Heiko Akstinat

Co-founded an organic market-garden vegetable farm on the Danish island of Ærø, selling directly to local customers. Built and runs the website and web shop, writes a newsletter with a 75% open rate, and creates all social media content.

Helps small and mid-sized businesses win more customers through social media and online marketing, handling the whole content chain from strategy to finished posts. Runs Meta Ads campaigns, one reaching a 4.4% CTR at a 0.21 EUR CPC.

Writer for the baroque-fantasy tabletop RPG HeXXen 1733, co-authoring three published, crowdfunded sourcebooks. Developed in-world factions and lore, and uses AI tools to speed up research and drafting.

Ran an improvised Actual Play series for the tabletop RPG 'Das Schwarze Auge', producing and directing the series end to end. Individual episodes reached 25,000+ views and the series was nominated for the German Role Play Award 2019.

Responsible for content and community for the outdoor and running community of Campz, plus content for Fahrrad.de. Developed editorial plans, ran community management, ad campaigns, and influencer cooperation, and produced video and photo content.

Led the creative workflow of the recipe video brand Leckerschmecker, leading a team of 11 and accompanying every production step from idea to finished video. Videos were produced in 8 languages, reaching up to 10M views on single videos.

Researched topics, organized shoots, shot, and supported the edit for a YouTube series by Radio Fritz.

Wrote a book on how camera positions and movement shape audience psychology, handling research, text and structure independently. The book ranked #1 in three Amazon categories in 2016 and 2017.

Led video production at one of the world's largest gaming and esports marketing agencies, leading a team of 5 and delivering productions for brands such as Red Bull, AMD, Asus, Amazon, Philips and Tencent. Covered major esports events and handled project budgets.

Further training in online and social media marketing, supplemented by the LinkedIn certificate 'Become a Social Media Marketing Expert' (June 2022). Applied daily in freelance virtual assistant work for social media and online marketing.

Professional training as a script author, sharpening craft in structure, dialogue and character, now applied to tabletop RPG writing and branching story content.

Basic acting class providing first-hand experience of the actor's side of a set, also helpful in front of the camera for own video content.

Workshop on working with actors as a director.

Further training in contemplative photography, sharpening the eye for composition in own photo and video work.

Certified business English, supporting daily work in English with international clients.

Practical degree in directing for film and television, covering staging, working with actors, camera and storytelling. Explored how camera position and movement shape audience psychology, later published as the nonfiction book 'Szenische Auflösung'.