NIKOLAS KASINOS


Director & Producer with 10+ years experience leading global digital, film, VFX and animation campaigns for top-tier brands.




Education
BA (Hons) Film & Video
London College of Communication,
University of  the Arts London
2008 – 2011


FdA Art Media & Design
Cyprus Accademy of Arts
2004 – 2006

Nationality: Cyprus (EU)

Work History



Creative Director
Ouroboros   2014–Present

Post Producer
Lipstick/ Mirage    2023–2025

Creative Producer
PSYOP    2022–2023

Lead Producing & Projects
HelloFresh    2022

Lead Video & Motion
Delivery Hero     2018–2021

Video Director & Editor
Foodora    2017–2018





Experience


Video/Film Direction
Design Leadership
Branded Content
360 Campaigns
Commercials
Music Video
Fashion & Lifestyle
Automotive
Documentary
Full CG productions
Performance Marketing
Brand Research & Strategy
Team Management
Workshops
A/V Installation

Skills


Creative Direction
Video Production
Post-Production
   Live Action
   Animation
   VFX
   Photo
Concepting
Pitching

Communication
Project Management
Motion Design
VR Animation
Video Editing

Sound Design

Software
Creative Director
Ouroboros    2014–Present

Direction & Production of audio-visual content, from conception to realisation, primarily focusing on Music Video, Fashion, Commercials, Animation as well as AV installation and experiential design. 

Art direction, pitching, storyboarding, post production, working with freelancers, budget management, brand strategies and 360 media campaigns.







Post ProducerFreelance: Edeka, Lincoln, Nivea, Ottobock   2024–2025


VFX/Post production on lifestyle and automotive projects featuring complex live action, hybrid and CG pipelines with heavy compositing and vfx work. 

Working closely with creative directors, artists and agency creatives. Handling budgets, timelines, hiring and managing freelance artists within multiple time zones. Furthermore dealing with quality control, creative feedback and some art direction.





Creative ProducerPSYOP    2022–2023


Lead producer on high-level commercial productions (MB GLE), working closely with creative directors, artists and agency creatives, to deliver high quality results for luxury brands, within budget and on-time.

Handling timelines, budgets, hiring and managing a pool of freelance artists in Europe and the US. Quality control and close collaboration with director. CG/Comp production pipeline (Unreal/ Houdini/Maya/Nuke)  







Lead Producing & ProjectsHelloFresh    2022

Working across both video and photo work-streams, I was leading the Producing and Projects team, driving operational and creative excellence within a fast paced environment, over a broad range of productions within HelloFresh Group (6 brands globally)

Responsible for workflows and pipelines of day-to-day operations along with long term hero campaigns. Building the team, setting up foundations and strategies. Working closely with art directors, stylists and leads, while fostering collaboration between studio and headquarters, across multiple departments along with external agencies, production companies and freelancer talent.



Lead Video & MotionDeliveryHero   2018–2021


Leading the Video and Motion team, creating content for 20 brands in 40+ countries. Concepting, planning and directing internal and external video, photo and animation for online, TVC , digital OOH, as well as UGC, UX/UI and XR. Working closely with performance marketing, art directors, research, brand and campaign managers on small to major campaigns.

Consulting and coordinating the team on both production and post-production workflows.  Developing 360 global campaigns and projects in collaboration with Facebook, Snapchat and Google Unskippable Labs.

Working in a very fast paced environment on multiple projects simultaneously. Briefing external agencies, creating guidelines, facilitating workshops, complicated project management, delegating and reviewing tasks as well as managing and mentoring a team of 8 creatives.





DATA DRIVEN DESIGN

The Brand Team at Delivery Hero with its internal research team and network of creatives, analists and brand specialists was a data-driven powerhouse able to navigate the complicated and ever-evolving realm of delivery brands across multiple markets and verticals globally.

Through great collaboration we fascilitated workshops, market research and lots of testing, which would then fuel new designs, brands campaigns, gobal activations and broader behaviour for each of our brands within a comprehensive re-brand strategy.





Video Director & Editorfoodora / foodpanda   2017–2018


Leading global video team creating content for 20 countries. Setting style guides and managing project workflow from concept to delivery and further into adaptation. 

Working closely with internal content team and performance marketing to come up with new ways where video can be implemented.  Acting as an in-house video director as well as production coordinator for all local and global 360 campaigns.