about doubleswirl
We are a team of creative, passionate, detail-oriented designers, developers and producers, focused on providing exceptional design and marketing. We focus on clean, attractive, and accessible design, providing you with function and form.
We provide high-quality print & logo design and branding, as well as beautiful web sites, built to the latest web standards.
We will also create your dynamic media productions, using high-quality, high-definition video formats, including HDV and Blu-Ray. In addition, we are masters of PowerPoint and Keynote presentation design.
We have four locations to best serve you. Our headquarters are located in the lovely Livermore Wine Country, on the Eastern side of the San Francisco Bay Area. We also maintain offices in Pleasant Hill, and Petaluma. Finally, is our Denver project development office.
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our core creative team
Rob
Rob has been in the creative business since 1993, when he started his own video production company. It was shortly after that he and his company expanded into graphic design and marketing.
With his design background, and the popularity of the Internet growing each year, he made the choice to step into web design and has built a vast clientele that enjoy his clean, accessible and professional web site designs.
He is currently the design force behind all of our web, print, video and PowerPoint projects. His attention to detail, ensures pixel-perfection.
Rob’s extensive software repertoire includes Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Final Cut Studio, PowerPoint, Keynote, Squeeze, Peak Pro, 3ds max, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and MySQL.
Rob looks forward to working with you to develop a complete marketing or training solution for your company.
William
With over 14 years experience in the corporate video industry, William brings a wealth of experience to his job as Producer, Editor and DP (Director of Photography) at doubleswirl.
Your needs always come first for William. When establishing the goals of a project, he researches, strategizes and produces with an ever-keen eye on even the smallest of details.
With his partner Rob, he has produced programs for companies in the US and Canada, such as: The Men’s Wearhouse, AT&T, Moores, K&G, Symmetry Direct, PartyLite, and many more. His energy, talent and creativity makes him the “Go-To Guy” on every video project. William looks forward to applying his production skills to your next project.
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Mike R
Our production team also includes Mike, a creative media professional who brings 20 years of commercial marketing and video production experience to doubleswirl’s dynamic team. He specializes in working with clients to clearly define a project’s objectives, budget and production timetables. This is how doubleswirl’s productions are routinely completed on time and budget — and with results that exceed our client’s expectation. He has produced work for clients in the financial services sector, the medical/dental field, telecommunications, entertainment, and public school career education. While his resume also includes corporate biographies and public television documentaries, he still enjoys working on those special projects that need a fresh approach to achieve a client’s objectives.
Mike S
Our lead web developer, Mike, brings over 10 years of UNIX system administration, along with Apache, MySQL, PHP, PERL and Javascript development.
Mike is the “The Best in the Business” when it comes to anything server-related. He and his team are not only responsible for turning your standard, fixed-content web sites into ever-evolving, dynamic sites, but he also configures, maintains and administers our own high-speed web servers, strategically located in multiple data centers, to ensure 24x7x365 availability.
history
The core of the doubleswirl team formed in 1997, when Rob & William joined forces, to provide video production and design services for clients around the greater San Francisco Bay Area. We are now a full-service design and production agency, servicing clients from as far away as Toronto and New York.
mission
Our mission is to provide more than our clients expect, at competitive prices, allowing us to earn a profit, while maintaining our honesty and integrity.
Testimonials
“Excellent quality of production and service. Extremely easy to work with. Try to find that combination elsewhere.”
— Kirk Kanenbley, IBS Broker Solutions, Los Angeles, CA
“You guys are very professional, timely, creative and reliable! After working with you on numerous projects over the years, I would highly recommend DoubleSwirl to anyone!!”
— Mike Goral, Goral Media Inc., Toronto, ON
“Working with the guys from DoubleSwirl has always been a pleasure. They have been consistently exceptional in their planning and execution of each project they have developed for us. They have always met their deadlines and budget estimates, and they’ve never let us down!”
— Bill Francis, The Men’s Wearhouse, Fremont, CA
“In a market where business is slow and money is tight, I know that spending money on marketing is a difficult decision. The reality is this is the best investment you can make during those times. Rob and his team have an amazing ability to turn marketing cents into profitable dollars. If it worked for my company it can work for yours.”
— Christopher Miranda, West Coast Auto Craft, Santa Rosa, CA
“When we first approached doubleswirl to develop our web site, we knew what we didn’t want, but had no idea how get to what we did want. DS took our meager input and developed a site that is informative, visual and easily navigable...... exactly what we wanted!”
— Kurt Nordvik, Nordvik Designs, Fremont, CA
“Rob and his crew produced an awesome video for us. Their work was terrific. They are not only great videographers, they are great people. We highly recommend them.”
— Dave Baker, Moore & Baker, LLP, Walnut Creek, CA
“During the past ten years, you have been my primary go-to guys for all our client projects that needed that something ‘extra’ in a creative and professional graphic design approach. Your work is clean, precise and clearly the result of your many diverse talents in our industry’s most capable design tools. It’s a pleasure to watch our collaborative efforts generate such great looking results for our clients. Keep up the good work—and thanks!”
— Ginny Ford, Living Legacy Media Group, Petaluma, CA
“You guys were very professional and did a wonderful job. We will always return to DoubleSwirl for all our future needs.”
— Lori Range, So Unique Painting, Livermore, CA
“Much more than a production company, Rob and his team have been an absolute resource for our company. The quality of work, dedication, and expertise has taken our project beyond our expectations. They continue to help grow our company with marketing and advertising support. I would recommend Rob and his team to any company.”
— Dr. Nima Pakravan, MediaMed Inc., Los Gatos, CA
