An Independent Multimedia Company

Expanding how stories are told, without limitation.

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About AKONIC

AKONIC is an independent multimedia company creating original content across film, television, digital media, and publishing, connecting audiences, brands, and organizations through compelling storytelling.

WE CREATE OUR OWN STORIES.

And we can create yours too.

Start with ours, or start with yours.

AKONIC Originals

AKONIC Originals develops and produces original content across film, television, digital media, and publishing. We create independent work shaped by original ideas, distinctive perspectives, and creative expression.

AKONIC Creative

AKONIC Creative partners with brands, organizations, and corporations to develop creative strategies, original concepts, and multimedia content. Our expertise spans creative direction, digital media, graphic design, and editorial development, delivering creative solutions across multiple platforms.

Meet the Founder

Alexis K. Owens

Alexis K. Owens is the founder of AKONIC, bringing more than 15 years of experience across entertainment, multimedia production, and creative development.

Her professional background includes creative and multimedia projects with Duke University, alongside film and television credits associated with PBS North Carolina, NBC, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video, CBS 6 (WTVR), and FOX SOUL. Her expertise spans creative strategy, project development, writing, production, and creative direction. Her work has helped shape digital media initiatives, expand audience connections, and strengthen organizational visibility, with measurable success in audience engagement and growth.

As founder, she oversees AKONIC's original productions and client-focused creative initiatives, combining strategic planning, creative vision, and project leadership to deliver multimedia solutions across film, television, digital media, and publishing.

Alexis K. Owens, founder of AKONIC

Our Originals

Original stories across film, television, digital media, and publishing. Choose one to explore.

Services

Where ideas take shape.

Every brand has a unique identity. AKONIC develops creative strategies, original concepts, and multimedia solutions that connect businesses with the audiences they want to reach.

We partner with brands, organizations, and corporations to deliver creative projects across digital media, design, and publishing, combining original thinking with a structured approach to development and execution.

01Creative Strategy 02Creative Concept 03Content Creation

Comprehensive creative solutions or individual services tailored to your project's needs.

01

Creative Strategy

A clear direction starts with a defined strategy.

We establish the foundation for effective creative development by identifying your objectives, defining your audience, and developing the narrative and messaging that guide your project.

Brand Narrative

Develop a written company narrative that communicates your mission, values, background, and the distinctive qualities of your business.

Audience & Positioning

Identify your target audiences, assess their interests and needs, and establish how your business is positioned within its industry.

Core Messaging

Develop key messages, talking points, and written language that communicate your value consistently across digital platforms, publications, and organizational materials.

Project DeliverablesA creative strategy document outlining your narrative, audience profiles, positioning, and core messaging, providing a defined foundation for future creative development.

Additional services include founder narratives and professional biographies for entrepreneurs, executives, and founder-led organizations.

02

Creative Concept

Original concepts. Defined creative direction.

We develop original concepts that translate your objectives into structured creative projects. From initial development to visual direction and content planning, we establish the framework, formats, and creative approach needed for production.

Concept Development

Develop original concepts for branded content series, digital projects, organizational features, and multimedia experiences, including their objectives, format, and creative approach.

Visual Direction

Establish the visual identity of your project through mood boards, design references, imagery, typography, color palettes, and overall aesthetic direction.

Content Planning

Define the multimedia components, platform requirements, and production priorities needed to execute your project across its intended channels.

Project DeliverablesA creative concept presentation containing the approved concept, visual direction, recommended content formats, and proposed production plan.

03

Content Creation

Multimedia solutions across platforms.

We develop and produce multimedia content for digital, web, and print applications. Our services support a range of creative needs, from individual content assets to coordinated multimedia projects, with finished materials delivered according to your project's specifications.

Social Media Video

Short-form videos, animated content, and digitally produced video materials developed for audience engagement across social platforms.

Branded Visuals

Custom graphics, infographics, digital flyers, promotional materials, and motion graphics designed for social media, websites, digital publications, and print.

Website Development

Custom websites, landing pages, and website redesigns, including page layouts, branded design elements, content organization, service information, and user navigation.

Written Content

Newsletters, email announcements, website copy, company profiles, feature articles, and editorial materials developed for digital and print publication.

Content Calendar

Organized publishing schedules containing written captions, content topics, creative assets, and recommended publication dates, prepared for your team's use.

