5% of all profits from every project are donated to causes that create real, lasting change. When you collaborate with us, you’re helping support organizations working on the front lines of hope and justice.

Love Justice International

Love Justice combats human trafficking by stopping it where it starts — intervening at transit points before exploitation occurs. Their global network has helped protect thousands of vulnerable people and bring traffickers to justice.

Learn more

Tunnel to Towers Foundation

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation honors the legacy of fallen first responders and military service members by providing mortgage-free homes and financial support to their families. They are also working to end veteran homelessness through nationwide housing initiatives.

Learn more

In the community

VFW Post 1135.

ASpark serves as the de facto Public Affairs Officer for VFW Post 1135 in Hoquiam — marketing, communications and web presence, entirely pro bono.

It's the same work we'd bill a client for, done for a post that needs it and can't pay for it. If you run a veterans service organization in Grays Harbor and you're in the same position, come talk to us.

The company we keep