Creative Director · Brand Storytelling · Content Systems

Building brand stories, creative systems, and teams that produce exceptional work at scale.

I lead creative strategy, executive storytelling, campaigns, digital platforms, and modern production systems—while staying close enough to the work to protect the idea from concept through delivery.

Josh Lewis directing an on-location dental practice photo session
On location · Practice brand production
10+Years creative leadership
700+Finished productions
60+Client relationships
Original IPCreator, The Midnight Holler

Creative direction and production showreel

Recent Work

Four cuts, each chosen to show a different side of the work.

Executive & Brand Storytelling

Commercial & Campaign Production

Events & Experiential Content

Social & Short-Form Content

How I Lead

Strong work needs direction, alignment, and a system that can survive past one launch.

Creative Direction

Translate complex business goals into a clear concept, visual language, campaign direction, and production plan.

Executive Partnership

Work with founders and marketing leaders to clarify the story, align stakeholders, and connect creative decisions to business priorities.

Team & Vendor Leadership

Guide producers, photographers, editors, designers, contractors, and outside partners around one quality standard.

Creative Operations

Build repeatable workflows for briefing, production, approvals, asset management, distribution, and measurement.

How I Think

Tell the story before you sell the product.

A good campaign starts with emotion and clarity, not a list of features.

Systems beat heroics.

I build workflows that make strong creative repeatable instead of dependent on last-minute effort.

AI is a collaborator, not a replacement.

The tools accelerate execution. Judgment, taste, and accountability still belong to people.

Great creative earns trust.

The audience should feel something before they are asked to believe something.

Capabilities

Leadership first, craft close behind.

Creative Leadership

  • Creative direction
  • Brand strategy
  • Executive storytelling
  • Campaign development
  • Stakeholder alignment
  • Creative operations

Content & Production

  • Brand films
  • Executive interviews
  • Commercial video
  • Photography
  • Motion graphics
  • Podcast and audio production

Brand & Digital

  • Website strategy
  • Copywriting
  • Visual identity
  • SEO and PPC
  • Digital platforms
  • Marketing automation

AI-Enhanced Workflows

  • Concept development
  • Previsualization
  • Voice prototyping
  • Character continuity
  • Workflow architecture
  • Quality control

Behind the Work

Creative leadership stays close to the production floor.

The work is strategic, but never abstract. I direct teams and talent, shape the visual standard, and stay engaged through the details that determine whether the final piece lands.

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Creative direction grounded in story, craft, and human connection

Josh Lewis seated in a bright studio portrait

Creative Director · Producer · Photographer

Looking for a creative leader who can turn complex ideas into compelling work—and build the system behind it?

The Work

Six case studies, chosen for depth over volume.

A curated set of projects built to show the thinking, leadership, systems, and outcomes behind the finished frame.

About

Josh Lewis seated in a studio portrait

Creative direction, built from the ground up.

I am at my best when the assignment is larger than a single deliverable—when a team needs a clearer creative standard, leadership needs a stronger story, or an organization needs a repeatable way to produce good work.

I bring more than a decade of hands-on production experience, along with the strategic and operational experience to build the structure around it. I have founded a studio, directed teams and contractors, partnered with executives, developed campaigns, rebuilt brands, launched platforms, and created repeatable content systems.

My work sits at the intersection of cinematic storytelling, brand strategy, creative operations, and emerging technology. I use AI selectively to accelerate concept development and production, while keeping human judgment, accountability, and emotional detail at the center.

The tools change. The instinct for what makes a story land does not.

Outside of commercial work, I create and produce The Midnight Holler, an original narrative-horror property built across audio, video, music, design, and community.

Based in Little Elm, Texas · Open to remote, hybrid, or relocation

Résumé

Creative Director | Brand Storytelling | Content Systems

Creative Director with 10+ years leading brand storytelling, executive content, campaigns, digital platforms, and modern production systems. I translate complex business goals into clear creative direction, align executives and cross-functional teams, and guide work from strategy through final delivery.

2025—Present

Producer

MB2 Dental
  • Lead executive profiles, brand films, recruiting stories, educational content, and social campaigns for a national dental partnership organization.
  • Redesigned the dentist-facing marketing platform that turns practice-submitted content into branded ads and social posts.
2026—Present

Creator, Writer & Executive Producer

The Midnight Holler
  • Created an original narrative-horror property across podcasting, YouTube, music, design, short-form, and community.
  • Own the story bible, editorial direction, voice performance, sound design, music, visual identity, and release strategy.
2024—2025

Creative Director

Bucktooth Marketing
  • Set creative strategy, messaging, visual direction, and production standards across campaigns, video, design, and brand storytelling.
2022—2024

Videographer, Lead Producer

The 20 & The 20 MSP
  • Directed end-to-end production across executive interviews, conferences, campaigns, recruiting, social content, webinars, and motion graphics.
  • Coordinated timelines, contractors, stakeholder feedback, and delivery across overlapping productions.
2021; 2023

Project Manager & Consultant

OrthoWorld / FASTBRACES
  • Helped launch FASTBRACESOnline.com, including provider webinars, clinical training, resources, and digital case-review submissions.
2017—Present

Owner & Creative Director

Bonsai Media House
  • Founded and operate a contract studio delivering brand strategy, websites, video, photography, design, SEO, PPC, motion graphics, and campaigns.
  • Lead TLC Dentistry marketing operations and produce work for clients across healthcare, technology, nonprofit, fitness, events, and entertainment.

Contact

Let’s talk about the work you need led.

I am interested in Creative Director, Creative Manager, Head of Content, brand-content, executive-storytelling, and creative-operations opportunities.

Professional YouTubeBonsai Media House
LocationLittle Elm, Texas

A direct email is the fastest way to reach me.

Tell me about the role, team, or creative problem you are hiring for. I will respond directly.

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