An Independent Multimedia Company

Expanding how stories are told, without limitation.

About AKONIC

AKONIC is an independent multimedia company creating original content across film, television, digital media, and publishing.

WE CREATE OUR OWN STORIES.

And we can create yours too.

Explore AKONIC

AKONIC Studios

Original film, television, documentary, and digital projects developed and produced by AKONIC.

AKONIC Publishing

Original editorial publications and written content exploring culture, identity, relationships, and contemporary life.

AKONIC Creative

Creative strategy, content development, and multimedia services for brands, organizations, and corporations.

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, Alexis K. Owens leads the development of AKONIC's original projects and oversees the creative strategy, development, and execution of multimedia services for clients across industries.

Alexis K. Owens, founder of AKONIC

Our Originals

Original projects from AKONIC Studios and AKONIC Publishing. Choose one to explore.

AKONIC Creative

Where ideas take shape.

AKONIC Creative provides creative strategy, content development, and multimedia services for brands, organizations, and corporations.

From websites and branded visuals to promotional videos, advertising materials, and written content, we develop creative solutions tailored to your project's needs.

Whether you need a single service or a complete creative package, AKONIC delivers original content ready for your audience.

01Creative Strategy & DevelopmentBrand strategy, content strategy, concepts & creative direction 02Content Creation & DesignGraphic design, video, advertising, copywriting & content calendars 03Website DevelopmentWebsites, landing pages & redesigns

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Creative Strategy & Development

Define your message and creative direction.

  • Brand Strategy

    Developing brand messaging, audience positioning, and creative direction that communicate your organization's identity.

  • Content Strategy

    Planning content for websites, social media, digital publications, and other platforms.

  • Creative Concept Development

    Developing original concepts for branded content, promotional projects, and multimedia series.

  • Creative Direction

    Establishing the visual approach, messaging, and creative execution of a project.

02

Content Creation & Design

Visuals, video, advertising, and written content.

  • Graphic Design

    Creating branded flyers, advertisements, brochures, promotional graphics, infographics, and digital and print materials.

  • Video Content

    Developing promotional videos, short-form content, branded videos, and digital content series.

  • Advertising & Promotional Content

    Creating advertising concepts, promotional materials, and written copy for digital, print, and multimedia advertising.

  • Copywriting & Written Content

    Writing website copy, newsletters, advertisements, articles, company profiles, and promotional messaging.

  • Content Calendars

    Developing organized content packages with written copy, graphics, and publishing schedules.

03

Website Development

Websites built to showcase your business.

  • Website Design & Development

    Developing websites that showcase your business, communicate your services, and provide customers with clear ways to connect.

  • Landing Pages

    Creating dedicated pages for specific services, products, events, and promotions.

  • Website Redesign

    Updating existing websites to improve their layout, visuals, written content, and navigation.

How We Work

Tell us what you need. We'll develop the creative solution.

AKONIC works with clients to understand their objectives, develop original concepts, and deliver completed multimedia projects.

Depending on the scope of work, we may collaborate with independent creative professionals and specialized production partners to meet project requirements.

Whether you need one creative service or a complete multimedia project, our approach is tailored to your objectives.

Have a project in mind?

Whether you're developing a new brand, launching a website, or creating multimedia content, AKONIC Creative can help you develop the materials you need.

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Subcontracting Opportunities Status: Pre-Award

Creative & Media Subcontractors

AKONIC, an independent multimedia company, is assembling a team of independent creative and media professionals to help deliver a proposed three-year marketing and advertising services contract with a public-sector client in North Carolina. Work would cover campaign planning, creative production, media placement, and reporting. Selected professionals may be included in AKONIC's proposal, with their permission.

Who
Individual professionals, not agencies
Engagement
Independent subcontracting, project-based
Location
North Carolina-based professionals only
Applications close

Seeking specialists

Eight specialties.

  • Media BuyerPlans, negotiates, and places traditional advertising: TV, radio, print, and billboards.
  • Digital & Social Media Ads SpecialistBuilds, buys, and manages paid campaigns on social media, search engines, and websites.
  • Graphic DesignerDesigns campaign visuals, digital and social ads, billboards, and print materials.
  • CopywriterWrites ad copy, scripts, headlines, and campaign messaging across channels.
  • PhotographerPlans and shoots campaign and event photography, and delivers edited images.Professional equipment required.
  • Videographer & EditorShoots and edits commercial video and social video content.Professional equipment required.
  • Audio EngineerRecords, mixes, and edits radio spots, voiceovers, and other audio.Professional equipment required.
  • Advertising AnalystTracks campaign performance and builds clear reports and dashboards on spending and results.

