As our name suggests, we like the long odds, the hard target, the big caper – and we like getting it done with a bit of style and zero fuss.
We help brands strategize, ideate and produce powerful visual campaigns and stories. Our offering combines the sophistication of a traditional agency engagement with the production know-how that only film directors and producers can bring to ideation. That unique combination of traditional marketers, strategists, storytellers and production experts enables faster, more focused and strategic work – all of it singularly focused on the client’s brand story.
In a world saturated with media, how will you build an audience, and what will it require? We help clients develop authentic story-driven content, identify new audiences, build a layered, cohesive brand narrative across multiple platforms, and leverage their limited resources through both paid placement and earned media strategies.
We offer agency and brand clients a full range of production and post-production services, including directorial talent, line-producing, editorial, motion-design, sound, color and final finishing.
Our 5,500 square foot studio houses editorial and finishing suites, rentable production offices, conference rooms and shooting space.
Alongside our commercial efforts, HEIST also develops and produces its own intellectual property — entertainment with cultural relevance, humanity and depth. Our first longform project is the Emmy-nominated documentary Q Ball.
Wish
Stuck At Home?
Fox Sports / Netflix
Q Ball
Anova
Like a Pro
Optimizely
Inside the BBC
San Francisco Marathon
The Runner
Dell
Rugged Extreme
HP Stream
Work From Your Happy Place
Mini
Service
Android Studios
Electrolux
A Vacuum, Not A Pet
BMW
Olympic Excellence
Nike
The Perfect Strike
Wish
Wish Fever
Netgear
Meet Arlo
Google Weather
DeMarillac Academy
Rise
US Census
Get It Done
1800Flowers.com
Heads Together
Dolby
Voice
Quartz
The World’s First
Intel
Droid Train
Bullguard
Dojo – Safety First
Knife & Saw
Bank of the West
Ask The Question
Nike
Nike Fuel
Movemeant Foundation
Revolution
Google Cloud
Cardinal Health Story
Premier Nutrition
Charlie’s Story
Michael Johnson Performance
Nike
High School Pro Training
Levi
Motion Jeans
August Lock
Introducing August
Shutterfly
Mother’s Day
SurveyMonkey
Curiosity at Work
The New York Times
San Quentin’s Giants
Fuseproject
Edyn
Eero
Introducing Eero
Stuck At Home?
Winter 2020/2021 TV campaign, with versions in 5 languages for global rollout.
Q Ball
In partnership with executive producer Kevin Durant and Fox Sports, this is the story of the San Quentin Warriors basketball team. Over the course of a season, we watch as coaches and players struggle to come together as a team, confront hard truths and search for redemption. Emmy-nominated and award-winning, Q Ball premiered at the San Francisco Film Festival, aired on Fox Sports and is now available on Netflix.
Inside the BBC
HEIST helped Optimizely develop creative, secure customer access, produce and finish a series of customer stories, including this one.
The Runner
Ronnie Goodman may well be San Francisco’s most unexpected half-marathoner. This is the story of why he runs. If you are inspired, please consider contributing to www.hospitalityhouse.org.
Work From Your Happy Place
Heist partnered with design agency fuseproject to help develop, produce and finish this international campaign showcasing the HP Stream. The project included deliverables in ten different languages. We also suggested filming a zip-line scene. Big mistake.
Service
HEIST partnered with BSSP creatives to develop creative and produce a series of pre-roll spots to promote Mini’s service packages.
The Perfect Strike
Heist partnered with Nike on the creative development and production for this product spot featuring supreme forward Wayne Rooney.
Wish Fever
HEIST conceived and produced this international campaign for Wish.
Meet Arlo
HEIST conceived and produced a series of digital spots to help promote the Arlo camera.
Get It Done
HEIST partnered with TDW to produce and finish a series of broadcast and digital spots focused on Chinese-American, Korean-American, Japanese-American and Vietnamese-American audiences in the United States.
The World’s First
HEIST helped Quartz conceive and produce this product launch video.
Dojo – Safety First
HEIST partnered with digital security company Bullguard to help them launch Dojo, a consumer wifi security service.
Ask The Question
HEIST partnered with Bank of the West’s marketing team to help develop a series of short films featuring business executives discovering the role that commercial banks play in financing the world’s most destructive industries.
Nike Fuel
Featuring over a dozen different celebrity athletes, produced in 10 different countries on three different continents, HEIST produced and finished Nike’s global global retail and digital campaign to launch Nike+, the brand’s first smart shoe.
Revolution
Movemeant is a terrific organization, dedicated to fostering body positivity and self-confidence amongst women and girls. Learn more and support the foundation’s work at donate.movemeantfoundation.com/revolution
Cardinal Health Story
HEIST partnered with Google Cloud to produce a series of customer stories, including this one.
High School Pro Training
HEIST helped launch Nike’s Pro Training service for high school football teams with this short film showing how two of the nation’s top coaches were using Nike Pro Training in their program.
San Quentin’s Giants
Every year, two baseball teams made up of inmates take to the field at San Quentin State Prison. Heist’s short film, featured as part of the New York Times’ Op-Docs series, explores how these men have embraced this quintessential American sport.
Edyn
Heist partnered with design agency fuseproject to help them conceive and produce this product spot to help launch Edyn – a smart sensor for the garden.
Introducing Eero
Eero makes a great-looking device that promises to finally solve wifi dead zones for good. We helped Eero develop its messaging and produce this product spot for their launch.
HEIST helps brands strategize, ideate and produce powerful visual campaigns and stories.
Our offering combines the sophistication of a traditional agency engagement with the production know-how that only directors and producers can bring to ideation and strategy.
That unique combination of traditional marketers, strategists, creatives and production experts enables faster, more focused and strategic engagements, helping clients unlock their brand’s full storytelling potential while also carefully stewarding their business.
