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What is Pirate Republic?

A consortium of experts in their fields - all in one place.

Pirate Republic is an independent production company specializing in all aspects of video and live event production and project management.

We’re experts in live event production, technical management, and broadcast video engineering services. Additionally, we can support your projects with digital content creation, social media and online marketing and website development.

Need a new piece of gear to make your next production stellar? We can do that too. Pirate Republic offers new and used equipment sales from a variety of premium equipment partners.

“Now and then we had a hope, that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be Pirates.”

— Mark Twain

Who is Pirate Republic?

Michael Kendlick

Michael is President and CEO of Pirate Republic. Mike is an Emmy nominated director and SBE Certified Broadcast Engineer (2004 – 2009) with over 25 years in the industry. In 1994 Mike started in local broadcast and network television while earning his Bachelors Degree. While working in a variety of technical positions with cable and broadcast networks Mike was able to grow a successful freelance career as a Director and Technical Director in sports and live events. In March of 2017, Mike decided to step out on his own creating Pirate Republic, a one-stop-shop for production, live event management and marketing that aggregates the best of the best across the video production landscape.

Jessica Kendlick

Jessica is Pirate Republic’s Vice President of Operations and brings over 20 years’ experience in video production design and management to the team. She specializes in corporate communications and live events, with a focus on creating engaging multi-platform digital and streaming content.

A self-described “creative nerd” she has a passion for analytics and a focus on information design. Jessica is able to help clients build strong relationships with their audiences through clear and compelling visual experiences.

Jessica is a seasoned leader who people naturally gravitate toward and she excels at engaging teams of creative professionals around the vision and execution of client projects.

Why Chose “Pirate Republic” for a name?

From Michael - “Throughout my career I have met the most amazing and talented people in this industry and have had the privilege of pulling those people together to produce great television. When I started my own production company, I really wanted a name that was inclusive of all of these people. We succeed in this industry when the entire team works to achieve the same goal.
Pirates were always a fascination of mine and the more I thought about how they worked I realized that there were parallels between a Pirate or Privateer crew and a freelance production crew. Pirates were masters of their trades. In most cases they were better than their naval counterparts. When the governor of an island needed help protecting their colony, he would seek out a captain and issue them a license to capture enemy shipping in exchange for their help defending the island. The captain made a deal with someone who owned a ship and headed down to the tavern to hire a crew. The crew including the captain agreed to a set of rules or articles that set the terms of employment from compensation to conduct. Each crew member was free to agree and sign on to the voyage or not. The crew was essentially freelance. They worked when they wanted or needed to. When you think about this it sounds very familiar. When a client or a producer has a project they hire a director, book a mobile unit, call a crewing company and an incredibly talented group of professionals come together to produce amazing television.”

A little bit of what we do

Broadcast & Video

From sports and fireworks to parades and telethons Pirate Republic has over 25 years of experience producing a wide variety of live television events. We can help package your production from concept to completion. We’ll guide you through pre-production of graphics and video content creation, to show day with broadcast facilities and crew, to air with transmission and airtime buys. Throughout the entire process we can gather the audience for your production with website creation, social media and digital marketing.

Corporate & Live Events

Need to engage your employees or the public? Pirate Republic creates an immersive experience with lights, audio, and video production that tells your story and delivers your message while captivating and entertaining the audience. We’re proud to say we have 3 Fortune 50 companies as regular clients.

Production & Technical Management

Have all the pieces for your next production but need someone to lead the crew to put them together? Pirate Republic has provided production and technical management on a variety of shows from live sports, including NFL preseason football, to parades and telethons. We are hands on leaders with technical expertise that get things done on time and on budget.

Broadcast Engineering Services

Pirate Republic provides a unique set of skills that combine engineering and production. We provide EIC’s that know what it takes to get a production on the air using facilities that fit the space or budget and range from flightpacks or flypacks to 53’ mobile units and we aren’t just good in the field we can help with your facilities next upgrade with equipment integration and installation.

New & Used Broadcast & Video Equipment

Pirate Republic is a Ross Video reseller and has access to all of the major equipment lines. We believe in using our experience in the production world to help our customers find the right piece of gear new or used that meets their needs and fits their budget.

Digital Marketing

No video project is complete without an audience, and Pirate Republic can help you find, connect with and grow that audience. Whether your needs are for creation and design of traditional marketing tactics like flyers, print advertisements and commercial scripting or more digitally focused on social media and online tactics we have a team of seasoned experts to help bring your marketing to life and engage your audience. We specialize in social media and online content design and strategy and website design as well as research and analysis of customer experience metrics and results driven grass roots tactics. Whatever you can dream up, we can help take your marketing game to the next level.