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Featured Awards Event Marketer Ex Awards | Ex Award Winner | Best Virtual Event

Emmy | Nomination | Welcome to the Blumhouse Live

Clios | Silver Awards | Amazon Prime Video Experience

AdWeek Experiential Agency of the Year | Little Cinema | 2021

Ovations | 6 Nominations and 1 Win | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Featured Press

https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2025-05-06/immersive-invitational-participatory-theater

The future of theater is immersive. These L.A. artists are creating it in real time. | LA Times

https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/adweeks-2021-experiential-awards-see-all-the-winners/

Little Cinema is Adweek’s 2021 Experiential Agency of the Year

https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/shakespeares-the-tempest-an-immersive-experience-review/

Shakespeare’s The Tempest: An Immersive Experience Delights from the Start | LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE 

https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/nikes-after-dark-tour-isnt-just-about-running-its-about-women-reclaiming-the-night/

Nikes After Dark Tour Isn’t Just about Running. It’s about Women Reclaiming the Night | Women’s Agenda

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/at-sdcc-amazon-has-created-immersive-one-of-a-kind-experiences-for-its-new-shows

At SDCC, Amazon Has Created Immersive One-of-a-kind Experiences for Its New Shows | SyFy

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/hollywood-premieres-coronavirus?srsltid=AfmBOopqhhYJoJlH1aeVlOYQyluYWwG8Ilm3W0oVcF3bt9XNHwnEUEJR

In the Coronavirus Age, Hollywood Premieres Are Going Virtual | Vanity Fair

https://martech.org/how-hollywood-and-streaming-series-are-revolutionizing-virtual-events/

How Hollywood and streaming series are revolutionizing virtual events | MarTech

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/inkhole-a-happytime-murders-pop-up-offers-tattoos-cocktails-plot-preview-1134109/

‘Happytime Murders’ Pop-Up Offers Tattoos, Cocktails, and Plot Preview | The Hollywood Reporter

Nipsey Hussle’s ‘The Marathon’ 10 Anniversary Interactive Production

Nipsey Hussle’s ‘The Marathon” Gets 10th-anniversary Interactive Production | The Rolling Stones

https://www.versus.uk.com/articles/travis-scott-hosted-a-nike-football-cage-tournament-at-coachella/

Travis Scott Hosted a Nike Football Cage Tournament at Coachella | Versus

https://stevivor.com/news/xbox-fanfest-trivia-2022-is-the-closest-well-get-to-1-vs-100-this-month/

Xbox FanFest Trivia 2022 is the closest we’ll get to 1 vs 100 | Stevivor

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/style/complexcon-las-vegas.html

The Hypebeasts Take Las Vegas | New York Times

https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/fox-world-cup-marketing-campaign-team-usa/

Fox World Cup Marketing Campaign Is at Liberty to Showcase Team USA | AdWeek

https://wwd.com/fashion-news/denim/calvin-klein-joins-forces-with-amazon-fashion-for-immersive-activation-in-new-york-1202866336/

Calvin Klein Joins Forces with Amazon Fashion for Immersive Activation in New York | WWD

Featured Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-proscenium-podcast/id993356795?i=1000418030660

No Proscenium | Episode 161: Sara Beil and KJ Knies

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-proscenium-podcast/id993356795?i=1000607891140

No Proscenium | A Tempest in LA

PARTYNEXTDOOR Twitch Livestream

Client: Warner Music Group / OVO

Studio: okidoki

Producer, Project Manager

Creating a virtual event in the age of social distancing.

Teaming up with Twitch and Unreal developers, we designed and developed an interactive, digital-first event that engaged fans in completely news ways. In less than 7 days.

Using Unreal Engine as our digital film studio, we designed 11 user-controlled cameras. We put fans in control as we leveraged the chat window to select each new view, live-calling the action from our studios all over the world to deliver a fantastic, social-distancing friendly live event.

Overall, the event attracted 746k unique viewers, 3.6m minutes watched, and 42k chat messages.