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Immersive Entertainment Creative Agency

Beyond Imagination.
Built for Experience.

We turn bold ideas into unforgettable experiences, bringing storytelling, design, technology, and production together to create moments that move people.

One Vision.
Every Possibility.

Extraordinary experiences don't happen in isolation. They emerge when imagination, strategy, design, technology, and production work together from the very beginning. At ACTIV8, we connect every discipline, transforming ambitious ideas into immersive worlds, meaningful connections, and moments that last long after the experience ends.

From the first spark of an idea to the final unforgettable moment, every detail works together.

Selected work

Built for real audiences.

Ignite United Keynote

Ignite United Keynote

General Session / Staging

A main-stage keynote built around a wide LED canvas and a dressed set. We planned the event, ran the marketing, built and operated the stage, and stood up the ERP and registration behind it.

Event planning, marketing, stage build and operation, plus the ERP and registration behind it.

Football Activation & LED Screen

Football Activation & LED Screen

Live Activation / LED

A large-format LED screen and branded field build for a stadium activation, carrying live game feed to the crowd on the turf. We ran it as part of the operations team.

On-site support, logistics, internet and video walls, as part of the operations team supporting another agency.

Conference Keynote & Main Stage

Conference Keynote & Main Stage

General Session / Staging

A full-house general session: three screens, a planted scenic rig overhead and a seated room of several hundred. Ours end to end — planning, marketing, production, AV, and the registration system that got everyone into it.

Event planning, marketing, production and AV, plus the registration system.

Hotel Projection Mapping

Hotel Projection Mapping

Projection Mapping / Environmental

A hotel facade mapped and lit as the centrepiece of an evening activation, with the courtyard washed to match. Planning, marketing, content, projection and AV were all ours.

Event planning, marketing, content, projection and AV.

Commercial & Product Shoot

Commercial & Product Shoot

Virtual Production / Content

A virtual production shoot with a vehicle on an LED volume, lighting the car from the plate rather than fighting it. We handled the build, the content on the wall and the production around it.

LED volume build, the content on the wall and the production around it.

Private Beach Concert

Private Beach Concert

Live Production / Staging

A private fundraiser staged on the sand at the Hotel del Coronado, with a full band, an LED backdrop and a stage built to come down as cleanly as it went up. Everything from the plan to the strike was ours.

Plan to strike: stage build, LED backdrop and the production around the band.

DJ Livestream

DJ Livestream

Broadcast / LED

A multi-camera livestream set for Center Point Studios, built around a wide LED backdrop and cut live to air. We built the set, ran the broadcast chain and produced the stream.

Set build, the broadcast chain and the stream itself.

Concept — not delivered work

Imagination Without Limits. Execution Without Compromise.

We don't simply dream up experiences. We design the environments, moments, and connections that make them real.

Concept rendering of an ACTIV8 exhibition environment: a lit wordmark over a double-height structure, planting throughout, and a mountain landscape across the back wall.
Concept
Concept — brand world, exhibition environment

Our process

From Imagination to Impact.

Great ideas deserve more than great execution. Our integrated approach connects imagination with strategy, production, and storytelling to create experiences that resonate.

  1. 01

    Imagine

    Every extraordinary experience begins with possibility. We explore bold ideas, challenge expectations, and envision what could be.

  2. 02

    Shape

    We transform imagination into intention, combining creative strategy, design, and storytelling into a unified vision.

  3. 03

    Produce

    We bring the vision into the real world through technical expertise, precision, craftsmanship, and seamless execution.

  4. 04

    Capture

    We preserve the moments that matter through cinematic storytelling, content creation, and media production.

  5. 05

    Connect

    We create meaningful connections between brands, audiences, and communities, turning experiences into lasting relationships.

  6. 06

    Expand

    We extend the life and reach of every experience through content, digital engagement, and opportunities that create impact far beyond the event itself.

How we run it

One Team. One Topline.

Most of what goes wrong at an event goes wrong between suppliers. So we hold all of them, and the number.

