JUSTIN STEPHENS

We have all-encompassing apps for keeping up with friends and colleagues, news and nonsense, blogs, photos, restaurants and every random thought that pops into Justin Bieber’s head. There’s a one-stop shop for searching and commenting on everything imaginable, except the happenings that define our daily lives and become our most indelible memories: events.

Launched on March 1st, 2013 in the App Store, Tabeso is annihilating that void with free, intuitive tools for knowing and sharing what’s up in the places we travel and call home. Download the app, create a profile and start discovering, whether you enter a range of dates or miles from a location, or names of favorite artists and venues. Tabeso helps you follow it all with a mobile interface of event data and a social layer for interacting with that data in new ways.

Tabeso enables you to follow people, places and organizations—even your family—because birthdays and book clubs matter almost as much as that dream pilgrimage to the Super Bowl. The activity stream filters to fit your needs, and Facebook connect capabilities let you share what you’re into. Tabeso’s novel “Tab” feature gives options to attend, share, calendar log or comment on must-do events, and it lets event organizers know you’re interested, which could lead to exclusive offers and perks. You can even buy tickets on Tabeso. It’s a handheld antidote to boredom and a guarantee, as Herrera says, that “date night will never suck again.”

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As for me, I direct and design the brands visual & marketing assets, work closely with the in-house development team on the design of the user interface/experience of the app, and help implement the business development teams mission through communication design as well.

Bringing together the elements to communicate & create compelling stories & opportunities...

Directed and designed initial branding and marketing assets for AirAudio in preparation for it's official launch to market in the Spring / Summer of 2013.

Shot, edited, and produced content for Oakley with the Oakley video production and marketing teams.

Everyone inside Company Wake, Inc was involved on the ground floor of this industry for over a decade participating, pushing, promoting, marketing, selling, changing, living, filming, editing, stressing, delivering, questioning, growing, imagining, engineering, designing, progressing, and innovating.

We designed / manufactured:

- Wakeboards (Made in the USA)
- Wakeskates (Made in the USA)
- Wakeboard Bindings
- Ropes / Handles
- Luggage / Bags
- Life Vests
- Apparel

My normal wake film projects somewhat went on hold while we developed and grew these brands and their product offerings, however my capacity to manage, direct, and adapt on a much much larger scale grew considerably during this time, and on multiple levels.

I am extremely proud of team and crew we were able to pull together during our time, because the work that was produced and the magic that was felt by all of us together was second to none. I wouldn't trade this time and experience for anything. #Grateful.

*Company Wakeboards is no longer operational due to conditions outside of our control, however Remote Wakeskates is still operating now under the current direction of Silas Thurman and Ben Horan. (remotewakeskates.com)

Directed, filmed, and edited Oakley's wake team movie project under the executive direction of Matty Swanson, in cooperation with Chase Heavener of Fiction creative for all of the motion graphics and design elements.

- "Push Process"
- "Push Process" (Fuel TV Edit)

*This was one of the larger and more involved film projects that I have ever worked on, and we were fortunate enough to win multiple "video of the year" awards within the wake industry for our efforts.

**Beyond a great experience / Amazing crew.

Conceptualized & launched Liquid Force Films under the parent company Liquid Force Wakeboards with Don Wallace.

I worked closely with the founders, marketing, creative, and sales teams in order to creative effective media to help market the Liquid Force brand.

Video projects directed, filmed, and edited during this time:

- "Relentless" (Carried over from Album Films)
- "Encore"
- "Asterisk 2" (Produced in cooperation with Liquid Force Films for Fuel TV)
- "The Truth"
- "The Truth" (Fuel TV edit)
- Yearly Product Clinic DVD's for Liquid Force's sales crew and retail network.
- Brand commercials and web videos.

*I was given many opportunities to take action sports film production to the next level during my time with Liquid Force, and was fortunate enough to win multiple "video of the year" awards for our efforts on some of these projects inside and outside of the wake industry. (WBM/Alliance/Xdance) Don Wallace was a key element in going to bat for me during this time.

**Liquid Force Films is now under the direction of Collin Harrington.

Launched a design firm / Production company with 3 friends / partners in Southern California. The idea was to merge our film / design / web talents together to create an all-inclusive design and production company.

Film projects produced, directed, filmed, and edited during this time:

- "Relentless" (Liquid Force team video. Carried over into Liquid Force Films.)
- "Asterisk" (Wakeskate video)
- Liquid Force Product Clinic DVD for Liquid Force's sales crew and retail network.

*We also worked on some of the graphic design elements for some of Liquid Forces wakeboard line during this time.

**Album Creative is still operational today, with their offices currently operating out of the San Clemente area in Southern California. (albumcreative.com)

Produced, filmed, and edited my first entirely independent wakeboard film projects under this Production Company name.

- "Running With Scissors"
- "Boombox"
- "Metronome"
- Edited Randall Harris section in the Sidewayz Films project titled "Natural Born Thrillaz" (DVD version only)
- "Blacklist" (In cooperation with Sidewayz Films and Joey Meddock Photography.)
- Edited Randall Harris section in the BFY Productions project titled "My Side". (Also helped master and author the DVD for replication.)

*Held other jobs on the side to help pay the bills during this time.
- Landscaping / Lawn care in Las Vegas, NV.
- Washed cars at Fabulous Freddies for tips in Las Vegas, NV.
- Maintenance Painter and Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.

Was the Co-Director with Tim Irwin on my first complete wakeboard film / documentary project titled "Project Watson". We filmed and edited this project under the already existing film company "Dog On a Bike Films" owned by Steve Olpin and his other partners at the time.

This film was about the talented and up and coming wakeboarder Shawn Watson, and ended up becoming what became my foundation of friendships and relationships in the wake industry. Shawn and I are still good friends to this day, and am grateful for his willingness to let us roll the dice with him the way that we did back then.

*Was a car lot attendant at Ken Garff Porche / Audi in Provo, Utah during this time to help pay the bills.

Helped shoot for a locally blended skate / wake project with Las Vegas friend Lance Gilman titled "Cactus Juice". This was my first taste of shooting out in the field, but had no budget, and shot the entire thing on borrowed equipment start to finish. It wasn't the best case situation for any of us, but it helped me personally gain a better idea of what it would take to eventually get more involved in this process, big picture.

*Held multiple restaurant and retail related jobs fresh out of High School during this time to help me get to whatever was coming next...