Brand strategy.
Creative production.

I work with brands to figure out what they want to say and make something worth paying attention to. That can mean planning a campaign, writing a website, or getting behind the camera.

Portrait of Fabio Lima
Since 2015Strategy + storytelling
$500K+contracts secured
100+projects directed + produced
10+years of creative experience
Emmycinematography nomination

Stories I helped
bring to life.

More films I shot and edited
Script + filming

UP Partnership — TSI Explainer

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Art + prop direction

The Wash Tub — Again and Again

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Art + prop direction

The Wash Tub — Life Gets Messy

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Script

UP Partnership — The Path

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Animated

Motion + Animation Collection

Ongoing work

Key Ideas Social Content

Camera & aerial cinematography credits

Selected camera work

Shot and aerial cinematography. Editing by others.

Restore Tech AcademyCinematography + drone
AAD — 2023 President’s GalaCinematography + drone
TPR — Dr. Hill Honoree VideoCinematography + drone
The Witte — Staying AliveCinematography + drone
Texas A&M–San Antonio — Dream MakersCinematography + drone
The Arc of San Antonio — A Game for LifeCinematography + drone

Selected campaigns
& creative work.

I've worked across financial services, education, healthcare, nonprofits, and public-sector campaigns. Each project explains the context and my contribution. Select a card to read more.

This Is Marlena

A documentary I shot and edited, following Marlena through NYC.

The context

A first-person film centered on Marlena's own voice.

My contribution

Filmed and edited the entire documentary, following Marlena through New York City. The film features an original score.

  • Cinematography
  • Editing
  • Original score

Key Ideas Website

A full website redesign built around clearer services and stronger search visibility.

The context

Make the agency's services and work easier to understand online.

My contribution

Website structure, service messaging, and the SEO foundation across core pages.

I led the redesign of keyideas.net, restructuring the site, sharpening the messaging, and building out the SEO foundation across its core pages.

  • Website redesign
  • SEO
  • Content strategy
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Firstmark Credit Union

Brand and campaign work for a community credit union.

The context

Brand and campaign communications for a community financial institution serving South Texas.

My contribution

Brand strategy, campaign messaging, and creative direction.

  • Brand strategy
  • Campaign
  • Creative direction
Emmy-nominated cinematography

Arc of Their Lives

The documentary campaign that earned me a regional Emmy nomination for cinematography.

The context

Fundraising and awareness stories about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

My contribution

Cinematography and production. My cinematography received a regional Emmy nomination.

  • Emmy-nominated cinematography
  • Documentary
  • Production

Reflection of You

A campaign about identity, recognition, and belonging.

The context

A campaign about identity, recognition, and belonging.

My contribution

Campaign strategy and creative across film and digital.

  • Campaign platform
  • Film
  • Digital

Compassionate USA

A national campaign built for local participation.

The context

A national campaign designed for participation by local communities.

My contribution

Brand activation, content, and practical campaign tools.

  • Brand activation
  • National campaign
  • Content

Youth Policy SA

Making civic work easier to understand and act on.

The context

Make civic information more accessible to young people.

My contribution

Audience research and digital communications.

  • Audience research
  • Public impact
  • Digital

Austin Speech Labs — Tom's Story

A documentary story I conceived, shot, and edited.

The context

Tell a personal story about recovery after a stroke.

My contribution

Developed the concept, filmed Tom's story, and edited the finished documentary.

I developed the idea and shaped Tom's story around his recovery after a stroke, then handled the cinematography and edit for the finished film.

  • Concept
  • Cinematography
  • Editing
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The words behind
the work.

I write scripts, website copy, case studies, proposals, reports, and presentations. These examples connect the writing to its finished context.

Website messaging

Key Ideas website redesign: site structure, clearer services, messaging, and SEO foundations.

Explore the website

Social content

Ongoing Key Ideas content, including platform-specific video edits and work tied to campaign calendars.

Browse social work

From the brief
to delivery.

Over the past decade, I've worked on brand campaigns, films, websites, and live events. I've led teams, worked directly with clients, and handled the schedules and budgets behind the work. I like being involved early and staying with a project until it's ready to go.

Do the homework

Audience, market, and competitor research; performance data; and the client conversations that usually reveal the real problem.

Make a useful plan

Positioning, messaging, campaign strategy, channel choices, budgets, and a clear brief the team can actually work from.

Stay close to the work

Creative direction, production, vendors, schedules, reviews, and delivery. I like leading the team without disappearing from the making.

Fabio Lima smiling in Austin

The filmmaker with an accounting degree.

It sounds like an odd combination. It's also why I'm comfortable moving between the story, the budget, the client, and the work itself.

As Art Director at Key Ideas, I lead brand, marketing, and content strategy across nonprofit and commercial work. Projects span video, web, SEO, social, paid media, print, and photography.

Before and alongside that role, I directed and produced more than 100 commercial, documentary, nonprofit, and branded projects. English and Portuguese are fluent; Spanish is conversational.

Let's talk.

Open to brand, content, creative production, and project roles in Austin or remote.

lima.fabiok@gmail.com
Austin, TX · Open to remote© 2026 Fabio Lima