Production specialists must own or have access to the professional equipment required for assigned projects.

Preferred experience: advertising campaigns, multimedia projects, or institutional clients.

Independent Subcontracting | Project-Based
Opportunities are contingent upon contract award.

Apply

Share your résumé or business profile, portfolio or work samples, and general rate range. Applications close November 6, 2026.

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Your work

A website, Behance, Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube, or Vimeo link, starting with https://. For video or audio work, share a link rather than a file. Make sure the link is viewable.

We'll use this only to view your work. Consider a password you don't use anywhere else.

A résumé, or a capabilities statement or business profile if you run your own business. PDF, DOC, or DOCX. Maximum 4 MB.

Up to 1,500 characters.

Example: $65–$90, or 10–15%

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We use what you submit only to evaluate you for this opportunity and contact you about it. Your materials go to AKONIC's private business inbox, are never published or stored on this website, and are never sold.

We keep submissions for up to 12 months after the selection decision, then delete them. To update or delete yours at any time, email info@akonicentertainment.com.

Please don't include your Social Security number, date of birth, or banking details.

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1. Who we are

AKONIC Entertainment LLC (“AKONIC,” “we,” “us”) is an independent multimedia company based in North Carolina. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect personal information when you visit akonicentertainment.com, including Propriety Society and No One Like Us (the “Website”), or contact us.

2. Information we collect

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Information collected automatically

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We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect our rights or the safety of others, or as part of a merger, sale, or transfer of our business. These providers may process information in the United States.

5. We do not sell or share your information

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7. How long we keep it

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes above. Membership information is kept while your membership is active and for a reasonable period afterward. Payment and tax records are kept as long as the law requires. Subcontractor submissions are kept for up to 12 months after the selection decision.

8. Security

The Website uses encrypted (HTTPS) connections, and access to the personal information we hold is limited to people who need it. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect your information.

9. Children

The Website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. Propriety Society memberships and payments are for adults 18 and older. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

10. Other websites

Links to other sites, such as YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, are governed by those sites’ own privacy policies.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date above shows when it last changed. If we make significant changes, we will post a notice on the Website.

12. Contact us

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1. Agreement

These Terms of Use govern your use of akonicentertainment.com, including Propriety Society and No One Like Us (the “Website”), operated by AKONIC Entertainment LLC (“AKONIC,” “we,” “us”). By using the Website, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website. You must be 18 or older to purchase a membership or make a payment.

2. Our content

All content on the Website, including articles, scripts, video, images, characters, logos, and designs, is owned by AKONIC or its licensors and protected by copyright and trademark law. You may view and share links to our content for personal, non-commercial use. You may not copy, republish, sell, scrape, or distribute our content, or use it to train artificial intelligence or machine-learning systems, without our written permission.

3. Propriety Society memberships

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  • We may change prices or membership features with advance notice. Founding Member rates stay in effect while your membership remains active.

4. Supporting our projects

Contributions to support our projects, such as No One Like Us, are voluntary payments to AKONIC Entertainment LLC, a for-profit company. They are not tax-deductible donations, and they do not purchase ownership, profit participation, or any other financial interest in a project. Contributions are non-refundable except where required by law.

5. What you send us

When you send us messages, comments, or responses we invite, such as a call for reader perspectives, you confirm the content is your own. You give AKONIC permission to use, edit, and publish what you submit in connection with that invitation, without payment, and anonymously unless you agree otherwise. Subcontractor submissions through the Opportunities page are used only to evaluate you for that opportunity.

6. Unsolicited ideas and materials

AKONIC does not accept or review unsolicited scripts, screenplays, story ideas, pitches, or other creative materials. If you send them anyway, we are under no obligation to review them, keep them confidential, or compensate you, and they may be deleted without being read.

7. Acceptable use

Do not use the Website to break the law, interfere with its security or operation, attempt to access member-only content or systems without permission, send spam or harmful code, or impersonate anyone.

