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Our
award winning creative team knows television.
You'll work with talented, experienced professionals who have all
excelled in broadcast television.
Our
staff includes executive producers, promotion directors, writers,
anchors, graphic designers and photographers who have all cut their
teeth in the business, and now use their talents to deliver exceptional
quality video in the corporate marketplace.
Four-members
of our creative team have the Emmy Awards to prove it.
Bob
Thill
President and Owner
Bob
Thill has more than 25-years of professional broadcast experience
as both an award-winning TV reporter and news anchor.
Bob
spent much of his career behind the anchor desk at the NBC and CBS
affiliate stations in Kansas City. His journalistic skills earned
Press Club Awards, and he's reported on everything from space shuttle
launches to presidential campaigns.
Bob
started Thill Media LLC in 1993. Since then, he and his award-winning
staff have produced a spectrum of corporate videos for Fortune 500
companies to image videos for Charitable Foundations. Now, focused
behind the camera, Bob uses his storytelling skills, script writing
and voice to make informative, memorable and, most important, entertaining
and easy to watch videos.
Additionally,
Bob also uses his knowledge of the broadcast industry to media train
executives for many successful companies.
Active
in community service, Bob serves on the Board of Directors for the
Helping Hand of Goodwill Industries, the Greater Kansas City Foundation
and the Foster Grandparent program. Bob supports the Rainbow Center
for Communicative Disorders. The Kansas City Mayor's Committee on
Person's With Disabilities has recognized him for efforts on their
behalf.
Dave
Simmons
Producer/Editor/Production Coordinator
Joining Thill Media's creative team as an editor, designer and production
coordinator in 2000, Dave brings his years of broadcast & production
experience to each project.
Dave's
multi-dimensional career began in 1994 with a stint at the Public
Television Station, KCPT. As a promotions producer for a small station,
he was able to get his hands into all elements of production - from
concept to creation to completion.
From
there, he played a large part on the creative services team of K.C.'s
NBC affiliate, KSHB and its sister station, KMCI, an independent.
While there Dave was recognized by the National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences with two Regional Emmy Awards; one for individual
achievement in promotions production, the other for a feature-length
documentary on the history of Kansas City jazz.
He
was also recognized internationally by Promax & BDA (Broadcast
Designers Association) with a prestigious Gold Medallion in the
category of In-House Program Promotion.
As
a freelance producer/editor/videographer, Dave's work has taken
him all over the country. With work including; principal photography
on an Emmy Award-Winning, PBS, High-Definition Documentary on the
state of Kansas, field production for HGTV and DIY Networks and
post-production on projects for the American Heart Association and
the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dave is at home in the
field, on-location, behind the camera or behind the keyboard.
Additionally,
as a musician, Dave brings an extra sense of creativity to the table.
He's played locally for years and was recently nominated for a Regional
Emmy Award for co-composing, arranging and performing original music
for a local documentary.
Marci Bowman
Senior Producer/Writer
You've
seen her work on NBC, PBS, and countless local affiliates across
the country. With a decade each of broadcast and corporate video
production under her belt, she will treat your project with the
attention and respect you deserve.
Throughout
the years, her work has been recognized with numerous Mid-America
Emmy nominations, three Bronze Telly Awards, and a Parents' Choice
Gold Award. Marci enjoys producing both long and short form pieces
and says the best thing about her job is having the opportunity
to learn about a new topic with every project.
Paul
Foster
Director of Photography
Our
Emmy Award-winning, globe-trotting photographer brings world-class
images to your video. In demand by the History Channel and A&E,
Paul has quite a trophy case.
Paul
began his career in television news, and was Chief Photographer
at the Kansas City NBC affiliate, where he won the stations
first Emmy for Videography.
Keith
Lewis
Sales and Marketing Director
Keith
came aboard in 2004, bringing 25 years of public relations, sales
and product marketing experience to our team. One of his specialties
is business-to-business selling to heavy-hitter companies such as,
Honeywell, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Mattel and Applebee's.
He offers strategic communication and business counsel, working
with you and our creative team to deliver the most dynamic video
product. He's fearless too; nothing scares him, not even your Public
Relations Director.
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