Sky Rivers

Sky Rivers Media

• Brand & Video Direction: Direct end-to-end video production, commercial video concepts, scriptwriting, voiceover copy, and original film scoring for purpose-driven brands, short films, and digital platforms.
• Pre-Visualisation Workflows: Deploy generative AI toolsets (Claude, Midjourney, Higgsfield) for rapid visual pre-visualisation, storyboarding, moodboarding, and narrative script development.
• Media & Brand Advisory: Advise founders, production houses, and creative teams on narrative positioning, pitch deck storytelling, and multi-channel content strategy.

Sky Rivers Experiential

• Immersive Sensory Experiences: Create and direct immersive event series (500+ events, 4,100+ attendees), specialising in deep sensory experiences through wellbeing practices, ambient lighting, and spatial soundscapes.
• Earthbass Project: Founded Earthbass to facilitate live immersive events, compose original spatial soundscapes, and direct and create promotional video campaigns.
• Digital Media & Course Direction: Translate real-world sensory experiences into digital media and online courses, including writing, filming, editing, and scoring "Return to Your Body's Wisdom" (a 10-episode digital video course).

Styleicona

• Brand & Product Leadership: Founded Styleicona and led the full product lifecycle from concept to launch, including brand identity, UI/UX architecture, product design, and leading a cross-functional team through the build and execution.
• Creator & Influencer Video Campaigns: Architected and directed influencer video marketing campaigns in collaboration with top UK fashion vloggers, guiding creative briefs and organic product placement.
• Fundraising & Omnichannel Growth: Raised £90k (~$170k AUD) seed capital from retail VC TrueStart and directed physical-to-digital interactive media displays at Trinity Leeds shopping centre.

Vimily

• Branding & Product Design: Created the brand identity and designed the complete mobile app and web platform UI/UX, built to preserve authentic oral histories and personal narratives.
• Frictionless Storytelling App: Architected a prompt-guided mobile interface that removes camera anxiety, transforming raw user videos into structured, compelling narrative timelines.
• Brand Launch Film & Creative Direction: Authored the original creative concept and visual storyline for Vimily's flagship launch film, directing the narrative in partnership with an external production house.
• Venture Capital & Strategic Product Pivot: Co-founded and raised $180k in angel seed capital across Australia, the UK, and the US, driving the strategic re-architecture from a consumer storytelling app into a high-growth B2B enterprise video engine.

Sky Rivers Design (formerly Katrin Suess)

• Platform Architecture (50+ Platforms): Designed UI/UX systems, user flows, component design systems, and platform logic across Europe, Australia, and the US.
• Product & Brand Strategy: Led end-to-end digital product design and brand strategy for tech startups, enterprise clients, and digital platforms.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Partnered directly with engineering teams and founders to translate business requirements into intuitive visual systems.