Muki Kulhan
Creative and forward-thinking Executive Digital Producer and Immersive R&D producer with over two decades of professional, award-winning experience creating interactive+immersive content across platforms and new tech innovation, engaging fans within music, broadcasting and entertainment. Expertise: * Immersive Executive Producer for original and client IP creative development, storytelling via audio-AR, visualising UX/UI, insights (audience/market) & experimental production of Immersive formats (360VR-AR-MR-Spatial Audio/AFX, Holoportation, Haptics, AI, Biotech) and 5G testbed cases. Clients include academics, think tanks and conferences incl. R&D for IBC/Future Zone (Content/Advisory Committee Member), RTS, BSAC, ImmerseUK, BAFTA, Televisual, Royal Holloway, Ravensbourne & more * Executive Digital Producer with an outstanding track record managing full end-to-end digital production services (large & bespoke), creative strategy, content production, budgets, delivery & multi-disciplined teams incl. 360°VR/Immersive/audio-AR, interactive social media (live streams, gfx, stills, video, copywriting, strategy), legal R&C, influencer/brand partnerships, commercial bizdev. Strong presentation & influencing skills w/ Senior Management stakeholders, advising best practice creative digital ambitions from concept to creation * Global ‘Dream Team’ crews in VR, AR, spatial audio, live, promo filming, GFX/VFX, social & marketing agencies, talent mgmt & record labels in UK/EU, London, Berlin, Chicago, NY, LA, Nashville * Speaker/Moderator/Host MC/Mentor at media industry conferences focusing on digital & immersive production, innovation, research & strategy for Tech, TV, Music, Brands * Client Portfolio Taster: ALL3MEDIA, AEG LIVE, ANGRY BIRDS/ROVIO, BBC ONE, RADIO 1, BBH, CBBC, COMEDY CENTRAL, CONDE NAST, EMI, IMG, ITV, JAMIE OLIVER, LIVE NATION, MARVEL, MTV, NICKELODEON, O2, PRINCE’S TRUST, SAMSUNG, SKY, SKYPE, SONY, STARCOM/MEDIAVEST, SWATCH, UNIVERSAL MUSIC, VIRGIN MEDIA, VOGUE, WARNER BROS
Muki is an award-winning Executive Digital Producer, Creative Tech Analyst & CIO with over two decades creating groundbreaking content for music, broadcasting, entertainment and tech innovation. After 10 years growing MTV’s digital and interactive platforms in the ‘00s, she now runs her own digital production company Muki-International, producing immersive 360°VR/AR/MR experiences, live social content, digital strategies and in-depth industry R&D for TV, Music & A-List artists.
Recent highlights include becoming BOSE AR developer partner & headline experience at RAINDANCE 2019, a member of the Abbey Roads Studios Spatial Audio Forum, and a judge for the Broadcast Digital Awards, IBC Young Pioneer Award and the VR Awards 2019. Currently she is exec’ing with Playlines AR studios location-based, immersive AR rap-experience, Harry Shotta's ‘Consequences’, which is currently part of Digital Catapult’s “SURROUNDSCAPES”, and was also a finalist for the “Innovation in Storytelling Prize” at NYC’s Future of Storytelling Summit 2018. As the BBC’s Digital Executive for The Voice UK (s4&5), she produced “The Virtual Voice’, the first-ever series of 360°VR for a saturday flagship show.
Muki regularly keynotes and chairs at scores of media and tech conferences worldwide including IBC where she is on the Content Steering Group, and Diversity & Inclusion Committees, as well as other tech shows like Dublin Music x Tech Summit, Berlin Music:Most Wanted, MWC/4YFN, BAFTA, VR World Congress, Zurich Film Festival, FutureBook Live, Cambridge Wireless, BIME, Wearable Tech Show and more.
She also deputy-hosts the popular monthly meet-up SOHO MEDIA CLUB as well as the Augmenting Reality (6k+ members!) at London’s Microsoft Reactor, and is an active member of the Royal Television Society, Women in Immersive Tech and the British Screen Advisory Council (UK government media think tank).
TW & IG: @MukiApproved