As a kid, Jacob picked up his parents’ VHS camcorder and has never looked back.
Jacob grew up in Plymouth, Michigan, where two factors shaped his future: the home movies he made on his parents’ VHS camcorder and a work ethic forged by tough Michigan winters. When freezing temperatures and deep snow are just another school day, you learn grit. That determination, along with his early fascination with filmmaking, defined his career.
Jacob has worked as a video producer at a record label and managed live events and sports broadcasts as a stage manager, audio engineer, camera operator, technical director, and video director. He also created content for a church network in Ann Arbor and spent two years at BuildWitt making training videos, vlogs, motion graphics, and a podcast for the construction industry.
At FieldWrk, Jacob spends most of his time editing and coloring footage from client shoots, building and animating motion graphics, and handling sound design. He also goes out to shoot when a project calls for it. He has spent a lot of time thinking about what makes good video work stand out, and his answer might surprise people: perfection is not the goal. If you chase it too much, a project can become technically correct but lose its creativity. He would rather create something that feels alive rather than perfect.
Outside of work, Jacob lives in Hendersonville, Tennessee, with his wife and enjoys playing music. He started playing guitar at eight, then picked up bass, drums, piano, marimba, vibraphone, and hand percussion over the years. He collects records, reads science fiction, and watches films from every genre. He also earned his second-degree black belt in taekwondo at thirteen; consider yourself warned.
