( the ecosystem )
the work,
the platforms
Client impact, products built, and creative work across media, education, AI, and digital platforms. The through-line is simple: understand the problem, shape the story, build the system, and ship something that produces a real outcome.
( how to read the work )
client impact
Five-year creative partnerships, institutional storytelling, campaigns, launches, audience growth, and production systems built for other brands.
products built
Founder-led software, AI tools, games, education products, and media platforms taken from idea through working experience.
creative work
Direction, cinematography, photography, studio design, editing, and original formats that turn strategy into something people can see and feel.
( selected proof )
- 01
( education product build )
ready set class
Teaching companion for Canvas.
- ( challenge )
- Professors on Canvas were losing hours to repetitive course-management tasks.
- ( solution )
- Built an AI-powered teaching companion that plugs into Canvas and automates the busywork.
- ( deliverables )
- +Canvas-integrated AI tooling
- +Course workflow automation
- +Educator-first product design
- ( result )
- A live product professors use to save time and simplify course workflows.
- 02
( media platform build )
hbcu.news
The voice. The culture. The narrative.
- ( challenge )
- HBCU stories, student journalism, and Black excellence lacked a dedicated, culture-first home.
- ( solution )
- Founded and built a culture-centered news platform amplifying HBCU stories and student voices.
- ( deliverables )
- +Platform architecture and build
- +Editorial systems for student journalists
- +Ongoing content operations
- ( result )
- A growing media platform amplifying HBCU stories and Black excellence.
- 03
( digital-first creative leadership )
anthony o'neal
Five years helping lead a creator media ecosystem built to scale.
- ( challenge )
- A fast-growing personal brand needed more than recurring video production. It needed repeatable creative systems across shows, launches, education products, photography, and original programming.
- ( solution )
- Served for five consecutive years as lead video director and creative production partner across Anthony O'Neal's digital-first media ecosystem, connecting creative direction, production, publishing, education, and audience growth.
- ( deliverables )
- +Lead video direction across recurring YouTube and podcast programming
- +Creative support and original photography for two national book launches
- +Co-leadership and instruction for Impact Creator Society via Zoom and Skool
- +Original unscripted programming including Singles Mansion
- +Production systems, studio design, courses, intros, and campaign content
- ( result )
- Helped scale the platform beyond 1M YouTube subscribers; supported launches for Take Your Seat at the Table, a No. 1 national bestseller, and Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck, which debuted No. 33 on the USA Today Bestseller List; co-led a creator education course/community that generated $1M+.
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( video production & photography )
teri ijeoma
Studio-grade video and photography for a personal brand.
- ( challenge )
- A personal brand needed consistent, professional-grade video and photography without standing up an in-house production team.
- ( solution )
- Produced video and photography content calibrated to the brand's voice and visual identity.
- ( deliverables )
- +Video production
- +Photography
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( technical set design + video production )
justin owens, dr. bobby price & joy river
Building the physical studios creators shoot in.
- ( challenge )
- Each needed a production setup and studio environment that could support consistent, professional-grade content over time — not just a one-off shoot.
- ( solution )
- Designed technical studio sets and produced video and photography for each, building the physical production environment behind their content.
- ( deliverables )
- +Technical set design
- +Video production
- +Photography
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( complex-subject storytelling )
mayo clinic adrc
Turning medical expertise into clear, human storytelling.
- ( challenge )
- Translate a complex conversation about dementia, brain health, health equity, and research participation into media that felt understandable, credible, and relevant to the Black community.
- ( solution )
- Produced and directed documentary and patient-centered media for Mayo Clinic, working across expert subject matter, interviews, visual storytelling, and community context.
- ( deliverables )
- +Documentary production and direction
- +Patient, news, and feature storytelling
- +Health-education media
- +Community-centered visual communication
- ( result )
- Created trusted media that made complex medical and health-equity subject matter accessible without flattening the human story.
- 07
( institutional media + storytelling )
miller electric
Brand-aligned media for enterprise audiences.
- ( challenge )
- These organizations needed brand-aligned media where clarity, trust, and professionalism mattered.
- ( solution )
- Produced institutional media and storytelling work calibrated to each organization's brand standards.
- ( deliverables )
- +Brand-aligned video and media production
- +Institutional storytelling
- +On-site professional production
- ( result )
- Delivered media work trusted by healthcare and enterprise organizations.
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( photography & visual storytelling )
photography portfolio
Editorial, institutional, and brand photography with a cinematic point of view.
- ( solution )
- A public collection of selected images that demonstrates CJ's eye for lighting, composition, and documentary storytelling.
- ( deliverables )
- +Editorial photography
- +Institutional visual storytelling
- +Brand photography
- 09
( video production & visual storytelling )
demo reel
A fast-moving look at CJ's direction, production, and visual storytelling work.
- ( solution )
- A public reel that puts the camera, lighting, edit, and final visual language on display.
- ( deliverables )
- +Creative direction
- +Video production
- +Editing and finishing
- 10
( ai product build )
heybonita.ai
AI assistant for creators, educators, and entrepreneurs.
- ( challenge )
- Creators needed one place to research, write, and create without juggling a dozen disconnected AI tools.
- ( solution )
- Building an intelligent assistant purpose-built for the modern content creator's workflow.
- ( deliverables )
- +Research, write, and create workflows
- +Creator-first AI product design
- 11
( ai product build )
storyteller
AI-powered editing. Find the moments that matter.
- ( challenge )
- Creators and journalists spend hours combing through raw footage to find the moments worth publishing.
- ( solution )
- Building AI-powered video editing that finds, clips, and assembles the moments that drive engagement.
- ( deliverables )
- +AI-assisted clipping and editing
- +Engagement-focused moment detection
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( game product build )
jank
The word game where slang is the win.
- ( challenge )
- Word games all feel the same: sterile grids, dictionary words, and nothing that speaks to the culture.
- ( solution )
- Built a fast, social word game where swiping the grid unlocks slang drops, streaks, and head-to-head battles straight from the culture.
- ( deliverables )
- +Swipe-to-spell letter grid gameplay
- +Daily puzzles, speed rounds, and head-to-head modes
- +Slang and culture unlock system
- ( result )
- A playable browser game and PWA, live in private beta.
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( interactive story platform )
crowned
Beautiful stories, unlocked one hand at a time.
- ( challenge )
- Interactive fiction asks readers to tap through choices; Crowned wanted progression to feel earned, not clicked.
- ( solution )
- Building a cinematic story platform where familiar card games like solitaire are the key that unlocks each next chapter.
- ( deliverables )
- +Card-game-gated story progression
- +Cinematic original worlds and characters
- +First original: Her Touch, His Cross
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every platform connects back to a single vision.