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RUN Studios

Creative & Production
Open roles
0
Founded
2005
Employees
201-500
Offices
1

About RUN Studios

RUN Studios is a Seattle-based digital media production agency and creative staffing firm. Its work combines video production, motion graphics, animation, visual effects, live broadcasting, and post-production with the placement of creative professionals within client teams. The company serves enterprise brands, technology businesses, and nonprofit organizations through both individual production engagements and ongoing staffing relationships.

Established as a boutique motion graphics and visual effects business with roots in Kirkland, Washington, the studio expanded into live-action production, commercial storytelling, and multi-screen live-event broadcasting. Its production capabilities span the process from initial concept development to final delivery, bringing creative development and technical execution together for brand campaigns, product launches, corporate documentaries, and virtual broadcasts.

Production and post-production

The studio develops concepts, creative strategies, scripts, and storyboards before moving into directing, live-action shooting, lighting, and sound capture. Its design and finishing capabilities include 2D and 3D animation, motion graphics, compositing, offline and online editing, color grading, and audio sweetening. These disciplines support projects that combine filmed material with designed and animated content.

Live production services cover streaming events, webinars, panel discussions, internal corporate broadcasts, and virtual productions. The company also supports the technical execution of multi-screen broadcasts and other live-event formats.

Creative resourcing

Alongside turnkey production, RUN Studios recruits and places media professionals for client retainers and project engagements. These assignments include producers, motion designers, broadcast directors, sound designers, stage engineers, transmission specialists, and 3D animators. Embedded teams work within client operations, extending the company’s production support beyond its own studio facilities.

Its markets include enterprise technology and cloud services, retail and e-commerce, telecommunications, aerospace, social media, interactive entertainment, healthcare, and philanthropy. The combination of commissioned production and embedded staffing allows the business to support both defined creative deliverables and continuing client production needs.

More about RUN Studios

Founders and leadership

The report identifies founding partners Darrek Rosen, President & CEO, and Jon Segress, Founder / Director of CG & VFX. Other executive and creative leaders include:

  • Bridget Billig Backschies — Chief Operating Officer
  • Linsey Tran — Chief Financial Officer
  • Landon Beal — Senior Creative Director
  • Charissa Martin — Vice President of Production Operations

Embedded client collaborations

The report identifies embedded staffing units supporting Microsoft Studios, Global Skilling Studios, Playground Games, and Amazon. These teams operate within client organizations rather than constituting RUN Studios branches.

Community activity

RUN Cares supports community impact media, including pro bono production work for nonprofit organizations.

Notable credits

10 credits
  • App Builder Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Microsoft Democracy Forward
  • Today in Technology with Brad Smith
  • Marea Subsea Transatlantic Cable Feature
  • Microsoft Azure & IPO Sizzle Videos
  • Boeing – Lamya's Story
  • Mary’s Place fundraising and community advocacy films
  • The Alzheimer’s Association awareness campaign videos
  • Assistance League: Operation School Bell promotional short films
  • The Children’s Therapy Center & Mamma’s Hands community impact media

Offices

Where RUN Studios is based

1 location
  • Seattle office

    Headquarters
    501 Eastlake Ave E, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98109, United StatesSeattle, Washington, United States

    Overall corporate headquarters, main production studio, edit suites, and central creative facilities.

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