Preston Productions

What Preston Productions does

Preston Productions, Inc. is a private, founder-led creative media and event production company headquartered in Medway, Massachusetts, founded in 1983 by Rick Preston. The company specializes in applying theatrical production methodology to corporate communications, offering enterprise clients a bundled suite of services across three core areas: Corporate Communications (executive coaching, public speaking training, and messaging development), Event Management (planning, staging, lighting, sound, and video for live, virtual, and hybrid events), and Creative Media (video production, webcasting, webinars, and presentation support). The firm serves Fortune 500 and large enterprise clients with documented engagements for Bose, Courion, EMC, IBM, iRobot, Rocket Software, Tyco, Unisys, and VeriSign, including high-scale events such as IBM Software Sales Rallies bringing together 4,500+ employees.

The company's underlying technology is its proprietary 'Preston Method,' a prescriptive four-phase methodology (Discovery, Design, Develop, Deliver) that structures every engagement and is applied alongside theatrical disciplines including storytelling, dialog, visual design, movement, and sound. The team itself is a key asset, comprising five named professionals with theater and dramatic arts backgrounds (Rick Preston in dramatic theater, Nathan Watson from the Public Theater in New York), supported by executive producers handling video direction and production logistics. The firm has invested in extending its offering into emerging presentation technologies (augmented reality, virtual reality, audience polling, mobile app integration) and virtual/hybrid event delivery, signaling adaptation to changing event formats.

Commercially, Preston Productions operates on a direct enterprise field sales motion with custom project-based pricing — no tiered or self-service options are publicly disclosed. Pricing is negotiated per engagement via phone or email inquiry, and contract cadences include multi-year engagements. The company has no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, no institutional investors, and no M&A activity in the available record. Geographic reach is on-demand global (documented events in New York, London, Paris, Singapore, Latin America, and UAE), while the customer base is anchored in US-based Fortune 500 enterprise clients.

Name

Preston Productions

Legal name

Preston Productions, Inc.

Website

https://prestonevents.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Preston Productions is a private, founder-led event production and corporate communications firm founded in 1983 that serves Fortune 500 enterprises with theatrical-approach live, virtual, and hybrid events plus executive coaching.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Event Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (51211), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAFAGAB

Event Production & Technical Services (AV, Lighting, Staging)

Business & Public Services/Marketing, Advertising & PR Services/Experiential & Event Marketing

SECONDARYMPADABAH

Live-Action Production Management & Line Producing

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Film & Video Production/Distribution/Film & TV Production (Live-Action)

SECONDARYBPAFAIAE

Audio Production & Podcasting

Business & Public Services/Marketing, Advertising & PR Services/Content Marketing & Production (Copy, Video, Design)

Keywords

• Corporate event production
• Video production services
• Executive communication coaching
• Virtual event production
• Corporate communications consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Marlborough

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Event Production Services: Full-service event production including staging, lighting, sound, video, and technical implementation for corporate events, customer conferences, product launches, and sales meetings.
2. Corporate Communications Consulting: Strategic communications services including leadership coaching, public speaking training, messaging development, and executive presentation preparation.
3. Creative Media Production: Video production services including planning, scripting, shooting, editing, and delivery. Includes speaker support videos, testimonial videos, demonstration videos, and social media content.
4. Digital Communications: Webcast and webinar production, secure streaming, and online video broadcast services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Preston Productions delivers end-to-end creative media and event production services for enterprise clients, including corporate communications strategy, executive presentation coaching, video production, webcasting, and full-service event management for live, virtual, and hybrid formats. The company's work is anchored by its proprietary 'Preston Method' (Discovery, Design, Develop, Deliver), which applies theatrical production discipline to corporate messaging and audience engagement.

Product overview

Preston Productions is a creative media and event production company offering a unified suite of services centered around three core offerings: Corporate Communications (enterprise-level communication strategy with leadership coaching and public speaking training), Event Management (planning, staging, and measuring live events), and Creative Services/Media (full-service video production, webcasting, webinars, and presentation support). The company's proprietary methodology, The Preston Method (4D Process), underpins all engagements—guiding clients through Discovery, Design, Develop, and Delivery phases. Additional offerings include emerging presentation technologies (AR, VR, polling, mobile apps) and theme development. Founded in 1983, the company serves enterprise clients including Bose, IBM, iRobot, and Harsco.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Communications Enterprise-level communication strategy and execution for senior corporate clients, including leadership coaching, public speaking training, and talent management, designed to deliver compelling messages and result in engaged audiences.
• Event Management
• Creative Services / Media
• Video Production
• Webcasting and Webinars

Quantifiable outcome

• Engaged remote workers reporting feeling 'like they were there'
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AVFX: Mid-size event-production and AV integration firm delivering staging, lighting, sound, and video for corporate meetings and conferences in the Northeast. Competes head-to-head with Preston in the same regional enterprise market.
• LeadDog Marketing Group: Boutique agency producing corporate events, product launches, and brand activations for enterprise clients. Similar boutique scale with comparable live-event and corporate-communications offerings.
• MAS Event Design: Boutique event production and scenic-design firm that designs and executes corporate meetings, product launches, and themed live experiences. Closely comparable in scale, theatrical-design orientation, and enterprise-client focus.
• Corporate Magic: Corporate event production agency of similar boutique scale producing high-touch corporate meetings, sales kickoffs, and leadership events. Direct competitor for the same enterprise communications-and-event-production budget line items Preston targets.
• InVision Communications: Corporate communications and event agency delivering leadership messages, customer events, and integrated experiential programs for Fortune 500 clients. Comparable on messaging strategy, executive coaching, and large-format corporate event delivery.
• MKG: Independent experiential marketing agency producing brand experiences, corporate events, and creative campaigns of comparable mid-market scale. Direct comparable on size, creative-led positioning, and enterprise client mix.

Broad incumbents

• Freeman: Largest U.S.-based event and brand-experience production company, providing AV, staging, and full-service corporate event execution. Overlaps Preston's AV/lighting/staging core but at significantly greater scale with national infrastructure.
• Sparks: Global experiential marketing agency producing brand experiences, corporate events, and conferences with significantly larger scale and broader service portfolio. Competes for the same enterprise experiential budgets but offers integrated digital and measurement capabilities Preston lacks.
• Jack Morton Worldwide: Global brand-experience agency with deep enterprise event-production and corporate communications practice. Overlaps on Preston's core scope but operates at much larger scale with owned technology platforms and worldwide offices.
• George P. Johnson Experience Marketing: Large experience-marketing agency producing corporate events, product launches, and customer conferences for global enterprise brands. Competes in the same Fortune 500 RFP pool with greater scale, technology tooling, and integrated campaign capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/preston-productions
• Xx.com/PrestonInc
• Facebookfacebook.com/prestonproductions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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