I’m Helena, an Estonian sound recordist and designer and I run a video production company. What began as a hobby has turned into a passionate career, but becoming a mother has made me switch gears a little more towards podt production. Editing and mastering podcasts has been a side hustle for quite a while. Starting from working at Karjääristuudio, where it was my daily bread and butter and finishing with nowadays working for Estonian most know comedy duo Ari Matti Mustonen and Mikael Meema, being a technical producer for their shows, meaning from recording until editing everything is up to me. To sum it up. From recording sound off the coast of Lisbon in a wet suit to handling TV production sound here in Estonia, I’ve worked on a wide range of projects — recording, booms, editing, and designing. I love every moment of it.

Helena Kõiv

I’m Helena, an Estonian sound recordist and designer and I run a video production company. What began as a hobby has turned into a passionate career, but becoming a mother has made me switch gears a little more towards podt production. Editing and mastering podcasts has been a side hustle for quite a while. Starting from working at Karjääristuudio, where it was my daily bread and butter and finishing with nowadays working for Estonian most know comedy duo Ari Matti Mustonen and Mikael Meema, being a technical producer for their shows, meaning from recording until editing everything is up to me. To sum it up. From recording sound off the coast of Lisbon in a wet suit to handling TV production sound here in Estonia, I’ve worked on a wide range of projects — recording, booms, editing, and designing. I love every moment of it.

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I’m Helena, an Estonian sound recordist and designer and I run a video production company. What began as a hobby has turned into a passionate career, but becoming a mother has made me switch gears a little more towards podt production.

Editing and mastering podcasts has been a side hustle for quite a while. Starting from working at Karjääristuudio, where it was my daily bread and butter and finishing with nowadays working for Estonian most know comedy duo Ari Matti Mustonen and Mikael Meema, being a technical producer for their shows, meaning from recording until editing everything is up to me.

To sum it up. From recording sound off the coast of Lisbon in a wet suit to handling TV production sound here in Estonia, I’ve worked on a wide range of projects — recording, booms, editing, and designing. I love every moment of it.

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Language

Estonian
Fluent
English
Advanced
Finnish
Advanced

Work Experience

Sound Recordist and Designer at Still Awake
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Sound recordist and designer on the 2023 dance film Still Awake directed by Paula Moreno.
Director at The Black Stripes of The Zebra (KEM short film)
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Director on the 2022 KEM short film The Black Stripes of The Zebra.
Casting Sound Recordist at Me and Her
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Casting sound recordist on the short documentary Me and Her (2021).
Director at Under Control
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2020
Director on the short docfiction Under Control (2020).
Director at It’s About a Wedding
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2020
Director on student short It’s About a Wedding (2020).
Director at Behind the Big Top
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Director on student short Behind the Big Top (2019).
Sound Recordist & Boom Operator at Suvesulased
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Sound recordist and boom operator on Suvesulased (TV3 series, 2023) directed by Liisi Sepp.
Boom Operator at A Mother Goes to the Beach
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Boom only on A Mother Goes to the Beach (KEM7 short, 2023) directed by Pedro Hasrouny Foley.
Editor at Koerkorter
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Editor on Koerkorter (2022) directed by Priit Tender.
Director of Photography at Eesti Lood: Matz
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
DOP on Eesti Lood: Matz (2021) directed by Eliza Benina.
Editor / Videographer at Karjääristuudio
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Editor/Videographer at Karjääristuudio (2019-2021).
Technical Producer at Kulutuli OÜ
January 1, 2020 - Present
Responsible for all the technical production elements, recording audio and visual and doing post production as well, working in Premiere, After Effects, Pro Tools etc at Kulutuli OÜ (2020-...).

Education

Bachelor of Humanities in Journalism and PR at Tartu University
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor of Arts in Audiovisual Media, Technical Module at TLU Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020
Masters of Arts in KinoEyes at TLU BFM, Lusofona University, Screen Academy Scotland, IADT Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024

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Industry Experience

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