Elevate
ABOUT ELEVATE

16 YEARS BUILDING
ENTERTAINMENT NETWORKS.

We build content engines for franchises and brands — combining expertise from global film, AAA gaming, music, television, advertising, and landmark digital networks to create storyworlds audiences spend years of their lives inside.

THE PHILOSOPHY

Story Is Liquid

The best stories don't live on one platform. They flow — from screens to stages, from digital to physical, from one audience to millions. Story takes the shape of its container.


Our team has created billions of dollars in revenue and reached billions of global audience members. Every program we build is cross-platform by design — built to super-serve fans and generate opportunities for expansion, scale, and revenue. Whether the engine drives a franchise or a brand, the approach is the same: content that compounds.

THE TRACK RECORD

We've Done This Before.
At Scale.

16 years building content engines across music, sports, kids, and gaming. We've produced for major studios, activated global brands, launched fandom platforms, and scaled content operations to billions of views.

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THE SERVICE STACK

How We Partner

We sit at an uncommon crossroads — creator economy, advertising, media & entertainment, and technology — from the largest global franchises to the smallest channels and brands. Every engagement is built on the transmedia Liquid Storytelling Framework and paired with human-validated AI systems, so plans actually ship, scale, and compound.

Consulting & Coaching
Building and scaling media networks across today's attention economy is complex — platforms shift, audiences fragment, and playbooks age fast. We help leaders cut through the noise with strategy, positioning, and growth operating plans, delivered by operators who've built this at scale.
Insights & Research
Decisions are only as good as the signal behind them. We're tapped into everything at scale — creators, franchises, brands, platforms — giving our positioning credibility and our access unusual breadth. Proprietary research, frameworks, and white papers turn that signal into action.
Deep + Broad Industry Experience
Most advisors know one slice. The modern media landscape needs people who've worked all of them. Ours is one of the few perspectives spanning creator economy, advertising, media & entertainment, and technology — largest global franchises to smallest indie channels, all built through Liquid Storytelling.
Human-Validated AI Systems
Building AI isn't the hard part anymore. Knowing what to build, where to start, when to pivot, and how to tell truth from hallucination — that's the real work. We build, validate, and operationalize AI workflows with experienced humans in the loop, so outputs are accurate, on-brand, and ready to ship.
Operational Teams at Scale
Controlling costs while moving fast is the defining operational challenge today. Fractional, expert-led teams solve a lot of it. We spin up creative, ops, and back-office pods around media networks and IP — creator- and brand-side — with top specialists, scalable executers, and the tools to match.
Global Ecosystem & Partners
No one wins alone anymore. Campaigns, franchises, and networks move across borders, platforms, and partners overnight. We bring a vetted global ecosystem of production, creative, platform, and distribution partners — ready to plug in wherever and whenever the work demands.
BRANDS WE'VE PARTNERED WITH
Brand partners including Walmart, P&G, Google, Netflix, Warner Bros, Deloitte, and more
FRANCHISES & IP WE'VE BUILT FOR
IP franchises including Halo, Avatar, Ultraman, Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tron, and more
THE TEAM

Built by Operators,
Not Observers

Jeremy Hughes
Jeremy Hughes
CEO

Early architect of the creator economy. Led video strategy at AOL at the convergence of media, tech, and distribution, then helped build the foundational systems behind creator networks at Maker Studios. Now leading Elevate's evolution into AI-powered, transmedia entertainment.

Joe Niedecken
Joe Niedecken
CSO

Creative strategist who's helped Coca-Cola, P&G, and IBM evolve from advertisers into cultural participants. Pioneered early brand-studio models and supported the U.S. launch of a major Japanese entertainment franchise. Leads brand strategy, partnerships, and growth at Elevate.

Antoine Clark
Antoine Clark
CRO

Revenue and growth executive with senior leadership at Clear Channel Radio and as GM of Planworks. Known for bridging creative ambition and commercial performance — structuring deals that unlock long-term value for brands, talent, and platforms. Leads revenue strategy at Elevate.

Caitlin Burns
Caitlin Burns
Head of Development

Pioneer of transmedia storytelling in Hollywood. Created multiplatform narrative strategies for Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean, Tron, James Cameron's Avatar, and Halo. Known as the producer to call when you need a new type of project made.

Amit Rastogi
Amit Rastogi
CFO

30+ years of global leadership across banking, venture capital, Big 4, and manufacturing. Former CFO & COO at GE, leading business units across the U.S., Asia, and India. Active angel investor, board member, and co-founder of a venture capital investment vehicle.

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About Elevate

What does Elevate Pictures do?
Elevate Pictures is a next-generation entertainment studio and media network. We build content engines for franchises and brands — combining 16 years of operating experience across film, AAA gaming, music, television, advertising, and landmark digital networks to create transmedia storyworlds at scale. We partner with creators, brands, and IP owners through consulting, research, workshops, bootcamps, human-validated AI systems, and global operational teams built on the Liquid Storytelling Framework.
Who does Elevate Pictures work with?
We work with creators, brands, agencies, media properties, studios, and IP holders — from independent channels to the largest global franchises. Typical engagements include brand-side campaigns, creator-side packaging and deal support, transmedia franchise planning, AI-workflow builds, and fractional creative, operations, and back-office teams around media networks.
What is the Liquid Storytelling Framework?
Liquid Storytelling is Elevate's transmedia operating system for building story ecosystems that flow across platforms, formats, and audiences. Rather than isolating a story on one channel, Liquid Storytelling maps story architecture across screens, stages, events, digital, and licensing so each asset compounds the next. It powers everything we do — from consulting engagements to bootcamps to full partner activations.
How does Elevate use AI in its work?
Elevate builds, validates, and operationalizes AI-powered planning and production workflows with experienced humans in the loop. The bottleneck today is no longer building AI — it is knowing what to build, when to pivot, and how to separate truth from hallucination. Our human-validation layer ensures outputs are accurate, on-brand, and ready to ship at the pace modern media demands.
Where is Elevate Pictures based?
Elevate Pictures is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with a global ecosystem of production, creative, platform, and distribution partners. We activate teams and campaigns across North America, Europe, LATAM, and APAC as project scope requires.
How do I contact Elevate for a partnership?
Reach out through elevate.pictures/contact — we route partnership inquiries, creator applications, press, licensing, and distribution through dedicated channels. Most partnership conversations begin with a short intake form followed by a scoping call within one business week.