Michelle Tasic / Curriculum vitae

Senior Creative Director / Experiential / Cinematic Worldbuilding / Human-led AI

Johannesburg · Remote · Global

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Executive profile

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

17+ years

across AAA games, feature-film previsualisation, broadcast, digital content and experiential concept development

10+ creatives

led across multidisciplinary broadcast, digital and production work

100+ episodes

created and directed for the Lions4Life short-form documentary format on SuperSport

KSA + UAE

recent destination concept development for Qiddiya Winter Season and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi with HQ Worldwide Shows

Core capabilities

Direction, development and delivery

Experience

Professional experience

2026

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.
2023–Present

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.

2020-2022

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%.

2009-2020

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.

2009

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.

2005-2008

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

2025

MA Philosophy

University of the Witwatersrand

2018

Honours, Philosophy

University of the Witwatersrand

2005

BA Digital Media (Hons)

Otis College of Art and Design

Verified tools

Production and visual-development tools

Certifications
Apple Certified Pro - Final Cut Pro L1 & L2
Adobe Certified Associate