Whether it’s to promote a product, launch a new service, or grow brand awareness, Top Pup Media helps organizations create compelling visual productions. Our full-service, minority-owned production company produces quality visuals that reach target audiences using the latest media tools and platforms. From marketing spots to corporate video productions, Top Pup Media has established itself as leader in visual communications.
Quality production, with the end in mind.
Introduction
We create corporate productions that effectively communicate key messages within organizations, tradeshow and marketing productions that grow brand awareness, and interactive media that provides powerful communication tools to educate, train and market products and services. We have successfully produced award-winning films and television shows, giving us keen insight and experience to narrative storytelling.
Storytelling is at the core of what we do
Guided by our passion for creativity and quality, we begin each visual story with the end in mind. Our Creative Teams assist in developing the most effective message, and in identifying the perfect communication platform for your project.
Starting with a series of discovery questions, we ensure that each production accurately and effectively captures your story so that you can reach your intended audience in the most efficient way.
We understand how the corporate world works
We know the corporate world because we come from the corporate world.
After decades of working for Fortune 500 companies, our leadership team understands budget constraints, tight deadlines and marketing requirements. We are masters at identifying opportunities and resolving problems within the corporate environment. With a strong balance of technical knowledge and experience, creativity and management skills, our team will capture the business objectives of your organization to provide the most effective marketing tools needed to reach your audience.
We give each client our full attention
We are not a large ad agency with lots of overhead and a new project manager every month. We are a small group of dedicated experts who work with a limited number of clients, providing hyper-focused detail to every project.
You are always just a phone call away from our Producers. We understand the dynamic nature of corporate productions; so, no matter what your need, we will always respond quickly and proficiently.
Team
Russ Pond – Owner/Producer
Russ graduated with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas. Finding that balance between technology and creativity, Russ experienced immediate success in technical marketing for telecom giants like Uniden and Nokia. His pragmatic and creative perspective regarding today’s business landscape created a variety of opportunities in the area of new business development and marketing communications.
With five patents to his credit, his approach to business communication is dynamic and innovative. His 16 years of experience working for Fortune 500 companies helped him gain invaluable experience and business insight. In 1998, he launched Top Pup Media as a production company, but his knowledge of technology and unique approach to marketing soon transformed Top Pup Media into a media and marketing company.
Daniel Millican – Partner/Producer
Writer/Director Daniel Millican has worked in corporate communications for over twenty years. And more recently, Millican has written and directed five feature films, starring actors Lou Diamond Phillips, Adam Baldwin, Mimi Rogers and many others. The movies have been distributed in the theaters and in home video by companies Sony Pictures, Screen Media Ventures, First Look Media and Curb Entertainment.
While making movies is enjoyable, Millican finds it just as rewarding to bring that high level level of story-telling to his corporate clients. And his track record of awards and satisfied clients is a testimony to that passion.
Millican grew up in Austin and received his degree in Communications from the University of Texas at Arlington and now makes his home in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. From there, Millican went to work in broadcasting and video/film production, in both small and large venues, successfully managing a production company. Millican has won over 30 international awards for his writing, directing, editing and producing of films, television, music videos, commercials and corporate films.
Allan Kelsey – Partner/Producer
Kelsey’s work history includes management in small companies (in both hemispheres of the world), management in large companies, business ownership, and the CEO position at a Franchise Corporation. Kelsey brings amazing insight to business communication, structure and leadership. His founding company, Leading Leaders, has been pivotal in leadership development.
Kelsey’s balanced management skills and experience enable him to manage production teams in a highly efficient manner. Known for being “on schedule” and “on budget”, Kelsey is driven to make your projects a success.
Kelsey graduated for the University of Nebraska. He is married with two children.