Project DeliverablesCompleted multimedia materials supplied in the agreed-upon formats and specifications, ready for distribution, publication, or implementation.

How We Work

Creative expertise. Professional execution.

AKONIC provides project-based creative solutions tailored to the objectives, scope, and requirements of each engagement.

Clients can engage us for individual services or comprehensive projects encompassing strategy, concept development, and multimedia content creation.

Our approach includes defining project requirements, establishing creative direction, coordinating production, and delivering completed materials according to the agreed-upon scope.

For projects requiring additional expertise, AKONIC collaborates with independent creative professionals and specialized production resources to support project execution.

From initial development through final delivery, we provide a structured creative process with clearly defined deliverables.

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An AKONIC Original

No One
Like UsA Digital SitcomSeason One

100K+Views
16Episodes
12Actors
3States

Who do you become
when you stop living
for everyone else?

Vertical Sitcom Comedy · Drama Season 1 Streaming Multi-Platform
No One Like Us official poster featuring the five main cast members
Series Overview

Grounded humor.
Emotional truth.

No One Like Us is a digital sitcom made with 12 actors across 3 states who have never met in person. The cast shot all 16 episodes using cell phones and green screens.

It follows Lisa Turner, a late-blooming, high-spirited woman in her early 30s who finally gets her own apartment, her own career, and her own life, only to discover that freedom requires boundaries she's never been taught to set, especially with the people she loves most.

Comedic in rhythm and dramatic in truth, No One Like Us follows Lisa and her tight-knit circle of friends as love, obligation, and identity collide. In the lineage of The Jeffersons, Living Single, and Insecure, it's a comedy about boundaries, friendship, and blooming late, with a modern answer to the myth that your 30s are supposed to look figured out.

▶  Watch the Digital Sitcom
Series Update

Help Us With The Next Chapter.
Here's what we have.

We're seeking financing and partners to film the pilot and move No One Like Us forward.

No One Like Us was intentionally developed to live as both a sitcom and an American dramedy series. The pilot script, pitch deck, series overview, and show bible are ready, with five seasons mapped out.

The Digital Sitcom
The digital sitcom begins to show what happened after she left.
Season One · Streaming Now
Sitcom or Dramedy
The next chapter expands that world into a full-length series for the screen.
Scripted · Seeking Financing
Pilot ScriptComplete
Pitch DeckComplete
Series OverviewComplete
Show BibleComplete
Get Involved

Here's How
You Can Help.

If you believe in independent storytelling and want to help us make this happen, here's where to start.

01 · Donate
Contribute to the Pilot
Fund production costs. $5 to $100, or any amount you choose.
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How should we credit you?

A receipt is emailed to you automatically.

02 · Connect
Make an Introduction
Know a producer, investor, or exec? Introduce us.

We're looking to connect with producers, production partners, investors, entertainment executives, brands, and other industry professionals interested in helping independent IP grow. If someone comes to mind, we'd love an introduction.

We'll follow up directly by email.

03 · Share
Share the Series
Send the page to someone who'd love this.

Send this page to someone who loves sitcoms, independent television, or emerging creators, or share it on social media.

04 · Join
Join the Support List
Add your name. Proof this show has an audience.

Want to see No One Like Us on screen? Help us demonstrate that there's an audience ready for the next chapter. Add your name and be the first to hear about production updates, casting, screenings, and the road to the pilot.

Be counted. Be first to know.

An independent production · AKONIC Studios
Meet The Characters

Five friends. One mama.
Six different versions of growing up.

Lisa Turner, wearing a white bucket hat against a hot pink background
Lisa
The Late Bloomer

Finally choosing herself after a lifetime of living for everyone else.

Darrin in a pink blazer against a blue background
Darrin
The Grounded Protector

Steady and present. The calm at the center of Lisa's new life.

Rene singing into a microphone against a yellow background
Rene
The Hidden Endurer

The funniest one in the room, carrying more than she ever shows.

Shaun in a football jersey against a red background
Shaun
The Player

Still living off the echo of who he used to be back in college.

Kesha in a cream blazer against an orange background
Kesha
The No-Nonsense Friend

Catches flights, not feelings. Ten steps ahead, or so she says.

Mama Sheryl at her desk, looking back over her shoulder
Mama Sheryl
The Matriarch

The woman Lisa loves most, even when Mama Sheryl's love looks like control.

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