Chemikalen 2022
Overview
Creative Director
April 2021 - march 2022
Creative Direction
Concept Development
Audience Experience
Developed the concept, storyline and creative direction together with the scriptwriting and directing teams.
Led and coordinated 130 participants across nine creative teams.
Facilitated collaborations between team leads, and ensured everyones creative vision aligned across disciplines.
Balance creative ambition with practical constrains such as time, budget, logistics and Covid restrictions.
Most importantly ensured that everyone felt included and motivated to reach our shared goal.
Planned rehearsal schedules and ensuring weekly progression.
Leading creative collaboration
Collaboration across multiple creative disciplines brought different perspectives, work styles and needs. I learned how to facilitate productive discussion, build motivation and trust, and create alignment around a common vision.
Balancing collaboration and decision making
While I prioritised listening to different perspectives, I also learned to make difficult decisions when needed. In situation about quality, progress or safety making clear decisions was needed so that the production could move forward.
Turning ideas into reality
The concept phase was full of ambitious ideas. Over time, an important part of my role became finding feasible solutions to these ideas within the budget, time and logistics.
Planning rehearsals
Being responsible for the overall progression of the production taught me how to structure workflow, rehearsal schedules and milestones that kept all teams moving forward together.