8. Editorial content

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9. Other websites

The Website links to third-party sites and services we do not control. We are not responsible for their content or practices.

10. Disclaimers

The Website and its content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent permitted by law. We do not guarantee the Website will always be available or error-free.

11. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, AKONIC will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of the Website. Our total liability for any claim related to the Website is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or $100, whichever is greater.

12. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute will be handled in the state or federal courts located in North Carolina.

13. Changes and contact

We may update these Terms from time to time. The “Last updated” date shows the latest version, and continued use of the Website means you accept the changes. Questions: info@akonicentertainment.com.

AKONIC Studios

No One
Like UsA Digital SitcomSeason One

100K+Views
16Episodes
12Actors
3States
Watch Season 1

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.
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Pilot ScriptComplete
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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
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Fund production costs. $5 to $100, or any amount you choose.
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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.

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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.

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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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Issue No. 05 · August 12, 2026
Identity & Self

Fun Girls vs Forever Girls

Explore how society sorts women into “fun” or “forever,” and how a label becomes a verdict on a woman’s worth.

We’ll save you the relief now: we’re not here to pit these two women against each other. This is about what happens when two women, without ever agreeing to it, are placed on opposite sides of a comparison neither of them created.

In the mind of someone else, the two of them arrive already sorted. One lives for the moment — she travels, dates, explores, embraces her independence and freedom, and makes a creative experience out of almost anything. The other is…

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Issue No. 04 · July 29, 2026
Romance & Intimacy

Desire as Creative Fuel

What Intimacy Teaches You About Making Art

There is an intensity that comes with tapping into our sexual energy, an intimacy that can transform both our personal lives and our creativity. When we allow ourselves to truly feel, to explore those deepest layers of desire and longing, we unlock inspiration that enriches our art.

But intimacy isn’t constant. It moves in waves. And I’ve learned that both its presence and its absence, and the ache of the gap between, teach you something essential about art.

I’m a writer, so my examples come from writing. But the principles translate to any medium. The sensations intimacy teaches you, trust, surrender, desire, aren’t tied to a specific craft. They’re human and show up in anything that you create.

What Your Body Knows

Let’s start with the obvious: sex fuels art because it fills your body with data.

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Issue No. 03 · July 24, 2026
Romance & Intimacy

Secrets of the Untamable Woman

People call her “too much.” “Noncommittal.” “Untamable.”

What they don’t grasp is that her wildness is a mirror reflecting their own repressed yearnings.

Her light isn’t merely brilliant; it casts shadows that intertwine with the darker corners of the human experience. Her essence both illuminates and obscures, hinting at the secrets she carries beneath her radiant surface. When she moves, the air thickens with unspoken truths, the kind that linger just out of reach, whispering dark melodies that tease the mind. Her smile, a facade of warmth, can mask the turmoil roiling beneath, and the spark in her eyes isn’t just inviting; it’s a challenge to those who accept an invitation to plumb the depths of her soul, where hidden desires clash with societal norms.

“What’s wrong with me?”

That’s the question she’s been asking since she was old enough to wonder why love always felt like a performance.

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Issue No. 02 · July 22, 2026
Romance & Intimacy

You Turned Me Off: The Lost Art of Anticipation

Picture this.

You wake up, feeling an insatiable hunger stirring deep within you. You check the date, and there it is, that time of the month when every nerve ending seems to tingle, igniting a primal urge that leaves you feeling like you could bite through a brick. You're in your 30s, close enough, and everyone around you keeps promising it only gets more intense from here. Your body is on fire, like you've just run a marathon in your sleep while your hormones rearranged your entire being.

You glance to the left and see it sitting there; maybe it's charged, maybe it's not, but it doesn't matter because it's not what you crave. What you yearn for is the weight of another body pressed against yours, the thrill of someone whispering something filthy in your ear, asking,

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Issue No. 01 · July 14, 2026
Ambition & Becoming

You Had the Right Idea Though…

You didn't get it wrong.

What if your idea was actually a good one, even if the timing didn't look the way you thought it would?

Then again, maybe it wasn't the timing at all.

Could be nobody ever told you it was a good idea.

I think that affects people more than we like to admit because validation is nice. It feels good and, truthfully, whatever you're told long enough, you start to believe anyway. If people keep questioning your idea, you question it too… until one day you simply

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