Hi, I’m João Bolan, a Paris-based image and video post-production professional with a global footprint. Over the past decade, I’ve built and led cross-cultural teams in France, India, and Brazil, delivering high-volume content for e-commerce, brands, and editorial projects. My work blends strong visual storytelling with rigorous process and quality control, and I’m comfortable steering creative direction from concept to delivery.\n\nI’m passionate about harnessing AI-powered tools to streamline workflows and boost efficiency, while keeping a client-focused approach and a keen eye for detail. Whether coordinating offshore editors or refining color pipelines for high-value artwork, I aim to deliver consistent, market-ready results across multiple media outputs.…

João Bolan

Hi, I’m João Bolan, a Paris-based image and video post-production professional with a global footprint. Over the past decade, I’ve built and led cross-cultural teams in France, India, and Brazil, delivering high-volume content for e-commerce, brands, and editorial projects. My work blends strong visual storytelling with rigorous process and quality control, and I’m comfortable steering creative direction from concept to delivery.\n\nI’m passionate about harnessing AI-powered tools to streamline workflows and boost efficiency, while keeping a client-focused approach and a keen eye for detail. Whether coordinating offshore editors or refining color pipelines for high-value artwork, I aim to deliver consistent, market-ready results across multiple media outputs.…

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Hi, I’m João Bolan, a Paris-based image and video post-production professional with a global footprint. Over the past decade, I’ve built and led cross-cultural teams in France, India, and Brazil, delivering high-volume content for e-commerce, brands, and editorial projects. My work blends strong visual storytelling with rigorous process and quality control, and I’m comfortable steering creative direction from concept to delivery.\n\nI’m passionate about harnessing AI-powered tools to streamline workflows and boost efficiency, while keeping a client-focused approach and a keen eye for detail. Whether coordinating offshore editors or refining color pipelines for high-value artwork, I aim to deliver consistent, market-ready results across multiple media outputs.

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Language

Portuguese
Fluent
English
Fluent
French
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
Italian
Beginner

Work Experience

AI Creative at Freelancer
December 10, 2025 - Present
AI Creative developing high-end visual concepts through hybrid workflows combining generative AI and advanced retouching. Using NanoBanana, Seedream, Kling, and Sora within Photoshop pipelines. Specialized in prompt design and refining AI-generated visuals to production-ready quality, with strong control over realism, lighting, materials, and brand consistency.
Post Producer at Christie's (Wellcom)
January 3, 2023 - Present
Specialized in image editing and color grading for high-value artworks, with strong expertise in managing large visual pipelines. I oversee project coordination with editing offshore teams, ensure quality control and track budgets and KPIs to meet tight production deadlines across multiple media outputs.
Post-production Operations Manager at Jellysmack
January 3, 2022 - December 29, 2022
I led a video post-production team of 60 editors (including freelancers), in the fast-paced social media content creation industry. I oversaw creative direction, defined KPIs, handled staff planning, reviewed guidelines and sourced external vendors. I also collaborated with product and tech teams to implement workflow automation solutions.
Post-production Lead at Meero
February 26, 2018 - April 22, 2022
I managed photo editing teams in France and India, where I helped establish a post-production office in Bangalore. I produced a wide range of photography and video content (e-commerce, corporate, food, portraits, architecture), managed operational KPIs, ensured asset quality control, optimized FTE models and created editorial guidelines to improve efficiency.
Documentary Photographer at Freelancer
January 1, 2013 - Present
Specialized in modern conflicts, my work has been published by The Independent, The Daily Mail, Vice News, Liberation, De Morgen, Roads & Kingdoms, The Atlantic, UN and others.
Freelance Creative Lead at Self-employed / Freelance
December 1, 2012 - January 1, 2018
Freelance creative lead delivering photography and video post-production work. Built and managed post-production workflows, collaborated with offshore teams, and delivered solutions for e-commerce, corporate, and editorial projects.
Image Coordinator at Christie's (Wellcom)
January 1, 2023 - Present
Specialized in image editing and color matching for high-value artwork, with expertise in managing large visual pipelines. Oversees project coordination with offshore editing teams, ensures quality control, and tracks budgets and KPIs to meet tight production deadlines across multiple media outputs.

Education

Bachelor in Business & Management, with emphasis in Marketing at Florianópolis, Brazil
January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2010
Master in Creative Documentary & Photojournalism at Magnum Paris (Agence Magnum)
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2016
Bachelor in Business & Management, with emphasis in Marketing, Documentary productions (photo & video) at UNISUL Business School, Florianópolis, Brazil
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2010
Master in Creative Documentary & Photojournalism at Magnum Photos – Paris
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2016
Bachelor in Business & Management (Marketing) at UNISUL Business School (Brazil)
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2010

Qualifications

Master in Creative Documentary & Photojournalism
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2016
Bachelor in Business & Management (Marketing)
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2010

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Non-Profit Organization, Software & Internet
    paper AI & Image Retouching

    My AI & Retouching portfolio is a long-term project built alongside ongoing collaborations with a range of clients, combining traditional high-end post-production with evolving AI workflows; it reflects both commissioned and exploratory work developed across projects for brands and institutions such as PUMA, Dupont, Guido Vera, and Christie’s, showcasing a hybrid approach that integrates retouching, compositing, and color grading with generative tools to deliver visually coherent, production-ready imagery; over time, it has evolved into both a professional body of work and a research-driven platform to test, refine, and scale creative AI applications within real client contexts.

    https://www.twine.net/signin

    paper Otherlight.AI

    Otherlight is a creative project exploring the intersection of traditional visual production and generative AI, combining high-end retouching, compositing, and color grading with AI image generation to produce refined, editorial-style visuals; rooted in a minimal, luxury-inspired aesthetic, it focuses on creating images that feel credible and art-directed while also serving as a research platform to explore how AI can be integrated into professional creative workflows without compromising quality or artistic control.

    https://www.instagram.com/otherlight.ai

    paper Steppenwolves

    Steppen Wolves: war in Donbass

    More than 10,000 people were killed and many more injured as a result of the armed conflict between Ukrainian army and Russian backed separatists in the eastern Ukraine, according to the report of OHCHR from April 2014 until May 2017.

    As no solution has been found to stop the warfare and reunite the country, two opposing sides keep drifting apart from each other. While Ukrainian government celebrates visa liberalization with EU granted this summer, self-proclaimed Donetsk People`s Republic keeps issuing local passports recognized only by Russia, since last February.

    The hostilities in the eastern Ukraine take place not only on the ground but also in people’s minds. As both governments use propaganda to set its citizens against each other, children whose political views have not formed yet, become the easy target in the political games.

    In August 2014, one of the bloodiest battles took place in the small city of Ilovaisk (since 2014 under Donetsk People`s Republic control). The frontline lays far away from the city’s borders now, but the posters of heroic militia members, decorating the streets, keep memories of the warfare fresh.

    Inside school №12, three times per week, children aged from 6 till 18 attend military tactics lesson and physical training in a so called military-patriotic club named “Steppen Wolves” .

    https://www.twine.net/signin