I’m a creative leader and strategic producer with 10+ years’ experience in art direction, branded storytelling, digital content strategy and multimedia campaigns for global organisations. I direct cross-disciplinary teams across design, video and digital to deliver award-winning outputs, and I bring a background in journalism focused on digital video, documentary and social-first storytelling. I combine editorial instincts with a sharp digital content sense and art direction expertise to ensure campaigns are visually distinctive, editorially rigorous and strategically aligned to brand goals. Known for blending creative vision with structured storytelling, I bridge strategy and execution to deliver content that informs, inspires and connects with audiences worldwide. I currently freelance, offering creative operations consulting and production support to video teams, advising on workflows and resource planning for digital-first campaigns while also contributing hands-on production work in video and motion graphics.…

Cormac O’Brien

I’m a creative leader and strategic producer with 10+ years’ experience in art direction, branded storytelling, digital content strategy and multimedia campaigns for global organisations. I direct cross-disciplinary teams across design, video and digital to deliver award-winning outputs, and I bring a background in journalism focused on digital video, documentary and social-first storytelling. I combine editorial instincts with a sharp digital content sense and art direction expertise to ensure campaigns are visually distinctive, editorially rigorous and strategically aligned to brand goals. Known for blending creative vision with structured storytelling, I bridge strategy and execution to deliver content that informs, inspires and connects with audiences worldwide. I currently freelance, offering creative operations consulting and production support to video teams, advising on workflows and resource planning for digital-first campaigns while also contributing hands-on production work in video and motion graphics.…

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I’m a creative leader and strategic producer with 10+ years’ experience in art direction, branded storytelling, digital content strategy and multimedia campaigns for global organisations. I direct cross-disciplinary teams across design, video and digital to deliver award-winning outputs, and I bring a background in journalism focused on digital video, documentary and social-first storytelling.

I combine editorial instincts with a sharp digital content sense and art direction expertise to ensure campaigns are visually distinctive, editorially rigorous and strategically aligned to brand goals. Known for blending creative vision with structured storytelling, I bridge strategy and execution to deliver content that informs, inspires and connects with audiences worldwide. I currently freelance, offering creative operations consulting and production support to video teams, advising on workflows and resource planning for digital-first campaigns while also contributing hands-on production work in video and motion graphics.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Career Break Travel & Exploration
August 31, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Personal sabbatical to travel and spend time with loved ones.
Freelance Producer at Various
August 1, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Production management and creative consultancy across film and digital projects; engaged in projects with ClingFilm and First Tone on mobile/social-first content, including line production and strategy.
Manager - Video Brand at Project Management Institute
September 30, 2024 - September 30, 2024
Led a hybrid team of producers, editors, freelancers and agencies across multiple time zones; delivered flagship event films, global product launches and multi-channel campaigns; introduced workflows that reduced costs and improved delivery.
Creative Studio Manager Thought Leadership at Project Management Institute
October 31, 2023 - October 31, 2023
Led PMI’s Creative Studio in producing design-rich thought leadership reports, 300-page book publications, multimedia web builds and social-first video campaigns; directed in-house designers and external vendors to ensure consistent messaging and brand alignment.
Freelance Video Producer (Contractor)
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Supported the Thought Leadership team across video marketing and brand film for social and marketing.
Freelance Producer
June 30, 2022 - June 30, 2022
Supported the Thought Leadership team across video marketing and brand film for social and marketing; involved in production and post-production activities.
Producer, Director, Editor at Thomson Reuters Foundation / Openly News
March 1, 2022 - March 1, 2022
Produced Celebration Day, an eight-part video series that won a Silver Telly Award for Social Impact; responsibilities included development, casting, interviews, location management and edit scripting; the series achieved 13.7 million impressions and 500k+ TikTok views.
Publications Officer at ODI
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
Managed the design and production of research publications across 12 programmes, coordinating designers, editors and researchers.
Writer
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015
Published in Huck, Little White Lies, The Quietus.
Post-Production Assistant at Crow Hill Films
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Supported I Am Breathing (Channel 4), The Road (BBC Storyville).
Press and PR at CERN People
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Produced science communication shorts during the discovery of the Higgs Boson.
Producer/Editor at TG4 – POP4
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2012
Produced 44 episodes of Ireland’s Irish-language pop show.
Researcher at BBC/RTE
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2012
Amazing Azerbaijan – investigative feature on human rights abuses.
Press Assistant at BBC/RTE
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2010
Supported promotion of John Hurt-narrated documentary Horses.

Education

MSc, Multimedia at Dublin City University
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2011
BA, Film Studies & English Literature at Trinity College Dublin
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2009

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services, Education, Government

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