Creative Tech Director

About

At 20, I left the village where I grew up, in the former coal-mining region of northern France.

Since then, I have lived and worked in London, Mexico City, Madrid and Phnom Penh, before settling in Paris. Over the years, my work has taken many different forms. I have produced documentaries, photographed places and territories, designed apps, developed websites, led international platforms and explored what AI changes in projects, organisations and the way people work.

I am less attached to formats than to what they make possible. I like working between worlds: creative and technical, strategy and making, images and code. What interests me most is the continuity between intention and execution.

I keep coming back to the same questions: what are we trying to do, for whom, and what needs to become possible?

To answer them, I like understanding how the whole thing holds together and looking closely at what might make it fall apart.

I work a lot on screens. But the kind of digital work that interests me is the kind that enriches our presence in the world rather than eroding it.

Build.
Bring to life.

Galeano spoke of having “one eye in the telescope and the other in the microscope.” I like the image a lot.

Structure

Organising systems, interfaces, projects and teams to give them a clear form.

Flow

Understanding the uses, stories, ideas and people that bring them to life.

I work at the intersection of the two: turning an intention into an experience that works and makes sense.

How I work, in their words

“Design, produce, train, unite, and distribute. He is a long-term builder.”

Portrait of Rithy PanhRithy PanhOscar-nominated filmmaker
  • “As rigorous as he is creative, attentive to client needs and the evolution of practices and technologies. A driving force and a unifier.”

    Portrait of Benjamin ArrangerBenjamin ArrangerFormer Deputy Dir. of Cultural Outreach, BnF
  • “Damien established important partnerships, such as the one with UNESCO.”

    Portrait of Yannis KoïkasYannis KoïkasDirector of Communications & Digital, Actes Sud
  • “A website 40% faster and better ranked. He also negotiated free hosting for our association.”

    Portrait of Françoise Ropert ConquerFrançoise Ropert ConquerPresident, Association MED13L

Where I can help

01

When an organisation needs direction

  • Digital and product strategy
  • Creative direction
  • Fractional digital leadership
  • Alignment of teams and stakeholders
02

When a new project needs to take shape

  • Product and production leadership
  • Narrative strategy
  • Concept, prototyping, web development
  • Applied artificial intelligence
03

When a team needs to develop new capabilities

  • Workshops and training programmes
  • AI teams
  • Tailored guidance and support

Three projects, three scales.

  • Lead Product ManagerBibliothèque nationale de France

    BDnF, The Comics Factory · heritage collections turned into a creative tool.

    • 500,000+downloads
    • 1 million+stories created
    • No. 1on the Mac App Store, Education
  • Creative Tech DirectorLearning Planet Institute · UNESCO

    Learning Planet Festival · a festival turned into a global platform for participation.

    • 170countries
    • 2,000+events
    • 300,000+participants
  • Head of Audiovisual and MultimediaBophana Center, with Rithy Panh

    One Dollar, documentary web series · a documentary subject turned into a space for expression.

    • 16episodes
    • 2 yearsin Cambodia
    • presentedat the Cannes Film Festival

An idea, a project, a problem to untangle?

I need: