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I have loved this work for 20+ years.

I’m a writer, director, and communications strategist who leads teams the way I direct on set; with a clear vision, genuine enthusiasm, and a commitment to making the work so good that everyone in the room is proud of it.

I know how to build brand voice from the ground up inside regulated environments. I know how to run a program, manage a budget, hold a team accountable with care, and keep a culture moving when things get hard. My roots are in nonprofit leadership, and I bring that same investment in people and mission to every organization I work with.

I’m a Sundance Institute alum, CORO Women in Leadership honoree, and writer-director of “Tenuto” and “Sylvie Who?” which has screened at 40+ international film festivals. My TV pilot script “Conor Pass” won Best Television Pilot Script at the Golden Pen Script Awards.

Earlier in my career, I served as Program Director for St. Louis 2004 under U.S. Senator John Danforth, leading capacity building, training, and large scale public events for 1,200 nonprofit and grassroots organizations. That nonprofit foundation still shapes how I work.

I have worked inside financial services, leading video production and content strategy at Moneta and developing social media programs in-house at Commerce Bank, so I understand how to bring genuine creative ambition to environments that require precision, compliance, and trust.

What I do best is close the gap between what an organization wants to say and what actually gets made. I write it, direct it, and produce it, and I know how to lead the teams that deliver. If you are looking for a senior creative, communications leader or operations consultant with range, instinct, and the chops to get work across the finish line, please reach out.

I’m a creative director, filmmaker and photographer based in Portland, Oregon. Thirty years in advertising and production have taught me one thing above all else, the best brand stories don’t feel like ads.

I came up as an art director at places like Arnold Worldwide, making national campaigns for brands like Jack Daniel’s and Klipsch. What that world gave me wasn’t just craft, it was a way of thinking about the why before worrying about the how.

I founded Halski Studio fifteen years ago. Today I work alongside my creative partner Meg Halski, and together we concept, direct, shoot, edit, and deliver finished content for active lifestyle, conservation, music and craft brands. Hand us a brief and we’ll hand you something worth watching.

I’ve also put serious time into ai generative production. What separates the good from the slop isn’t the tool, it’s the eye behind it. Knowing how light behaves, how a lens sees, how a story moves, that’s what I bring to generative work that many people simply do not.

I care about all this stuff more than is probably necessary. Clients tend to appreciate that.