mojave.
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Follow a little curiosity.
Independent by design. / Austin & everywhere.

Creative &
production.

Beautiful work. A clear purpose.
Creative thinking and practical solutions
for the problems your business needs to solve.

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30.2672° N / 97.7431° W

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01 / A point of viewEvery creative choice has a job.

Pretty. Purposeful.
Built to move things forward.

We start with the problem your company needs to solve and the outcome you want. Then we find the right voice, tone and visual direction to connect the two. Aesthetics earn attention. Clear messaging gives that attention somewhere to go. Production, consulting or something entirely new: the problem shapes the answer.

02 / The reelA little of what we do. A lot of who we are.
Play the background reel

Made to
be felt.

Creative decisions.
Production precision.
Something worth watching.

03 / Selected work18 projects. Different worlds.

The work
speaks.

Brand stories, explainers, campaigns and the systems behind them. Explore a project to see the full picture.

18 projects / Explore the collection

Recognition / Selected honorsCraft with a purpose.

Good work.
Recognized.

The goal is work that solves a problem and moves people. Along the way, our creative and production craft has earned recognition from the Telly, MarCom and Hermes awards.

04 / The approachOne connected creative practice.

Small team.
Wider reach.

A boutique studio with the reach to build the right team around your challenge. We connect strategy, creative and production to help your audience understand, care and take the next step.

Bring us the interesting problem ↗
One idea. Many connections. Creative Production Creative solutions Rental houses Sound stages Production partners Location scouts Directors + DP crew Casting + talent Post-production Sound + music Art + wardrobe Editors + colorists Motion designers Specialist crew Different strengths. Shared instinct.
01

Find the idea.

Define the challenge, audience and desired outcome. Find the voice, message and visual direction that give every frame a reason to exist.

02

Make it happen.

Live action, animation, photography and post, built around the job the work needs to do. The right people and production plan, from first shot to final delivery.

03

Invent the next step.

Custom tools, video walls, connected screens and smarter workflows. When the right answer doesn’t exist yet, we explore what it would take to build it.

04

Build your own capability.

Want to make more in-house? We consult on creative, production setups, content systems and AI workflows, helping your team develop the skills and process to do the work.

05 / How it startsA conversation before a commitment.

Start with a conversation.
Build from there.

From a neighborhood business to a national brand, we start the same way: understand the problem, then find a useful way forward within your budget.

01 / Talk it through

What needs to change?

Tell us what you want to achieve, who you need to reach and what’s getting in the way. The initial conversation is free, with no obligation.

02 / Find the right fit

Shape the solution.

We examine the work, explore approaches and find a scope that makes sense for your budget. That might mean production, consulting, an in-house workflow or a custom creative solution.

03 / Make it official

Agree before we begin.

We put the scope, deliverables, schedule and fees in writing. Nothing costs you money until we’ve signed a contract. Then we get to work.

06 / Creative solutionsThe problem shapes the answer.

When the answer
needs inventing.

Our work starts with creative problem solving. Sometimes the answer is a film. Sometimes it’s a new way to connect people, content and technology. Here are two places that thinking takes us.

01 / Video walls + digital signage

Built for the room.

Make a retail space, lobby or event feel different. We develop content for video walls and digital signage, and help plan the canvas, screen layout and playback approach so the idea works in the space.

Tell us about your screens ↗
02 / AdJunction · In development

A connection beyond the screen.

We’re developing AdJunction to connect advertisers, locations and digital signage, with campaign planning, creative scheduling and playback reporting in one place. Interested in advertising on screens or connecting a location? Let’s explore what could work.

07 / The studioAustin roots. An open horizon.

Good people.
Wherever it takes us.

Mojave was founded in 2014 by Jonathan Hartwig and a small group of creatives who wanted a better way to work. We kept the creative ambition and close collaboration we valued in the agency world, then built more thoughtful processes around the parts that got in the way.

Remote since 2018, we build each production around what it needs. We rent, source or build the spaces, assemble the right crew and travel wherever the story takes us. Complex logistics, hard-to-reach locations and uncommon perspectives are part of the craft.

From the first conversation through the final delivery, you work with the people making the work. We keep the collaboration personal, wherever we land.

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Independent since 2014. Remote since 2018.
Austin roots / Working everywhere.

08 / The next picture

What are you
imagining?

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