A video-first creative and media agency
Video production · Northern Kentucky, KY

Northern Kentucky video production.

Wilbur makes films in Northern Kentucky, right across the river from home. Covington, Newport, Florence, the Fort cities: neighbors we see every week.

The work

Recent work.

A sweep and inspection for Warmstead Chimney Services, shot on a real job and cut for social and digital ads.

More films

More from the same crew.

The people who'll show up in Northern Kentucky, on very different work. National brands, product films, the local businesses people count on.

Stronger, Swarovski × Varsity All Star

National brand

Knock Knock Heating & Cooling

Commercial

Chickadee Snaps

Product

Keep Warm, WNC Chimney Solutions

Brand film

Sweep season, Smalling Masonry

Social

Video production in Northern Kentucky

Across the river, and its own place.

Northern Kentucky has its own identity: the river towns, the airport economy, a quiet pride in not being anyone's suburb. Work that lumps it in with the city across the bridge misses that. We're minutes away, and we shoot the river cities as their own place.

Where local video goes wrong

  • A crew that has never met your customers
  • Stock and templates that could be any city
  • One video, and no plan for where it runs
  • Beautiful footage that never earns its keep
How we work

Close to home, made to run.

We listen first, then shoot on location in Northern Kentucky with a director on set and time to find the real moment. What comes back is a film, a library, and every cutdown the plan needs.

01

Listen first

Learn the business, the people and what's at stake, then build the story and the script around it.

02

On location

Director-led doc, narrative, or hybrid, shot across Covington & MainStrasse, Newport, Florence, Fort Mitchell, with stills for the campaign too.

03

Edit, color, sound

Finished in-house with patience, then cut for every place it runs, from a :06 bumper to a full spot.

04

Put it to work

We don't hand off a file and walk away. The work runs across your channels, from Meta ads to YouTube and connected TV, and gets measured, not shelved.

Who it’s for

What we shoot in Northern Kentucky.

Every market has its own mix. Here's the work we make most across Northern Kentucky (NKY). If there's a story worth telling, we'd like to hear it.

Logistics & air freight

Built around CVG, DHL, and Amazon Air. Capability and recruitment films at the scale of a global hub.

Home-services brands

The trades serving the NKY suburbs, work we know well. Shot on real job sites, minutes from home.

Manufacturing & B2B

The floor, the line, and the people on it, shown with the care a serious buyer expects.

Hospitality & riverfront

Newport on the Levee, MainStrasse, the river. Venues and makers, shot the way a good night out feels.

Founders & local brands

The person behind the business, and the story only they can tell, for the river cities and beyond.

In their words

From the people we've made work for.

Today we booked our largest commercial job to date, directly from the new marketing efforts. I talked to several agencies and they all basically seemed like they'd just take my money and "hope" for an ROI. These guys showed value from the initial call and just paid for themselves for the entire year with one job. I'm only wishing I'd done it six months ago.
Hoyt CrouchTexian Fence
Before hiring Wilbur, our marketing plan involved a lot of guessing and wasted money. Ian and his team immediately made recommendations about what to start doing and what to stop completely, and our call volume rapidly increased, all while heading into our slower season. They've done excellent work: on-site video shoots, product design for our trade shows, and a new website. Now they're helping us completely rebrand. Had we found Wilbur sooner, we'd be so much further ahead.
Ande GranthamOwner, Warmstead (formerly WNC Chimney Solutions)
On set with the crew

Good questions.

Are you actually based in Northern Kentucky?

We're a Cincinnati-based crew, and our team members have experience shooting in and around Northern Kentucky, right across the river. You get the same in-house team and craft; travel for a Northern Kentucky shoot is simple and we'll fold it into a clear, up-front quote.

Where in Northern Kentucky do you shoot?

Wherever the story lives, on a job site, in a studio, downtown, or out in the suburbs. Our crew members have shot in and around Covington & MainStrasse, Newport, Florence, Fort Mitchell, Fort Thomas, and we cover the rest of the metro too. On-location is the default; we bring the gear and the crew to you.

What kinds of video do you make in Northern Kentucky?

Brand films, commercials, doc and narrative pieces, product and social content, and internal video like recruitment and training, plus a still library, cutdowns, and platform-specific edits. We work with logistics & air freight, home-services brands, manufacturing & b2b, and plenty more.

Do you only shoot, or do you handle strategy and media too?

Both. Every shoot starts with strategy and a script built around a goal, and we can hand off finished files or plan and buy the media in-house, across Meta ads, YouTube and connected TV, and the rest of your mix, so the footage actually runs and gets measured.