dionis schmidt
hello, world i’m  — Creative Producer
about me
Creative producer in music and culture. I turn ideas into things people can
attend, hold and use: a showcase festival, an immersive sound installation, a
120-page print magazine, a map of music places. Founder of Paprika, an
independent people-curated music media with a 32-person team, events in
three cities and its own products. Before that, three years producing digital
projects for startups at a go-to-market studio. I lead from concept to delivery —
team, partners, money, venue, design and PR — often remotely and on tight
budgets.
tbilisi · remote | 23 y.o.
selected work
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Paprika Loves: Krasnodar26· showcase festival, 2026
mail deniskostyukov@gmail.com
My idea, produced remotely: team, investors, partners, venue, line-up. 19 artists, 2
in linkedin.com/in/denis-kostiukov
stages, ~400 guests, closed in profit; spin-off zine and cassette.
Out of Rage· immersive audio installation, 2026
languages Art director and creative producer of a 40-speaker sound labyrinth at fābula HQ,
russian — native Moscow.
english — C1 IMPROMPTU· music & dance improvisation, 2026
My concept, production and PR: 3 musical acts, 16 dancers, investor-funded; ~200
tickets sold.
Silent Riot· print magazine, 2024–2026
Editor-in-chief and art director of a 120-page issue; 227,950 ₽ crowdfunded from 64
backers.
experience #1
Paprika Magazine, music multimedia Founder / Editor-in-Chief | 08.2021 – present
• Grew a personal music page into a people-curated multimedia with a 32-person volunteer team, ~33K followers on
Instagram and 4.7K on Telegram.
• Produced around 10 own events in Moscow, St Petersburg and Krasnodar — talks, screenings, parties, an installation and a
festival — mostly remotely.
• Initiated partnerships with Signal festival, MMOMA, Cisterna × T-Bank, Beat Film Festival, fābula HQ and 15+ independent
media, labels and venues.
• Funded projects without a budget: crowdfunding, sponsors, an investor, a paid community and our own products.
• Launched physical products: postcards in 10+ shops and on Yandex Market and Ozon, a T-shirt collab, a zine and a cassette.
• Built the team through open calls (100+ applications per round), interviews and a CRM; led three rebrands.
• Produced and edited reels reaching up to ~3M views; produced the Paprika Talks podcast.
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experience #2
Yomoho, go-to-market studio for startups Project Manager / Creative Producer | 2022 – 2025
• Two years producing for a hyperlocal delivery startup (15min): landing pages, marketing campaigns, promo videos and
Telegram bots, incl. co-projects with Russian Post and Tochka Bank.
• Ran identity and website projects for Paykilla (crypto, Singapore), Proday Partners (seller consulting) and rusimp.su.
• Led brand and business-model work for a premium confectionery brand: customer interviews, stakeholder meetings, referral
partnerships.
• Coordinated designers, developers, copywriters, marketers and video producers; ran workshops and client presentations.
experience #3
Studio__4321, design studio, Amsterdam Creative Direction (freelance) | 2025 – 2026
• Creative direction on –5 projects for music and event brands: concepts, identity choices, presentations and proposals.
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experience # 4
Agent ssues, print maga ine, aris
I z P Social Media Brand Strategy | 2025 &
• Brand strategy for the maga ine s rebrand; social media content, post and cover designs.
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concept to delivery Remote eadership run teams and e ents from another ity
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C reati e art dire tion on epts, isua anguage, set and print
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Resour efu ness make things happen on tight udgets
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design
Negotiation ear, honest dia ogue ith artists, enues and
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C uration programming ine-ups, open a s, ta ks, s reenings
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partners
P artnerships festi a s, museums, a e s, enues, sponsors,
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Stru ture in haos turn messy, un ear riefs into p ans
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investors
T eam ui ding hiring and eading o unteer and free an e teams
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PR & c ontent ampaigns, so ia media, ree s, pod asts
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education
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics 2021 – 202
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spe ia ity management in so ia and inno ati e entrepreneurship
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you can learn more about Dionis Schmidt by writing here: tg @dionis_schmidt
mail deniskostyukov@gmail.com