Jonathan Hiller
Jonathan Hiller
Boulder, CO

Stories that
move systems.

I find the emotional frequency inside complex ideas—then build the systems that carry it to millions.

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4B+
Impressions
13+yrs
Leading Teams
15+
Brand Partners

I'm a founder, brand-systems builder, & narrative architect based in Boulder, Colorado. I co-founded Parallax Innovations, an AI-native civic content studio building communications infrastructure for the reform movement. Over thirteen years leading teams, my work has generated more than 4 billion organic impressions across presidential campaigns, household-name brands, and documentary film.

How it unfolded

2013—2016
Broadcast, then digital.

Broadcast commercial director at an NBC affiliate—wrote, shot, and edited the spots that aired during the news. Saw broadcast losing to digital and founded a digital marketing agency. That pivot became the spine of everything that followed.

2016
Behind the lens, inside the machine

Filmmaker on the Clinton campaign. Created the visual aesthetic that led to 1B+ organic impressions. First encounter with story + big data at scale—and what happens when the signal breaks.

2017—2024
Growing the practice

Founded Hiller Visual. Clients include Comcast, Nestlé Purina, CNN, Techstars, Klean Kanteen, Annie's Homegrown, Noosa Yoghurt, and Human Rights Campaign. Developed the frameworks for turning brand complexity into platform-native stories.

2024
The seed of intelligence

Director of Content, RFK Jr. 2024. 2.5B+ organic impressions. Simultaneously planted the first version of the predictive content platform. When Kennedy suspended and endorsed Donald Trump, I had to sit with an uncomfortable question: what had I actually built, and for whom? The infrastructure I'd created worked exactly as designed—it just ended up serving a destination I never would have chosen. I resigned in protest. That's not a story I tell to distance myself from the work. I tell it because it's the reason I think about consequence now in a way I didn't before. It taught me that influence systems don't have values—the people who control them do. And that all of us who build are implicated in what our tools ultimately serve.

2025—Now
Co-founded Parallax

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