Alexander Kulikov provides a summary of his experience in creative strategy, management, and producing. He has over 10 years of experience developing strategies, managing projects, and leading creative teams. Some of his past roles include creative director, marketing analyst, and consultant. He has expertise in areas like strategic analysis, project management, and creative direction. Notable projects he has worked on include interactive exhibits for museums, live motion capture shows, and brand launches.
Here is a sampling of architectural works from my portfolio. These projects were designed when I was a student at the Universities of Colorado and Minnesota. Take a look and enjoy.
The project launch sales of interactive tables Vtable.
Vnovation Electronics Company is a manufacturer of interactive , design multi-touch Vtables. Our tables can be applied in any field : the corporate segment ( state-owned enterprises and institutions , major Russian companies, educational institutions ), luxury- furniture sector client , and HoReCa. Already, we have integrated our table with our partner 3d projector to display presentations and 3d visualization of objects on the screen.
Market project
Our main economic idea is the fact that 8 out of 10 people in Russia had this table at home , at work, in the office, at a restaurant, in the hotel . Our experts assess the market today in $ 280 million at these stages of development and consumption. Our strategy is to win at least 40 % of the market for 2 years , due to low cost, continuous improvement of products, patents on technical solutions .
SmartHeart + Abudhabi
SmartHeart — это брендинговое агентство новой волны, реализующее комплексные проекты в направлениях бренд-консалтинга, визуальной айдентики, рекламы, архитектуры, мероприятий и digital. Мы создаем продукт международного уровня, соединяя актуальные технологии брендинга (Smart) с эффективными инструментами эмоционального впечатления (Heart).
+7 (495) 917 73 56
пер. Б. Казенный, д.1/2, с.1, оф. 17, Москва
Having successfully completed the program "Greek Startup Universe" by Founderhood, we present our brand new Pitching Deck to acquire pre-seed funding and further develop our company.
Based in Paris, France, and working internationally, Ice Cream for Everyone is Willem van der Horst's brand strategy consultancy.
We develop effective creative strategies and facilitate workshops in order to fulfil on partners and clients’ brand building and business growth goals.
Participants of virtual video networking session for startups, mentors, investors and business specialists (such as top MBA). Join at www.startup-roulette.com to meet them and many other online.
Post-crisis/pandemic world. New consumer behaviour and trends Banana Trends
we believe that in these new times when going after growth and quantity in all spheres of human life has resulted in disasters there is a need for looking at people, their needs and how to cater to them commercially with:
more empathy and less quantitative KPIs
more creativity and less science
more insight and less formulas
this is where Banana Trends is strong and ready to deliver if you need guidance in the the post-pandemic, climate crisis, economic recession world.
Territorial marketing / marketing of places: When territories become produc...regiosuisse
In a globalised world territories are more and more in competition between themselves. In order to maintain or improve their competitiveness they have to market themselves as complex products, which satisfy a large variety of users: population, entreprises, tourists, investors and even wild plants and animals.
Last call: FUTURES, STRATEGIC DESIGN & INNOVATION, 23-26 October
(www.idefe.pt/cursos/fsdi
- Help people and organizations to develop the capacity to anticipate trends and explore scenarios and how this can improve your approach to strategy and innovation processes.
- Give firsthand access to the "SCANNING, SENSING AND ACTING" framework, used to anticipate and explore the future, identify new opportunities and build innovative strategies to solve strategic challenges.
- Create and embed a Future strategy and culture in your organization.
- Skills and Tools to become a Chief Futurist Officer or Future Manager.
- Understand and explore emergent and exponential technologies, its global challenges and opportunities.
- Identify critical uncertainties and build Strategic Scenarios.
- Improve strategy making and review how your organization carries out scenario work Analysis of impacts, threats and opportunities for the business.
- Understand the value and impact of Design to business strategy, differentiation and competitive advantage.
- Exploration of Design Thinking and Strategic Design tools to move from consumer and market insight to actionable solutions.
Here is a sampling of architectural works from my portfolio. These projects were designed when I was a student at the Universities of Colorado and Minnesota. Take a look and enjoy.
The project launch sales of interactive tables Vtable.
Vnovation Electronics Company is a manufacturer of interactive , design multi-touch Vtables. Our tables can be applied in any field : the corporate segment ( state-owned enterprises and institutions , major Russian companies, educational institutions ), luxury- furniture sector client , and HoReCa. Already, we have integrated our table with our partner 3d projector to display presentations and 3d visualization of objects on the screen.
Market project
Our main economic idea is the fact that 8 out of 10 people in Russia had this table at home , at work, in the office, at a restaurant, in the hotel . Our experts assess the market today in $ 280 million at these stages of development and consumption. Our strategy is to win at least 40 % of the market for 2 years , due to low cost, continuous improvement of products, patents on technical solutions .
