About
Ascend Studios is a video and photo production team based in Sydney, Australia. We create highly effective and results-driven content for extremely motivated brands and businesses.
Mission: to tell results-driven stories that deliver breakthrough, innovation and ascent to businesses, charities and individuals.
Motto: move upward. 🚀
We are blessed to work with Australia’s leading brands & companies like Catch.com.au, Legacy Sydney, Mazars, Modibodi, ITIC and IBM, JSHealth, Clipsal Solar, Hearing Australia, Macquarie University, Wesley Mission and many more.
Team
Zac Alviz
Founder and Director
Zac is a filmmaker, photographer, creative director, entrepreneur and creative events speaker with over 9 years of experience. He has helped numerous clients who grew their businesses through creative online content marketing and mentored hundreds of professionals and creative enthusiasts.
He loves spontaneous travels and adventures and serving in his church's creative team. His hobbies are: reading motivational books, watching movies and playing the guitar. His favourite movies are: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Coach Carter, Ocean's Eleven and Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Coffee : Oat flat white
Kyle Jenkins
Photographer and Videographer
Kyle is a highly creative person specialising in events and corporate photography and cinematography. He was nominated as ‘Photographer of the Year’ by Panasonic in the year 2018.
He loves to travel, and spend time with his wife and 2 beautiful daughters. He is an avid motor racing fan and enjoys his annual trip to Melbourne for the Formula 1 Grand Prix. His favourite movies are: The Dark Knight Rises, Gladiator and Titanic. Yep, he loves the epic ones! He's also a huge fan of Game of Thrones!
Coffee : Latte with one sugar
Mel Newman
Chief Financial Officer
Mel is our CFO specialising in accounting and taxation services to small and medium enterprises. She has over 6 years of experience and her favourite thing about her career is seeing her clients grow.
In her free time she loves to travel, relax with family and friends, and play model for her photographer boyfriend. While Mel may be our most serious team member she is always up for some carpool karaoke! Her favourite movies at the moment are Crazy Rich Asians, Grease and The Greatest Showman. Yep, she’s a musical type of person.
Coffee : Skim cappuccino
Charlotte Denton
Producer
Charlotte has years of experience working professionally as a producer, performer and artist in Canada, England and Australia. Originally from the beautiful West Coast of Canada, Charlotte grew up with a passion for storytelling. She loves seeing clients grow their brands and businesses through creative video content production.
Outside work she loves going on adventures with her husband, being outside and enjoying the beauty of this amazing country we live in. She is an award-winning singer and actor with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting (BFA). Her favourite movies are The Sound of Music, JoJo Rabbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Coffee : Chai Latte (I don't drink coffee 😂 )
Dann Garcia
Videographer and Editor
Dann “the post man” is the video editor in our team. He loves sharing his visions and adventures through his compositions. He loves to tell stories in the way he knows best, making videos.
He loves spontaneous travels, experience new things and watching movies. His favourite movies are: Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption and Avengers Endgame
Coffee: Long black with one sugar
Coleen Rodas
Events & Set Photographer
Coleen has been a professional photographer for over 5 years now. She has worked on hundreds of events both corporate and social. In every shoot, she makes sure everyone will have a great experience. In her teenage years, she wanted to become a model but now she's happy to be behind the camera capturing different perspectives.
She loves watching movies, dancing and travelling to refresh her creative brain. Her favourite movies are: Hunger Games, Friends TV Series and American Horror Story.
Coffee: Flat White with one sugar
Nico Castillo
Senior Photo Editor
Nico has been a photographer and photo editor for almost a decade now specialising in portraits, lifestyle and weddings.
Outside work, you would normally find him spending long afternoons in specialty coffee shops with his camera and laptop. He is also a dad to two adorable and very clingy cats.
Coffee: Caffè mocha
Jeriah France
Content Writer
France is our copywriter specialising in digital marketing. She’s written ad copies and blog articles for Darling Square, World Gym Australia and many other small to medium businesses across Australia. Her passion in story-telling fuels her to craft concise and compelling articles.
She is a small group leader at church and a legit foodie who spends most of her free time cooking, eating, and watching K-dramas. She has a knack for organising things and enjoys going on new adventures. Her favourite movies are: Every Child Is Special, Live From Baghdad and The Gifted.
Coffee: Dalgona