Senior Digital Producer · Open to Remote

I turn content production
from art into engineering.

Engineering background. Creative track record. AI-powered workflows. I build production systems that scale — at speed, with the team intact.

0 M+
organic views · TikTok
one quarter
0
commercial assets
4 concepts · 2 languages
0 K
single video peak
zero paid promotion
5.5 yrs
years in digital production
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Remote-first
UTC+5 · EMEA-friendly
LinkedIn → thekirillepov@gmail.com
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The Origin

An engineer who
makes TikToks.

Most digital producers learn on the job. I spent six years studying how systems fail before I ever touched a camera. Engineering Cybernetics at university. A dissertation on neural network prediction systems for maglev suspensions. Hands-on AI and ML research — not as a buzzword, but as thesis work.

Then I picked up a camera. Built a TikTok channel from scratch. Grew it to millions of views. Joined a company as their sole content producer for three years. Built workflows, AI integrations, and frameworks that outlasted the projects. And recently — left to build something entirely my own.

"The engineering background didn't make me a better editor. It made me a better systems designer. I don't just produce content — I build the machine that produces it."
2013 – 2019
Engineering Cybernetics
MTech + BTech, AUES. ML dissertation: neural network prediction for maglev suspension parameters.
2020 – 2022
Solo Creator
Built KE.READS from zero. 3M+ total views. Individual peaks up to 408K with no paid promotion.
2022 – 2025
Brand Producer
Sole producer at NLS Kazakhstan for 3 years. 2M+ TikTok views in Q1. 16 commercial assets. 2+ year campaign rotation.
2025 – Now
Systems Architect
Self-employed. Building AI-powered production systems and a major long-form content project from scratch.
Degree
MTech + BTech — Automation & Control · Engineering Cybernetics
AUES, Almaty · 2013–2019
Dissertation: Neural network-based prediction system for maglev suspension parameters — hands-on AI/ML research experience
Certificate
The Digital Marketing Revolution
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · December 2024
Digital strategy, platform mechanics, and marketing systems at scale
The Positioning

Most producers
choose one lane.

In Digital Media and Content Strategy, most people are either skilled practitioners without systems — or technical experts without creative depth. Rarely both in the same person.

The Creative Lane
Great instincts.
No system.
  • Produces content, but can't replicate the process
  • Results vary because the method varies
  • Struggles to hand off or scale
  • No structured iteration loop
Kirill Epov
Engineering mindset.
Creative track record.
  • Builds systems that outlive the project
  • Speaks both languages: creative and technical
  • AI integrated at every stage — architecture, not a tool
  • Every insight becomes a rule. Same day.
The Technical Lane
Great at tools.
No creative depth.
  • Knows platforms technically but not creatively
  • Can automate — but lacks narrative instinct
  • Output feels mechanical
  • Misses the audience, hits the algorithm
Input
Engineering mindset
+
Method
AI-powered workflows
+
Execution
Creative production
→
Output
Scalable content systems
at speed, without burnout
The Work

5.5 years.
Three chapters.

Each chapter proved something different. Together they form one thesis.

Chapter 01
Aug 2020 — Jul 2022 · 2 years
KE.READS
Producer & Creator
Built and ran a solo content channel — developing concepts, scripting, filming, and editing everything independently. 3–4 posts per week, sustained for two years. No team. No budget. No paid promotion.
Total views 2.5–3M+
Top video peak 408K
Paid promotion $0
✓ Proved: I can create, direct, and sustain at scale — alone.
↗ View channel · @kirillreads
Chapter 02
Jul 2022 — Jul 2025 · 3 years
NLS Kazakhstan
MEGANET · Internet Service Provider
Content Producer · Digital Marketing
Developed 4 video concepts. Sourced and contracted a professional production crew. Directed on location. Managed post-production across formats and two languages. Delivered a 16-asset library from a single brief. Built TikTok presence from zero — 2M+ organic views in Q1. Built the blueprint for a "producer center": a documented system to turn the sales team into field content creators — and pitched it upward.
TikTok views, Q1 2M+
Commercial assets 16
Campaign rotation 2+ years
✓ Proved: I can lead a full production crew, own every stage from brief to delivery — and build campaigns that outlast the project. Campaign ran in active rotation for 2+ years.
↗ Watch the commercials ↗ Production Center Roadmap
Chapter 03
Aug 2025 — Present
Self-employed
Digital Producer · Content Systems
Freelance digital producer specializing in content systems, AI-powered workflows, and production architecture. Currently directing a 10-episode YouTube narrative arc and building a luxury product brand — simultaneously, from scratch. Working with clients while running every system at full scale.
Focus Systems · AI · Long-form
Format Remote freelance
Available Now · EMEA
✓ Proved: Systems thinking is the product, not just the method.
The Architecture

