n.pruzhinin@gmail.com
creative
director &
producer
I’m Nick, a creative director and producer with 16 years of experience turning ideas into 150M+ view projects.
From leading teams to launching my own content studio, I’ve built engagement and crafted stories that resonate.
Earned an O-1 US talent visa and collaborated with brands / creators across the globe.
CONTENT STRATEGY
BRAND CAMPAIGNS
PRODUCTION LEADERSHIP
SelectED Works
Brand platform, communication strategy, content supervision for New York-based acting school, working with Stanislavsky acting method (adults, kids, professional actors).
New-York, 2025.
Personal vertical short video project in which I was making an abstract face sketch every day for 365 days straight. Instagram, YouTube Shorts, TikTok.
365 faces, 365 videos, 2M+ views.
New York, 2024–2025.
Personal class on SkillShare educational platform for content creators and producers: audience research, communication strategy, creative formats, podcasts. 18 lessons.
New York, 2024.
Own podcast on YouTube: conversations with celebrities, artists, creatives, filmmakers about their field and what to do to make it better. 15 episodes, 500K+ views and streams.
Idea, scripts, host.
Moscow, 2019-2021.
Own original project on YouTube: series of interviews with professionals from various fields. Stupid questions, smart and interesting answers. 120+ episodes, 1,1M+ subscribers, 150M+views, podcast version, book version.
Idea, scripts, directing.
Moscow, 2018-2021.
Jägermeister Russia lifestyle and music YouTube platform reboot: manifesto, podcast formats.
Communication idea, scripts, directing.
Moscow, 2021.
Special project for Apple Music Russia – local popular artists share their special occasion playlists: party, travel, morning routine etc.
Idea, scripts, casting, directing.
Moscow, 2019.
Original special project with Russian celebrities and Yandex.Maps. Celebrities hometowns tours with panoramic 3D maps tools. 12 episodes, 2M+ views.
Idea, scripts, directing.
Moscow, 2019–2020.
Dating tips and tricks videos for teens from popular Russian YouTubers: how to look, how to speak, how to smell (or not).
Idea development, scripts.
Moscow, 2016.
TV commercials for the big opening of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art GARAGE. Real welder, painter and electrician from the construction site became main heroes of the commercial as contemporary artists and creators of the new museum space.
Idea development, scripts.
Moscow, 2015.
Rimmel London communication platform for Russia and TV commercials.
Communication strategy, casting, scripts.
Moscow, 2017.
Local part of Camel brand 100 years worldwide celebration. Online interactive museum website with a brand evolution timeline and old campaigns throwbacks.
Idea development, UX, copy.
Moscow, 2013.
TOP ClientS List
Yandex
Apple Music
Royal Canin
PepsiCo
WWF
Samsung
Jägermeister
Rimmel London
Avon
Nestlé