across AAA games, feature-film previsualisation, broadcast, digital content and experiential concept development
Michelle Tasic / Curriculum vitae
Senior Creative Director / Experiential / Cinematic Worldbuilding / Human-led AI
Johannesburg · Remote · Global
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I lead ambitious ideas from proposition and story architecture through visual development, stakeholder alignment and production-aware systems.
My experience spans cultural destinations, live experiences, AAA games, film previsualisation, broadcast and digital content. I combine cinematic craft with operational clarity and use AI as a directed development tool under human creative judgement.
Selected impact
Evidence at a glance
led across multidisciplinary broadcast, digital and production work
created and directed for the Lions4Life short-form documentary format on SuperSport
recent destination concept development for Qiddiya Winter Season and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi with HQ Worldwide Shows
Core capabilities
Direction, development and delivery
- Creative direction and pitch architecture
- Experiential narrative and guest journeys
- Cinematic storyboarding and previsualisation
- Human-led AI visual development
- Content formats and creative operations
- Team leadership, budgets and schedules
- Stakeholder alignment and executive presentations
Experience
Professional experience
Experiential Creative Direction · Project-based
HQ Worldwide Shows
- Structured cinematic guest journeys and event narratives across Qiddiya Winter Season and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi concept development.
- Art-directed AI-assisted visual sequences to test scale, atmosphere, arrival, ceremony and day-to-night continuity.
- Translated visual development into presentation systems that clarified the proposition, project status and production questions for stakeholder discussion.
Independent Creative R&D / AI-Assisted Visual Development
Independent / Johannesburg
Developed self-initiated cinematic previsualisation, visual-development and motion workflows exploring human-led use of generative tools alongside postgraduate research.
Creative & Social Media Director
TPN Credit Bureau / Johannesburg
Led digital strategy, established an in-house livestream studio and mentored a cross-functional team. Doubled YouTube engagement within six months and grew social audiences by approximately 200%.
Co-founder & Creative Director
GreenSmile Productions / Johannesburg
Led concept, production and post-production for broadcast and digital originals. Managed 10+ creatives, budgets, schedules and sponsorship integration. Created and directed more than 100 Lions4Life episodes.
Previsualisation Artist · Contract
Marvel Studios / Los Angeles
Worked within the Iron Man 2 previsualisation pipeline, developing action blocking, camera choreography and sequence timing through iterative creative feedback.
Cinematic & Storyboard Artist
Electronic Arts / Los Angeles
Contributed cinematic and storyboard development, narrative beats, cutscene or trailer work, and VFX, GUI and HUD elements for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (2007); created environment concepts and matte-painting guides for The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (2006).
Selected studios, projects & organisations
Credits with relationships stated clearly
Studios and organisationsHQ Worldwide Shows / Electronic Arts / Marvel Studios / SuperSport / TPN Credit Bureau / GreenSmile Productions
Selected project work via HQ Worldwide ShowsQiddiya Winter Season / Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Education
Academic foundation
MA Philosophy
University of the Witwatersrand
Honours, Philosophy
University of the Witwatersrand
BA Digital Media (Hons)
Otis College of Art and Design
Verified tools
Production and visual-development tools
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- After Effects
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- MotionBuilder
- Final Cut Pro
- Midjourney
- Runway
- Adobe Firefly
- Google Flow
- ChatGPT
Certifications
Apple Certified Pro - Final Cut Pro L1 & L2
Adobe Certified Associate