Portfolio — Mikhail Chizhikovskii

Technical Director, Multimedia Department — Nuanu Creative City

Indonesia · 2024–2025
- Built the Multimedia Department from scratch: assembled a team of 8 - 5 international professionals and 3 local hires - supported by a wider pool of regular freelance contractors.
- Designed and implemented internal systems (CRM, workflows) for installing, servicing and upgrading media infrastructure across 15 multimedia zones on site, coordinating with 5 on-site workshops and managing interaction flows with other departments and external vendors.
- Set up a supplier network spanning dozens of local Indonesian vendors and 3 major Chinese marketplaces for specialized equipment import.
- Led the full lifecycle of media installations - from concept and technical brief to on-site commissioning and ongoing maintenance across the city.
Project Technical Director

Russia & Indonesia · 2019–present
- Work as a project-based Technical Director in partnership with LYRA Agency and Architection PRO, joining early at the concept stage and leading the technical stream through to delivery.
- Designed and supervised technical production for large-scale events, including the “SVOYE” food festival (2019-2021), the “Vkusy Rossii” national food festival 2022, VEB.RF exhibitions and corporate events, Bank of Russia events, and several stands for the “RUSSIA” exhibition at VDNH.
- Acted as Technical Director across events with 500,000+ total attendance and build-outs exceeding 10,000 m² - coordinating up to 60+ contractor companies within a single project, supervising installation and operation, and resolving non-standard engineering challenges under tight deadlines.
- Contributed to the launch of the Glo brand (British American Tobacco) on the Russian market - delivering 4 retail environments in 5 months: the flagship showroom in the international zone of Sheremetyevo Airport, opening on schedule for the New Year retail season, and 3 retail spaces across Moscow.
- Coordinated parallel production across two geographically separated facilities with different specializations, balancing timelines, budgets and technical constraints to deliver all sites on schedule.
- Handled serial production of urban infrastructure elements and wayfinding / disciplinary design for the Moscow city government.
- Managed an 80+ person workshop team and transitioned the facility to a batch/serial production model - increasing output by 65% while reducing unit cost by 15%.
- Restructured workflows by decomposing complex products into simple operations and introducing a 24/7 three-shift schedule to sustain throughput.
- Oversaw stable serial output of 4,000 units / 68 tonnes per month of finished products made from wood and composite materials (plywood, aluminium composite panels), prepared for long-term outdoor use.
- Introduced waste sorting on the production floor: installed a shredder for offcut sheet materials and implemented separated collection of machining waste by material type - reducing disposal costs and enabling resale of sorted plastic chips as secondary raw material.
- Prepared CAM toolpaths and tuned CNC processes for fabrication of exhibition and retail elements.
- Worked closely with designers to translate intent into producible parts; iterated on tooling and fixturing for repeatable results.
- Supported on-site assembly and modifications, bridging the workshop and the installation crew.
- Commissioned new machine tools, both conventional and CNC, and trained the operators.
- Built and installed exhibition spaces for museum shows, working directly with curators and conservation requirements.
- Gradually moved from pure construction to exhibition design: contributed to concepts and layouts, temporarily covered responsibilities of a research fellow in the exhibition department.

Media Installations

Exhibitions and Permanent Spaces preview.

Exhibitions & Permanent Spaces

Festivals

Core Capabilities

Project leadership for exhibitions, festivals and media installations
Exhibition design & production workflows
Media installation design (end-to-end technical solutions)
Event and experiential planning (technical side of event marketing)
Team setup and training (from workshop staff to on-site crews)
Process design and optimization for production and installations

Engineering & Design Tools

Autodesk Fusion 360 (mechanical design, assemblies)
SketchUp (spatial modeling, exhibition layouts)
CorelDRAW (2D layouts, signage, fabrication files)
Design for Manufacturing & process selection (DFM)
Prototyping and technology trials (building and validating production methods by hand)

Media Control & Electronics

Custom ESP32-based control hardware for media installations
Addressable LED systems (NRZ / clocked), DMX512 / Art-Net / RDM, RS-485
Multi-node setups: Ethernet cascading, control from TouchDesigner and lighting consoles
Enclosures and connectors to the required IP rating for outdoor use
Schematic & PCB design, BOM sourcing for PCBA (EasyEDA)
IoT & embedded prototyping for media control systems

Project Documentation & Handover

Cost estimation and budgeting for custom builds
Technical drawings and configuration files for fabrication and installation
Timelines, task decomposition and technical scopes
Writing technical briefs, installation manuals and operating procedures
Project documentation and handover packages (user & maintenance guides)

Operations & Systems

Inventory systems design & automation (incl. AI tooling)
Sourcing and qualifying suppliers, materials and components
Introducing new tools and technologies into existing workflows

Production & CNC

ArtCAM (CNC toolpaths, reliefs)
CNC machining and process tuning
Preparing CAM files for production and on-site modifications

Growth / In Progress

DaVinci Resolve
TouchDesigner
Blender
Clip Studio Paint
AI agent workflows for technical research and process automation

Technical Director, Multimedia Department — Nuanu Creative City

Project Technical Director

Media Installations

Exhibitions & Permanent Spaces

Festivals

Core Capabilities

Engineering & Design Tools

Media Control & Electronics

Project Documentation & Handover

Operations & Systems

Production & CNC

Growth / In Progress