  1. 01

    Full-stack event management

    Every vendor on the event is ours to manage, and we hold the topline — one point of accountability instead of a dozen invoices and nobody in charge.

  2. 02

    A financial model before a build

    We write the event P&L with your marketing team or brand owner, so the thing is designed to make money rather than audited after it did not.

  3. 03

    Your own event ERP

    We stand up a per-event ERP branded to you, train your staff on it, and keep the whole event in one place — budget, vendors, schedule, crew.

  4. 04

    Registration and credentialing

    Attendee registration, ticketing and credentials, run on the same system as everything else.

  5. 05

    Apparel and merchandise

    Crew uniforms, staff kit and retail merch, designed and produced with the rest of the identity rather than ordered away from it.

  6. 06

    AI, actually deployed

    We put AI to work in business operations and live events — not as a demo, as something your team uses on the day.

What we do

7 disciplines. 48 services. One team.

  1. 01

    Strategy

    The front-of-funnel thinking.

    8 services
    • Brand strategy, creative strategy, culture strategy
    • Communications strategy, content strategy, campaign strategy
    • Partnership consulting & strategy
    • Competitive audit & analysis
    • Customer persona development & experience mapping
    • Measurement & evaluation (proving ROI post-event)
    • Event financial modelling, built with the marketing team or brand owner
    • Budget ownership & topline responsibility across the vendor set
  2. 02

    Concept

    The creative engine.

    5 services
    • Creative direction
    • Concept development & campaign development
    • Experiential tool-kit development (repeatable playbooks brands can roll out across markets)
    • AI-assisted content
    • Script development
  3. 03

    Design

    Experience design & UX mapping

    4 services
    • Experience design & UX mapping
    • Stage design, keynote design
    • Graphic design, environmental design
    • Brand ID development
  4. 04

    Content

    Content creation, still photography

    5 services
    • Content creation, still photography
    • Immersive content
    • TVC (TV commercial) and video content
    • Social content
    • Influencer content
  5. 05

    Production

    Live, virtual, and broadcast / live-stream event production

    14 services
    • Live, virtual, and broadcast / live-stream event production
    • Experiential activation production
    • Mobile tour & roadshow production
    • Festival / party / public-celebration production
    • Hospitality & VIP program management
    • Sponsorship activation planning & execution
    • End-to-end logistics management
    • Fabrication & graphic production
    • Third-party vendor & partner management
    • Trade show planning, booth design & exhibit production
    • Exhibitor services, show-floor logistics & drayage coordination
    • Vendor sourcing, negotiation & on-site vendor management
    • Full-stack event management — single point of accountability across every vendor
    • Event apparel, uniform & merchandise programs
  6. 06

    Communications

    Public relations

    4 services
    • Public relations
    • Media partnerships & strategic brand partnerships
    • Talent & influencer strategy + negotiation
    • On-site media, talent & influencer management
  7. 07

    Digital & Creative Technology

    Web development, app development, digital & web design

    8 services
    • Web development, app development, digital & web design
    • Registration-site strategy & development
    • Attendee registration, ticketing & credentialing services
    • Per-event ERP, branded to the client, with staff training and onboarding
    • AI deployment for business operations and live events
    • Mobile design
    • AR and VR marketing
    • Data capture & lead-generation management

Behind the experience

Behind Every Experience, People Who Care.

Extraordinary work comes from people who believe the details matter. From the first conversation to the final cue, our team brings creativity, craftsmanship, and genuine care to every project. We listen closely, think boldly, and execute with purpose — because your vision deserves more than simply getting the job done.

Our team

  • Kodah Piptone, Producer & Cultural Director

    Kodah Piptone

    Producer & Cultural Director

  • Justin Peace, Producer & Head of Operations

    Justin Peace

    Producer & Head of Operations

  • Topher Heinl, Producer & Artistic Director

    Topher Heinl

    Producer & Artistic Director

Your ideas matter. Every detail matters. And the people bringing them to life make all the difference.

Concept

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