SmartHeart + Abudhabi
SmartHeart — это брендинговое агентство новой волны, реализующее комплексные проекты в направлениях бренд-консалтинга, визуальной айдентики, рекламы, архитектуры, мероприятий и digital. Мы создаем продукт международного уровня, соединяя актуальные технологии брендинга (Smart) с эффективными инструментами эмоционального впечатления (Heart).
+7 (495) 917 73 56
пер. Б. Казенный, д.1/2, с.1, оф. 17, Москва
Having successfully completed the program "Greek Startup Universe" by Founderhood, we present our brand new Pitching Deck to acquire pre-seed funding and further develop our company.
Based in Paris, France, and working internationally, Ice Cream for Everyone is Willem van der Horst's brand strategy consultancy.
We develop effective creative strategies and facilitate workshops in order to fulfil on partners and clients’ brand building and business growth goals.
Participants of virtual video networking session for startups, mentors, investors and business specialists (such as top MBA). Join at www.startup-roulette.com to meet them and many other online.
Post-crisis/pandemic world. New consumer behaviour and trends Banana Trends
we believe that in these new times when going after growth and quantity in all spheres of human life has resulted in disasters there is a need for looking at people, their needs and how to cater to them commercially with:
more empathy and less quantitative KPIs
more creativity and less science
more insight and less formulas
this is where Banana Trends is strong and ready to deliver if you need guidance in the the post-pandemic, climate crisis, economic recession world.
Territorial marketing / marketing of places: When territories become produc...regiosuisse
In a globalised world territories are more and more in competition between themselves. In order to maintain or improve their competitiveness they have to market themselves as complex products, which satisfy a large variety of users: population, entreprises, tourists, investors and even wild plants and animals.
Last call: FUTURES, STRATEGIC DESIGN & INNOVATION, 23-26 October
(www.idefe.pt/cursos/fsdi
- Help people and organizations to develop the capacity to anticipate trends and explore scenarios and how this can improve your approach to strategy and innovation processes.
- Give firsthand access to the "SCANNING, SENSING AND ACTING" framework, used to anticipate and explore the future, identify new opportunities and build innovative strategies to solve strategic challenges.
- Create and embed a Future strategy and culture in your organization.
- Skills and Tools to become a Chief Futurist Officer or Future Manager.
- Understand and explore emergent and exponential technologies, its global challenges and opportunities.
- Identify critical uncertainties and build Strategic Scenarios.
- Improve strategy making and review how your organization carries out scenario work Analysis of impacts, threats and opportunities for the business.
- Understand the value and impact of Design to business strategy, differentiation and competitive advantage.
- Exploration of Design Thinking and Strategic Design tools to move from consumer and market insight to actionable solutions.
OpenFutures – an Operating system for Future Centers
In May 2006, fourteen innovation experts started a unique two-year exploration tour in which they explored Future Centers and other future-oriented collaborative working environments. They visited, experienced, analyzed and prototyped over thirty Future Centers in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Israel, and elsewhere.
The explorers were part of the OpenFutures project, which was funded by the European Commission. They were drawn from a broad range of backgrounds, including the research and development of innovation methods and spaces, theoretical and scientific research, societal and business entrepreneurship, and the actual planning and management of Future Centers.
This book OpenFutures – an Operating System for Future Centers summarizes their findings. It provides insights into why Future Centers are set up, what their fundamental operating principles are, how they are planned, run, and managed, and how they create impact. The insights, stories, knowledge recipes and recommended tips are organized across four perspectives: the organizational, methodological, physical, and technological. It is a highly visual document, with artwork created especially for the book to enrich and underscore the presentation of the many different concepts that make up the art and practice of Future Centers.
The book is a useful resource for people planning to launch a Future Center or other type of innovation laboratory, for people who currently operate one and want to renew and transform it, or simply for those intent on adding a touch of 'future orientation' to their everyday working environments.
2. summary
• organized, detail-oriented manager.
• able to strategize and prioritize effectively to accomplish multiple tasks.
• achieve results in bootstrapping or volatile environments.
• good both at internal and external strategic analysis
• give thoughtful and effective insights into the
• development/optimization areas,
• clients needs and behavior,
• growth triggers.
• experienced in creative direction and creative strategy process.
• i try to use my knowledge in strategy, research, project management and analysis
combining them together with interpersonal skills, creative ideas and broad interests to
deliver high business impacts.
• education:
• Graduate School of Business Saint Petersburg State University, PhD Studies, International
and Strategic Management.
• Trinity College Dublin
3. track record
PVG: marketing analyst
St Petersburg State University: junior researcher
LavkaLavka: sales and marketing head
Quite Multimedia: creative director
Consulting in organizational behavior
Teacher
4. professional highlights
Analysis skills: company assessment, competitive analysis, ABC-
analysis, hypotheses;
Strategy: strategic view and perspective, creative strategy, cross-media
experience;
Management and organization: process approach, organizational
behavior, optimization, project management, cross-department
collaboration.
