Bob Thill

President and Owner

Bob Thill has more than 25 years of professional broadcast experience as both an award-winning TV reporter and news anchor.

Bob spent much of his career behind the anchor desk at the NBC and CBS affiliate stations in Kansas City. His journalistic skills earned Press Club Awards, and he's reported on everything from space shuttle launches to presidential campaigns.

Bob started Thill Media LLC in 1993. Since then, he and his award-winning staff have produced a spectrum of corporate videos for Fortune 500 companies to image videos for Charitable Foundations. Now, focused behind the camera, Bob uses his storytelling skills, script writing and voice to make informative, memorable and, most importantly, entertaining, easy to watch videos.

Additionally, Bob also uses his knowledge of the broadcast industry to media train executives for many successful companies.

Dave Simmons

Creative Director/Editor/Videographer

Joining Thill Media's creative team as an editor, designer and production coordinator in 2000, Dave brings his years of broadcast & production experience to each project.

In his career - as well as at Thill Media - Dave wears many hats: producer, writer, editor, graphic designer and videographer. He's worked at a number of local broadcast stations and his camera work has been featured on several national cable outlets.

Some awards include:

• Regional Emmy for individual achievement in Promotions Production
• Regional Emmy for Documentary Production (for a program on KC's rich jazz heritage)
• Gold Medallion from Promax/BDA for spot promotion

But his most important project is the one in front of him right now - your project. He looks forward to putting his experience and talents to work for you.

Tom James

Production Coordinator/Videographer

Tom comes to Thill Media from a background in graphic design, web development and wildlife photography.

An avid fly fisher, Tom's video production focus has been on capturing , preserving and passing along the art of angling.

On your projects, Tom puts all of the pieces into place as our Production Coordinator. From scouting locations and storyboards to pulling together the area's top talent, Tom makes sure that every detail gets the attention you deserve.

From behind the camera, Tom lends the same eye to those details. He serves as videographer, producer and director on several of our projects.

The team at Thill Media is small on size but large on talent. With Tom's help, we're able to deliver a quality, compelling product - on budget, on time, everytime.

Lauren Kurlbaum

Sales/Marketing

Lauren Kurlbaum comes to Thill Media with a background in print, advertising, design and brand imaging. In addition to focusing on Thill Media's sales, marketing and client relations, Lauren's experience brings a whole new dimension to what we have to offer and adds some creative depth to our roster.

She's a Kansas State grad with a degree in Advertising and a minor in Spanish (she spent a semester in Seville, Spain to get it just right). Most recently, she was an account executive for the national newspaper group Village Voice Media, where she excelled in sales and brand marketing.

From your first contat with Thill Media to the final delivery of your project, Lauren's focus is to make sure that your marketing efforts meet, and exceed, your expectations.