Creative Holding Company — Est. 2020

We build what the industry keeps skipping over — real tools, real teams, and studios where craft actually comes first.

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Founded by Chris Norvold · 2020
Storytelling Creative Direction Film & Content Brand Campaigns Creative Platform Creative Strategy Endurance Sports Outdoor Industry Storytelling Creative Direction Film & Content Brand Campaigns Creative Platform Creative Strategy Endurance Sports Outdoor Industry
Our Portfolio
The
Ventures
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Social Media Platform

A social platform built for creatives to showcase work, find opportunities, and connect with people who make things that matter. Think LinkedIn meets Upwork — built with community at the core, not engagement metrics.

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Creative Agency

NRVD's flagship creative agency, specializing in storytelling-driven content for athletes, brands, and campaigns in the outdoor and endurance space. Known for landmark work with Cannondale, EF Pro Cycling, and more.

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Creator Marketplace — Music & Culture

We teamed up with our friends at The Lyrically Book to create TLB Connect — a high-contrast creator marketplace streamlining collaboration between brands and artists in the music and culture space.

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What's Missing
The Vision

NRVD started with a camera and a frustration. Every project we build exists because something was missing — and nobody else was making it right.

The Standard

Whether we're on a race course or building a platform, the rule is the same: make something you'd actually be proud of. No padding. No optics. Just the work.

The Portfolio

Three ventures. All built because we got tired of waiting for someone else to do it right.

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Mission
The Founder
Chris
Norvold
Role Filmmaker & Founder
Company NRVD LLC
Discipline Storytelling & Strategy
Roots Endurance Sports & Film

I've spent most of my career behind a camera in some pretty unglamorous places — chasing cyclists through mud, freezing on mountain bike trails at 5am, trying to make a 10-second clip feel like a full story. That's where NRVD started. Not in a boardroom.

"I kept seeing the same gaps over and over — in how creatives get hired, how stories get told, how talent gets treated. So I started building the things I wished existed."

Pursue came first — a creative agency doing real work for real athletes and brands. The kind of stuff where the story actually matters. From there, Crafted was born out of pure frustration with how hard it is to find good creative work and good creative people in the same place.

None of this was planned on a whiteboard. It grew from doing the work, staying close to the people doing it, and refusing to build something I wouldn't personally use.

Careers
We
Love Creatives

If you make things that actually mean something, you'll fit right in.

We're not looking for résumés. We're looking for people who give a damn about what they make.

Filmmaker Designer Editor Developer Strategist Photographer Copywriter Art Director Motion Designer Brand Consultant
Find Opportunities on Crafted →
Our Platform

All opportunities go through Crafted. No algorithm noise, no inflated postings — just real work from people who know what good looks like.

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Create a Profile Build your creative portfolio and showcase what you make.
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Browse Opportunities Find freelance and full-time roles across the NRVD portfolio and beyond.
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Get to Work Connect directly with teams that care as much about the craft as you do.
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