Chelsea Marine
Owner & Executive Producer — Check It Productions
She runs the strategy and the set. Both, simultaneously. That's the thing you notice first.
Chelsea Marine is the Owner and Executive Producer of Check It Productions, a boutique video production company based in Lincoln, Nebraska. She didn’t come up through film school. She came up through people. Before production, Chelsea spent years in nonprofit and community development work — leading teams, building programs, managing complexity, and doing the kind of work that requires you to understand human motivation at a deep level. When she eventually found her way into production — starting as the admin at a production company — she discovered that everything she’d spent years developing translated with unusual precision. The listening. The systems-thinking. The ability to read a room and respond to what people actually need, not just what they say they need.
She grew into producing organically, and then founded Check It after years as a senior producer — overseeing clients, crews, and full productions from strategy through delivery. She launched the company not because she wanted to do things differently, but because she wanted to understand the full scope of every project: the client goals, the strategy behind the work, and the culture on set. She wanted to be a part of it all — not just manage tasks, but lead with intention.
She also holds a psychology degree and completed graduate work in social work — not credentials she wears loudly, but a foundation that shapes how she works every day. Understanding what motivates people, what brands need to say, how to move through high-stakes environments without creating chaos — that’s not production training. That’s something else. It’s what makes her rare.
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Chelsea Marine operates at two levels simultaneously — and this is genuinely uncommon. She can sit across from a CMO and talk brand strategy, then turn around and run the full production with the same precision and presence. Most producers are either creative or operational. She’s both. That dual fluency means clients get a single point of leadership who understands every part of the project — and never has to hand off the vision to someone who wasn’t in the room when it was formed.
Chelsea Marine is known on set for her calm presence — the ability to make high-stress environments feel manageable without sacrificing focus or quality. She reads energy before she reads shot lists. She anticipates what people need before they ask for it. And she builds production cultures where real, candid moments can happen — where talent feels comfortable enough to be themselves instead of performing for a camera. That’s not a soft skill. It’s the whole job.
She also brings something that most production companies simply can’t offer: the ability to speak fluently to both clients and creatives. She translates brand goals into creative direction, and creative instincts into language clients can act on. That bridge role — between what a brand needs to say and what a director needs to make — is where Check It lives.
Outside the Work
Chelsea Marine is based in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she’s also raising four kids — a fact she’ll tell you has made her an exceptionally good producer. When she’s on travel shoots, she makes a point of finding a new hike, a waterfall, or a trail she’s never been on. She loves Colorado, the mountains, and any adventure that gets her outside. Every project takes you somewhere new — a metal fabrication shop, a construction site, a ranch in Arizona — and that’s part of what keeps the work interesting. She’s also into yoga, music, dancing, and finding ways to get outside and recharge.
She didn’t grow up thinking she was creative — she couldn’t paint or draw well, so she assumed the creative world wasn’t hers. What she’s learned is that her creativity comes out through the way she produces. Through the environments she builds on set, the teams she assembles, the moments she creates the conditions for. That realization, she says, is pretty beautiful.
“Producing is about using the gifts I was given in a very dynamic, intentional way. I feel very alive when I’m working on a project — when I reach the finish line knowing I got the right people there and we did the thing. No project is ever perfect. But the key is keeping the humans at the center of it all. Whether it’s the clients, the creative team, the crew on set, or the talent behind the camera — those people all have a story, and they’re all just doing their best. I love believing the best in everyone I work with.”
Work With Chelsea Marine
If you’re a brand, agency, or director looking for a production partner who brings strategic leadership and full execution under one roof — let’s talk.
Owner, Executive ProducerChelsea Marine
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7+ years in video production and branded content
Background in psychology and social work
Formal leadership training; nonprofit and organizational development experience
Founder & Executive Producer, Check It Productions — Lincoln, Nebraska
Works with brands and agencies nationwide
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A cinematic brand campaign celebrating the skilled trades, produced by Chelsea Marine and Check It Productions. Shot across three states in one week with a lean crew, featuring real contractors — not actors — and real job sites. 81M+ impressions, 50M+ views.
A brand story built around the identity and purpose of the people who farm. Real subjects, real land, real stakes.
Healthcare brand storytelling that centers the humans — patients and providers — rather than the institution.
Union Bank & Trust / Bank of America / Doane University / Southeast Community College
A range of institutional and B2B brand work demonstrating Check It’s range across industries, budgets, and content formats.