At age 23, he was signed with HSI Productions, and in 2006 Speer received the MVPA Award for Directorial Debut of the Year for the music video of "Stars" by Switchfoot.
In 2007 he won his first MTV Video Music Awards Latin America in Mexico, for his work with "Bella Traicion" by the Mexican pop sensation Belinda.
[1] In 2009, he again directed music videos for Tisdale for "It's Alright, It's OK" and "Crank It Up" from her album Guilty Pleasure.
In April 2012, Speer released a young adult novel called Immortal City, about a world in which celebrity culture revolves around supernatural beings, specifically guardian angels.
[5] In April 2013, Speer released a book called Natural Born Angel.