Video production & creative agency, Sydney
The Creative Co-Op
It’s full-service, scalable, nose-to-tail creative production.
From day zero, the Citadel was built upon the notion of cooperation in its simplest and most beautiful form… Get the best people for the best jobs. Cooperate, create, craft and absolutely live the process. We are first and foremost creators. Our expertise and passion is to start with you at the very beginning of your creative production journey.
About Citadel Creative Co-Op
It’s all about creative people power.
The world always feels better when you know there are people out there who care.
Cooperative founders Rowena Clarke (Commercial Photographer) and Anton Heckendorf (Advertising Creative Director) have spent the better part of 10 + years together (and a million-trillion marketing industry years) producing, directing, writing, designing, animating, crafting and creating marketing material.
Rowena and Anton firmly believe that ‘you are only as good as the people you surround yourself with’… Old notion, but it’s true… It shows in your work, every step of the way. Which is why our field-tested creative co-op suppliers always bring that rarified shine to every project.
Anton Heckendorf
Art Director, Antheck
Rowena Clarke
Photographer
Ray Heckendorf
Creative Advertising,
Heccentric Ideas
Production Services
End-to-end production
From campaign ideation to shoot day to final delivery. Purpose-built facilities and a scalable crew. We handle the details so you don't have to.
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Direction & production for corporate, commercial, and documentary work. TV commercials. Brand films. Series and feature support. Multi-camera shoots with fast turnaround. We've wrapped on time for 50+ years... we're not about to stop now.
TV commercials and brand films
Documentary and series production
Corporate video production
Film direction and DOP
Detailed storyboarding
Scalable professional crew
Fast turnaround editing
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Stills photography for lifestyle, fashion, corporate, product, architecture, and automotive. Image makers who understand composition, story, and light.
Lifestyle and fashion photography
Corporate photography
Architecture and design photography
Automotive photography
Product photography
Drone photography
Set design and styling
Fast turnaround delivery
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Concept generation. Brand strategy. Art direction. Copywriting. We help you figure out what you're actually trying to say... then we help you say it beautifully.
Creative concepting and strategy
Creative planning sessions
Market research insights
Brand design and identity
Art direction and copywriting
Graphic design and illustration
Storyboarding
Media strategy
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Editing, grading, animation, sound design, and everything that happens after the shoot. Edit suites on-site. We finish what we start.
Fast turnaround editing
Edit supervision
Colour grading
Title animation and motion design
Illustration and animation
Music composition and audio production
Podcast production
What we make
TV commercials / Brand films / Corporate video and photography / Social content / Documentary and series / Lifestyle and fashion / Architecture and design / Automotive / Product / Retail and brand activation / Drone film and photography / More…
Trusted by
Recent Work
ANIMATION & DESIGN
A Sydney base for visiting productions
Coming to Sydney for a shoot? We know the drill: scout studios, vet crews, coordinate vendors, pray the WiFi works, one PM having a breakdown in an Uber.
The Citadel is set up for a complete soup-to-nuts solution. Purpose-built studios. Sound-treated spaces. Edit suites. Scalable crew. Production facilitation.
All under one roof, all ready to go. Plug in, shoot, wrap, fly home.