Creative skills: idea’s generation, conceptual
Presentation skills incl. mentoring.
5. disclaimer
you have now some sort of idea on who I am and then lets see what
I’ve done so far.
below you can see some of the projects that I participated in and
wanted to highlight in current presentation.
6. live motion-capture show at Olympics
closing ceremony
Task: fully rigged character and all-different but distinctive backgrounds with no
official symbolism available for TV broadcast for motion capture show at the
Olympic party.
Creative part: storyboard, styleframes, character animation guide; concept and idea
of backgrounds;
Management part: interaction with foreign contractors, creative part supervision;
Character and backgrounds: 12 mimic movements incl. “Olympics-80 easter egg”
left eye tear, 5 sound-reactive (equalizer) backgrounds resembling 5 Sochi zones:
stadium, city, sea, mountains and winter forest.
The final disco part of Closing Ceremony: 40000+ live audience, 50+ bln tv
audience
7. faberge museum interactive and
mobile apps
Task: the application for interactive tables which are placed in the
exposition area of the museum; mobile application used as the
interactive guide with additional info and highlights of the
exposition. Reflect all the style of the brand and museum.
Interactive app is a round slider of 10 items fully depicting the
story of Faberge, his masterpieces and museum. In order to make
a visitor’s experience more profound, user experience was
analyzed and a strategy of app installation onto several devices
was developed – it gives user a chance to walk through museum
and devices in game manner.
The mobile app combines sound excursions, QR code scanner
and full collection listing. There also is a social networking
(sharing) features.
Creative supervisor, idea and project management
8. interactive chocolate museum
Task: to develop a fully interactive museum about chocolate for one chocolate producer. Museum should consist of 8 zones
from biology to tasting area.
The project was done with full tech specifications including architecture. The technical project elaborated included following
zones:
Entrance are with RFID bracelets registration desk
Biology area: Unity3D cocoa trees which grow if visitors do some easy moves;
Geography area – an interactive map with trade routes animated;
History: 2 interactive images augmented by projection effects;
Production area: an object mapping with analogous controls (buttons, rages, wheels);
Factory chocolate: a shooter games with good and bad ingredients;
Interactive photo booth with augmented reality;
Tasting area with final touch screen quiz and selling machine.
The mechanics of the excursion is fully based on RFID sensors and networking.
Idea, content schemes, project management
9. park “russia” amusement area
Task: an interactive presentation stand for Moscow region
government: the combination of interactive and real objects.
Mobile app was a part of the contract.
The stand is a combination of multitouch LED with
presentation and information, 3 transparent LEDs with
additional animation and an architectural mock up of future
constructions in the park.
Mobile app programming control.
Stand was installed in the hall of the Moscow government
building.
Content supervisor
10. peugeot 208 pan-russian presentation
Task: to create an interactive show and a video to start the
launch event simultaneously in 3 cities live and 20 as a video.
A dance show based on projection video presenting each part
in a unique style and color.
The show was included in the Russian Records Book.
Content idea and concept.
12. lavkalavka st pete
Bootstrapping promotion strategy: intensive site development including blog and assortment combined with SMM and targeted audiences
campaings.
Blog with “field” news from farms and nutrition tips on products, Facebook targeted paid campaign, offline opinion leaders masterclasses,
specialized portals partnerships (Kidsreview.ru, eatbetter.ru), restaurant work (CoCoCo, Terrassa, Letuchy Gollandets) and eventually – a
TV advertising.
Cross-promo: Beercard, HomeDecor, Producty Café and Bar, Terrassa.
Discount system: new customer, GreenEgg user etc.
Printed, digital flyers.
Offline summer food outlet in the St Pete relaxation area – New Holland.
Offline outlets in restaurants: CoCoCo.
Festival food:
Usad’ba Jazz;
Stereoleto;
Imperial Gardens;
3 (instead of 2) delivery days
13. guesss research
Entrepreneurial intentions in Russia
Guesss Research - Since 2011
26 countries, 90000+ data cases.
The research was aimed to reveal
The process of new venture creation;
What nurtures and hinders the entrepreneurial spirit in Russia;
University as a center of newly born entrepreneurs;
Personal Characteristics;
Descriptive stats, regression analysis, factor analysis
Best National Report award by the Research Committee
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14. additional
My goals can be divided in 3 major domains:
Personal: to develop myself in profession and grow as a person, to be on the edge of innovative approach
to work in an interesting and promising field.
Business: to create value at work for the profit of my company;
Life-time: to be a good citizen and provide the development of my country with a positive impact if it is
possible.
I like to work in dynamic industry connected with marketing and strategy formulation. I think I
can elaborate systematic insights on how the client can be presented to his target audiences at
every single time and realize them into action with creative and planning.
Domains of interest: Marketing; Business; Strategy; Machine learning and AI; Space exploration;
Innovation as an approach.