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EyeQ Friday Fails Series Reel
EyeQ Monitoring logo
Work completed while employed with d2

Security footage meets TikTok brain + a content engine that ships

A recurring short-form series and five focused GPT tools helped a security brand publish faster without losing its voice.

See what changed

What had to change.

Most security brands market with fear. Sirens. Break-ins. Paranoia. Stock footage of hoodies. EyeQ wanted reach with small business owners and younger managers, but without triggering the "Big Brother" vibe. The real challenge wasn't "make content." It was: make surveillance feel normal, helpful, and shareable.

What we built.

Each piece had a job. Together, they moved the same decision forward.

  1. Content & Editorial

    Created the recurring “Friday Fails” video series and AI tools that ship on-brand content fast.

  2. Activation & Growth

    Made surveillance feel likable and shareable, driving the brand's best-ever weekly engagement.

From the page to the guide

I designed these EyeQ landing pages and their supporting download artwork while at d2, with supporting copy, positioning and campaign strategy. These current website captures show the design in context.

EyeQ Smart Security Guide landing page, captured September 2026
EyeQ Smart Security Guide cover design
EyeQ Dealership Success Toolkit landing page, captured September 2026
EyeQ Dealership Success Toolkit cover design

"Friday Fails" Short-Form Series

Platform-Native Creative

The team built "Friday Fails" around real surveillance moments that were strange, familiar, or funny. The same beat structure returned each week, so viewers knew what they were watching and the product could stay present without leaning on fear.

What this included
  • Beat structure: hook → reveal → caption payoff → brand tag
  • Type treatments, lower-thirds, punch-card captions, end cards
  • Weekly cadence plan anchoring engagement and expectation
Friday Fails: Thwarted Burglary
Friday Fails: Bold Car Heist Stopped
Friday Fails: Caught Red-Handed
Friday Fails: Dealership Thieves

AI-Enhanced Brand Video

The Weird Companion Piece

Michael performed the short on green screen, then the team used facial tracking and voice modulation to swap in the EyeQ mark. The oddness carried the idea before a feature list had to.

EyeQ Thanksgiving Head-Swap Video

AI-Fueled Content Workflows

The Infrastructure Play

Michael built five focused GPT tools. One found topics, one assembled sources, one drafted, one shaped landing pages, and Vigil kept the sales language consistent. The handoffs got faster without letting the voice wander.

What this included
  • Type & Topic Generator: picks from five proven blog templates
  • Blog Researcher: builds structured knowledge packs with citations
  • Blog Writer 9000: publish-ready drafts with Flesch-Kincaid ~60
  • Landing Page Writer: conversion-focused, friction-reducing copy
  • Vigil: AI mascot + sales guide with consistent, on-brand responses
EyeQ Vigil AI Mascot and Content System
EyeQ Blog Workflow Suite Demo
EyeQ Custom AI Agent Demo

What changed.

A recurring format gave the audience something recognizable to return to. The tools behind it shortened the handoffs without deciding what was worth publishing.

#1

Weekly Engagement

In brand history

5

GPT Tools

End-to-end pipeline

60

Readability Score

Flesch-Kincaid target

See the full result record
  • Highest weekly engagement in brand history
  • Lift in subscribers/followers on YouTube + Instagram
  • Content turnaround time slashed via automated research and first-draft pipelines
  • Consistent brand voice locked across blogs, landing pages, and interactions
  • Internal validation: "We've never seen anything like this in our space."

The people behind the work.

Motion + Edit: Chi-Quynh Nguyen (Produced by Chi). Role: Art Direction, Concept, Storyboards, Copy/Scripting (Michael Sebastian, at d2)

Michael Sebastian
Art Direction, Concept, Storyboards, Copy · Concept, Performance, AI Direction · Strategy, System Design, Prompt Engineering
Jordan Mkwanazi
Series Structure, Cadence Planning, Distribution Push
Chi-Quynh Nguyen
Animation, Editing, Post-Production · Production, Editing, VFX

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Bring the expertise people should care about. We will find the format that makes it worth following.

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