Dallas Videographer | Firebrand Media

Meet Our Team

Our company is comprised of highly creative artisans, savvy technicians and cutting edge media marketers striving to produce high quality visual assets while building long-lasting relationships and partnerships.

J. WARDRUP

Founder
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

As a former United States Marine and college graduate, J’s unparalleled work ethic couple with his well-rounded experience prepared him for pioneering camera work, even from his days coming out of the intermediate education profession. His love for creativity propelled him to grow from providing contract video services to working with tech start-up Esposure, an esports company, where he served as the Executive Media Producer within the first year. 

J decided to co-found FireBrand Media LLC video production company when he realized his ability to lead a team providing phenomenal content. Read more about J here

GRACIE MAS

FOUNDER
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

A former Director of SEO and Digital Strategy for both B2C and B2B companies at an award-winning marketing agency, Gracie has a name in the industry with some of the largest e-commerce and service-based businesses in North America. Her portfolio showcases revenue increases by as much as 10-fold through tactics ranging from technical optimizations to leading paid ad teams. 

Gracie is a thought leader and publisher of research regarding marketing and SEO and a joint-owner of FireBrand Media, balancing our creative innovation with the analytical. Read more about Gracie here

Who We Are

The Firebrand Family

Our team is founded on relationships. Not only is our internal team like family, but our clients are, too. They’re what motivates us to push past our comfort zones and go the extra mile. Nothing makes us happier than seeing a smile on their face. 

We love our work because of the people we meet along the way. From social media and marketing teams to event coordinators and CEOs, there’s never a dull moment and the learning and growing never stops!

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Luis Velasquez

DOP (Director of Photography)

Luis’ team-leading attitude and energetic presence are just two of the reasons he makes a fantastic production specialist. His experience as a real estate videographer, a photographer and live stream specialist are the perfect addition to our video podcast services, photo and videography services.

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Simon Swofford

Chief Editor

Simons formal education in film and background in film making has made him the shot caller to Firebrand Media’s video editing services. Simon has continued to lead in all ways regarding post production, script writing, planning and executing field production as well as strategize on client content portfolio’s. The final cut stops with him!
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Karen Portillo

Project Manager

Karens fire personality and background in team management, operations and client facing activities has made her the firewall at headquarters. Her ability to Quality assess our work, keep the team on track and build relationships within the company has made her the perfect project manager across the board! 

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Ronnie Jackson

Production Specialist

Ronnie’s career in film directing has added to the charismatic video content we have produced for everyone. His storytelling abilities in film and communication as a whole has made him a highlight within the Firebrand Media team. If anyone who can do it, it’s Ronnie!

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Brock Wordlow

Production Specialist

Brock’s career in filming led him to become a technical master at Firebrand Media.  His background in production as an advertisement videographer, drone videographer and event video production specialist well prepared him for the range of work involved in his role as a videographer and photographer for Firebrand Media; from set building and design to audio tech and post-production. 

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Zamari Berry

Production Specialist

Zamari’s experience in live broadcasting is the perfect addition to our live stream and podcasting videography services and his eye for detail makes him a born post-production artisan. His warm presence and appetite for steak are some of the many reasons we love Z!

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