What Clockwork Media does

Clockwork Media is a privately held, California-based digital agency and creative production company founded in 2009 and operating with 1–10 employees out of Los Alamitos. The firm provides full-service video and photography production for enterprise clients, encompassing scripting, talent and location scouting, production, post-production, editing, sound design, VFX, CGI, graphics, music, voiceover, and color correction, supported by an in-house studio equipped with a 20-foot Chimera overhead lightbox and a Motocrane camera car build. Beyond core production, Clockwork delivers training and education content, digital media buying and social media management, print and graphic design, and UI/UX and website/app design under a quote-based professional services model. Its primary customer base is concentrated in automotive manufacturers (Genesis, Toyota, Honda, Lexus, Fisker, Nissan), with secondary work for municipal utilities (Burbank Water & Power), government transportation (LA Metro), and consumer lifestyle brands (House of Marley).

Clockwork monetizes through project-based professional services contracts supplemented by a managed-services revenue stream tied to Reelbox.io, an in-house AI-powered digital asset management (DAM) platform that provides secure delivery, keyword and thumbnail search, category indexing, and access reporting for client photo and video assets. The firm also owns a proprietary interactive hot-spot video player developed for Genesis owner marketing programs. The go-to-market is sales-led, with business development managers pursuing enterprise opportunities in automotive, municipal utilities, and transportation via market research, network connections, and direct pitches. California DBE, MBE, and Small Business certifications enable participation in set-aside government contracting. The company has won the American Public Power Association's Excellence in Public Power Communications award in both 2021 and 2022, but has no disclosed revenue, funding rounds, M&A activity, or management team information in the available data.

Name

Clockwork Media

Legal name

Clockwork Media

Website

https://clockwork-media.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Clockwork Media is a California-based digital agency and production company providing full-service video, photography, social media, and digital marketing services, plus the in-house Reelbox.io AI-powered DAM platform, primarily to enterprise automotive, municipal utility, and government clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Production and Marketing Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Industries (5121)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Post-Production Management & Workflow (Scheduling, Asset/Media Mgmt, QC) (MPADAGAE)

Keywords

• Video production services
• Digital asset management
• Social media management
• Content marketing agency
• Branding and design

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Video Production Services: Full service video and photography production including scripting, talent & location scouting, production, post-production, editing, sound design, VFX, CGI, graphics, music, voiceover, and color correction. Includes full in-house studio with 20-foot Chimera overhead lightbox and Motocrane camera car build.
2. Training and Education Content: Creation of engaging internal training programs for employees, dealers, salesforce, and executives using high-quality assets from customer education campaigns. Product knowledge experts for clients.
3. Digital Media Buying and Social Media Management: Complete social media management capabilities including content creation, editorial planning, data analysis, and reporting. Digital media/advertising buying, SEO optimization, demographics targeting, and program analysis.
4. Print and Graphic Design: In-house design capabilities for print publications, brochures, guides, digital graphics, website design, branding concepts/guidelines, logo design, and brand identity.
5. UI/UX and Website/App Design: Complete digital production for websites and mobile applications including UI/UX, wireframing, digital production, quality control, and deployment.
6. Digital Asset Management (Reelbox.io): AI-powered DAM platform providing secure asset delivery with dedicated asset manager who manages uploading, curating, and tagging of assets. Turnkey solution with user access management and reporting.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Clockwork Media is a digital agency and production company that provides full-service video and photography production (scripting, talent/location scouting, production, post-production, VFX, CGI, editing, sound design, color correction), digital marketing and social media management, training and education content creation, print/graphic design, and UI/UX and web/app design. It also sells Reelbox.io, its proprietary AI-powered digital asset management platform that enables secure delivery, search, and organization of photo and video assets for clients.

Product overview

Clockwork Media operates as a digital agency and production company offering a portfolio of services including full-service video/photography production, training and education programs, digital media buying, social media management, print and graphic design, and UI/UX/web/app design. The company has one core proprietary product: Reelbox.io, an AI-powered digital asset management (DAM) system built in-house that provides secure asset delivery, search, and management for clients. This is complemented by a proprietary 'hot spot' interactive video player feature developed for Genesis owner marketing programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Reelbox.io: In-house AI-powered online digital asset management (DAM) system designed to provide secure and convenient delivery of photo and video assets.

Products and services

• Reelbox.io An AI-powered, in-house online digital asset management (DAM) system that provides secure delivery, visual browsing, keyword/thumbnail search, and category indexing for photo and video assets, with dedicated asset management services, user access management, and reporting.
• Video & Photography Production Full-service in-house video and photo production including scripting, talent and location scouting, production, post-production, editing, sound design, VFX, CGI, graphics, music, voiceover, and color correction. Includes in-house studio with 20-foot Chimera overhead lightbox and Motocrane camera car build.
• Training & Education Content Creation of internal training and education programs for employees, dealers, salesforce, and executives, leveraging product knowledge expertise and high-quality production assets.
• Digital Media Buying & Social Media Management Complete social media management including content creation, editorial planning, data analysis and reporting, digital advertising buying, SEO optimization, demographics targeting, and program analysis.
• Print & Graphic Design In-house design capabilities for print publications, brochures, guides, digital graphics, website design, branding concepts and guidelines, logo design, and brand identity.
• UI/UX & Website/App Design Complete digital production for websites and mobile applications, including UI/UX design, wireframing, digital production, quality control, and deployment.
• Customer Marketing & Education Consumer-facing marketing programs focused on product and service education and training, designed to raise brand awareness and quality survey scores through educational content and getting-started guides.

Quantifiable outcome

• Winner of American Public Power Association's 2021 and 2022 Excellence in Public Power Communications in Web & Social Media and Video categories

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Partizan: Globally distributed production company delivering commercials, branded content and post-production for major brands and agencies. Comparable on the video production and post-production execution model that anchors Clockwork's service.
• RPA: Independent advertising agency long associated with American Honda. Competes head-to-head for automotive creative/production assignments from Honda and adjacent OEM brands that Clockwork also serves.
• Radical Media: Long-established production company producing commercials, branded content and long-form projects for major brands and agencies. Comparable across Clockwork's automotive and consumer-lifestyle video production and post-production work.
• Odd Machine: Independent creative production studio providing video, post and content services for brand and agency clients. Similar boutique, full-service production model targeting enterprise end-clients.
• Tool of North America: Boutique commercial production and post-production company with comparable service mix (production, post, content) and similar enterprise-direct client model serving brands and agencies.
• Hecho Studios: Creative-led production studio offering integrated video, design and digital content services for enterprise brands. Closely comparable in scope (production plus creative) and customer profile to Clockwork.
• Innocean Worldwide: Global creative agency of record for Hyundai/Kia, with deep automotive video production and brand-launch capabilities. Directly comparable to Clockwork on automotive OEM accounts and integrated campaign/launch execution.

Broad incumbents

• MediaMonks (S4 Capital): Global content, production and digital marketing services firm delivering integrated production at scale. Overlaps with Clockwork on enterprise content production and digital media buying but operates at significantly larger scale.
• 72andSunny: Global creative agency with a strong automotive roster (notably Nissan). Wider scope and headcount than Clockwork but directly comparable for major auto OEM launch and brand-marketing engagements.
• Saatchi & Saatchi: Long-standing agency of record for Toyota, with global creative and production capabilities across automotive, retail and consumer brands. Comparable on the same Toyota/Scion account and adjacent OEM business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/clockworkmedia
• Facebookfacebook.com/clockworkmedia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clockwork-media

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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