media founded incorporated may 1 1984 founder ken mills and cameron james headquarters columbus ohio usa key people cameron james ceo ken mills president and coo products corporate video documentaries original broadcast programming commercials interactive media digital signage corporate meetings and events number of employees 160 website millsjames.com mills james is a creative media production and company in columbus cleveland and cincinnati ohio that creates and produces broadcast programming and documentaries corporate and institutional video and film projects infomercials television commercials interactive projects digital signage and corporate meetings and special events . additional services include custom music webcasts and webinars mobile media and digital distribution and transmission services . mills james has a staff of 160 people whose training and experience cover the creative electronic and theatrical production disciplines . they include producers directors writers special events experts set designers and builders music composers graphic artists and animators video editors audio engineers and support personnel . most work out of its columbus teleproduction center which houses studios ; editing audio and visual effects suites ; control and engineering centers ; creative services ; and administrative and business support functions . in the westbelt complex nearby is the operations center for the mills james experience group mjx the meetings and events group housing the company s inventory of lighting audio projection and av equipment as well as its logistical support staff scene shop and transportation fleet . mills james cincinnati operation serves its corporate and advertising clients in the southwestern ohio northern kentucky area with a staff of producers event specialists videographers editors graphics designers and technicians . mills james cleveland facilities are located in the historic bradley building in the warehouse district downtown and include studio video editing and fiber optic digital transmission operations for broadcast programming and news feeds . contents 1 productions 2 services 3 history 4 notes and references 5 external links productions edit mills james produces commercials original television productions documentaries infomercials news feeds corporate videos interactive media and special events for companies and organizations including victoria s secret the ohio state university procter & gamble nationwide insurance fox news and scotts miracle gro company . several mills james half hour television series are currently airing on tv stations around the country . the piano guy with scott houston a multiple emmy award winning how to program airs nationally on public television and cash explosion the ohio lottery s weekly game show is broadcast saturday evenings on a 12 station statewide network . mills james also telecasts the ohio lottery daily game drawings live from its cleveland studio operation . a mills james recent film is the cartoonist a feature length documentary about the life and work of jeff smith creator of the graphic novel series bone . 1 services edit mills james practices what it terms the art and science of modern storytelling combining ideas and technology into designed messages for sales and marketing communications brand management investor relations change management employee communications and public relations . mills james services include post production and visual effects studio and location production audio production and custom music digital signage and interactive media meetings and live events history edit mills james began in may 1984 when ken mills and cameron james opened their office in the canterbury building on olentangy river road just north of the ohio state university main campus . with the addition of staff and equipment they quickly outgrew the space . in late 1985 mills james bought its first building the former beechwold public library on north high street . extra space on the lower level was occupied by another fledgling company character builders a cel animation firm . in 1988 mills james acquired the audio and video facilities and staff of the production division of discovery systems moving into discovery s building off post road in dublin . 2 this acquisition more than doubled the size of the firm . shortly afterward the company began searching for larger quarters a location which would accommodate larger studios for film and video shoots out of airplane flight paths to eliminate unwanted noise in the studios and would offer room for expansion . on may 1 1990 the company s sixth anniversary mills james broke ground for construction of the first phase of its present facility on fishinger boulevard a 25 000 square foot 2 300 m2 building on 3.3 acres 13 000 m2 in the mill run development . the teleproduction center was completed in november 1990 . in 1992 mills james was named ohio small business of the year by the u.s. small business administration honored at ceremonies in washington d.c. 3 a year later ken mills and cameron james were recognized with entrepreneur of the year awards sponsored by ernst & young . by 1995 with over 50 associates on staff mills james had begun to outgrow its original building 4 and began construction on a 22 000 square feet 2 000 m2 addition to the original building . the new space included its signature two story glass atrium additional editing and visual effects suites a presentation theater and a media vault . the addition opened in december with a reception honoring radio and television veterans of the 1950s and 60s . in 2003 mills james became the home for production of the ohio lottery s cash explosion weekly television game show which had been produced in cleveland since the program s inception . 5 in 2005 mills james purchased a 20 000 square foot 1 900 m2 building on 2.5 acres 10 000 m2 in the westbelt complex off roberts road west of i 270 to house the technical facilities of its meetings and events group . in 2006 a building expansion enclosed the loading docks and added space for a scene shop and set storage . in 2007 the company announced the formation of its employee stock option plan esop which would transfer partial ownership of the firm to its associates . 6 in february 2010 mills james expanded its cincinnati operation to better serve its clients in the tri state region southwestern ohio southeastern indiana and northern kentucky . 7 the firm added staff and facilities to offer more video broadcast audio web interactive and corporate meeting and special event services . in 2011 mills james undertook a year long expansion and upgrade of its teleproduction facilities including construction of a third studio and two additional editing suites as well as upgrades to its video transmission compression and live event capabilities . 8 later in the year mills james expanded its digital signage services with the launch of vitalsigns a digital signage solution that combines hardware message creation content managagment and long term support into a single service . 9 in 2013 mills james opened its cleveland operation with studio video editing and digital fiber optic video transmission facilities designed for broadcast programming and news feeds . it is home to the ohio lottery s daily drawings broadcasts which are carried by a statewide network of television stations . 10 notes and references edit wexner center for the arts news release may 22 2009 production company to buy unit of discovery systems . columbus dispatch saturday august 27 1988 mills james wins top small business award . columbus dispatch thursday march 19 1992 state of the art equipment produces results for mills james . columbus dispatch monday june 14 1993 author barnet d. wolf cash explosion moving to columbus . columbus dispatch april 17 2003 author tim feran http columbus.bizjournals.com columbus stories 2007 04 09 story5.html business first columbus april 9 2007 mills james to expand in cincinnati cincinnati business courier monday february 8 2010 http cincinnati.bizjournals.com cincinnati stories 2010 02 08 daily5.html mills james completes major teleproduction facilities expansion columbus dispatch april 5 2011 pg . b4 mills james simplifies digital signage with vitalsigns columbus dispatch november 1 2011 pg . b5 mills james expanding to cleveland to broadcast ohio lottery daily drawings business first columbus friday july 9 2013 http www.bizjournals.com columbus news 2013 07 09 mills james expanding to cleveland to.html external links edit mills james retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mills james & oldid 718938906 categories media companies of the united statescommunications and media organizations based in the united statesfilm production companies of the united statesvideo production companiescompanies established in 1984companies based in the columbus ohio metropolitan area navigation menu 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