Team
Senior people who work directly on your project. No layers, no handoffs.
Our Approach to Team
We keep the team small on purpose. Everyone you work with is senior, experienced, and directly involved in the work. We don't have layers of account managers passing work to junior staff. The people you meet are the people who do the work.
For specialized needs (illustration, motion, specific technical expertise), we bring in trusted collaborators from our extended network — people we've worked with repeatedly and whose work we can vouch for.
Core Team
Nathan Thompson
Co-Founder / Chief Creative Officer (CCO)
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Sightbox. Background: 10 years traditional advertising agency experience (The Richards Group, GSD&M, Cramer-Krasselt). 6 years digital agency experience. Clients include Porsche, BMW, Jaguar, Nissan, Hyundai, Dell, Chili's, Home Depot, Southwest Airlines. Instructor at Chicago Portfolio School. Based in Los Angeles/Sacramento. Specialties: Digital Creative Direction, Art Direction, UI/UX, Identity Systems.
Charlie Hinojosa
Co-Founder / CEO
Co-founder and CEO of Sightbox. Career built at the intersection of technology and art — spanning visual design, filmmaking, product development, branding, and marketing. Founded Tapp That App, a social app discovery platform, and has advised Fortune 500 enterprises, startups, and celebrities on digital strategy. Today, Charlie leads Sightbox's agentic transformation, building the AI infrastructure, design systems, and technical architecture that compound the studio's creative methodology.
Extended Network
For specialized work, we bring in trusted collaborators we've worked with repeatedly. This gives us access to deep expertise without carrying overhead.
Illustration & Art Direction
Custom illustration, visual concepts
Motion Design
Animation, video editing, motion graphics
Copywriting
Brand voice, website copy, content strategy
Photography
Brand photography, product shots, lifestyle