About
Oliver Karstel is a professional content production agency based in South Africa, with broad-spectrum specialization in all types of content production. We help our clients achieve effective communication through content production.Founded in 2012, we are a specialised business-to-business content production and video production agency with a curious perspective on the data-driven and ever-evolving market. We take a clever, creative and no-bullsh*t approach to creating honest client-customer content.
“We learn who we are in practice, not in theory.” – David Epstein, Author of Range: Why generalists triumph in a specialised world
What do we do?
With our agency roots set in photography and video production, and through interest combined with market demand, we progressed into all areas of inbound and outbound content marketing, including Graphic Design, Web Development, E-Commerce Development and SEO. As the digital market continued to evolve, we began to specialise in niche fields such as Animation, 3D Modelling, Virtual Reality and E-learning Development. With our generalist approach, we’ve developed an arsenal of tools that we use to assist our clients in acquiring and retaining customers.
Who do we work with?
We work with medium to large businesses as well as multinationals, government and intergovernmental organizations. We cover a multitude of different industries, including mining, engineering, power generation, logistics, distribution, industrial manufacturing, food manufacturing, financial services, environmental, construction and architecture. We assist our clients with a variety of services, including all types of photography and video production, as well as web development and complex content marketing strategies.
Oliver Karstel (Pty) Ltd is managed and run by a husband and wife team with a supporting staff of 7.
Our highly skilled and tight-knit team has a wide array of skills ranging from Video Production, eLearning Development, Software Development, Search Engine Optimisation, Animation, Web Development, and many more.
Oliver Karstel
CEO | Lead Photographer | VideographerOver the past 9 years, Oliver has focused and built up an arsenal of skills ranging from photography, videography and graphic design to web development and animation, He also retains extensive knowledge of business to business marketing and business development. Oliver possess a seemingly endless supply of passion and drive that he applies to every aspect of his work, he is thorough and always ready to learn, no wonder he has received a wide variety of awards and has been published both locally and internationally.
Nicola Karstel
Digital Content Developer | Animator | Web DesignerWith a BSc Honours background, she has acquired and mastered the skill of research and is able to apply it to all aspects of her work. She is well versed in web design, 2D and 3D animation, graphic design and illustration. Nicola is what one would consider a perfectionist; she works hard to develop content that surpasses client expectation. She has worked on large projects for both local and international companies and doesn’t shy down from a challenge.