I design the system.
The team runs it.

Production at scale requires more than talent — it requires architecture. I've been the sole producer on location, the crew director, and the post-production manager — the system I design comes from having done every role inside it. I design the workflows, assign the roles, set the checkpoints, and deploy AI where it accelerates without adding noise. The result runs consistently whether I'm on set or not.

📋
Brief → Spec
Translate any brief into a production spec: roles, timelines, asset matrix, format and language splits.
System design · AI
›
🎬
Crew & Production
Source and contract crew. Direct on location or remote. Manage delivery across concepts, formats, and languages.
Team execution
›
✅
Quality Gate
Multi-role AI review: producer, brand, and audience lenses evaluate the same asset simultaneously before handoff.
AI · multi-role QA
›
📊
Analytics Loop
Performance data → AI-captured insights → system update within 24 hours. No information lost between cycles.
AI · analytics
›
🔄
Iteration
Each project improves the playbook. The next campaign starts from a stronger baseline.
AI · self-improving
Personal Lab
The Workshop — a personal production lab
A personal production environment where methodology is stress-tested outside corporate constraints — spanning a 10-episode YouTube narrative arc and a multi-domain production methodology documented across research bases, workflow systems, and interconnected strategy layers. Built around a 10-role production framework — each role specialized, each with its own knowledge base and decision rules. Systems-first: the architecture is complete before the first frame is published. Built as a transferable system — designed to run without the author.
AI production architecture 10-role production framework Multi-domain methodology Systems-first · in active development
Principle 01
Speed without quality loss
The system scales, not the person. Hiring me means hiring a system — one that can be documented, handed off, and operated by any producer without losing fidelity.
Principle 02
Bridge between creative and technical
I speak both languages. I understand producers, developers, and data analysts — and can translate between them without losing meaning. That combination is rare in one person.
Principle 03
Self-improving process
Every insight goes into the system the same day. The process gets smarter with every project — not just the person running it.
The Results

Numbers that
don't need context.

0 M+
Total views
across channels
0 M+
TikTok organic views
in a single quarter
408K
Individual video peak
zero paid promotion
0
Commercial assets
delivered
2+ yrs
Campaign in active
rotation
5.5 yrs
In digital production
end-to-end
The Iteration Mindset in Action
I got real engagement — and realized it was a failure.

While running a personal content channel as a live testing ground for audience strategy, a post finally landed. Comments, new subscribers, actual reactions. I opened the comments to respond. Every single one was a fellow content creator. Not a single potential client. The post had attracted the right engagement from exactly the wrong audience. I'd written about craft and technique — and pulled in people who produce content, not people who need it.

Engagement was real. Conversion potential was zero. The difference between a vanity metric and a business result.

→ The next day I added a mandatory rule to my production framework: Audience Magnet Check — before publishing anything, one question: "Who will respond to this — a colleague or a client?" If it's a colleague, rewrite. The system updated itself from real data, not from assumptions. Same day.

Let's work
together.

Looking for remote in-house roles at international digital-first companies — as Senior Digital Producer, Creative Producer, or Digital Production Lead. UTC+5 · EMEA-friendly. Available now.

LinkedIn → Send an email
Kirill Epov
Senior Digital Producer
Almaty, Kazakhstan · UTC+5
thekirillepov@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/kirillepov
Available for remote roles · UTC+5 · EMEA-friendly