KARTSEVA EKATERINA / DIGITAL_KID01
Graphic design, photo/video editing
MY RECENT WORKS ->
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RESEARCH ARTICLE ON ADOBE & BEHANCE (2026)
Cultural production and work economics are in creative industries are changing: one of the prominent companies –– Adobe Inc. with the market share of 70% (Dey, 2025) has created an ecosystem within inself with a multitude of services to offer. The current state of research includes case studies on the cycle of cultural production, thematic…
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DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE HUBERMAN LAB AUDIENCE ON REDDIT (2025)
For this academic research project, I investigated the digital fancultures of health and wellness media by conducting an empirical study on the “Huberman Lab” podcast audience across X, Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit. Utilizing Dawson’s (2018) brand community typologies (fans, advocates, haters) and Sharon & John’s (2024) parasocial listening dimensions, the study analysed the types of audience members…
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SKETCHBOOKERS WEEKLY EVENTS (2026-)
I founded and organized Sketchbookers Salzburg, a community-driven initiative designed to connect local artists through casual, real-world meetups. The project aims to remove the barriers often associated with formal art circles by offering a free, pressure-free environment for creators to gather, practice, and share skills. By collaborating with Brunos Café and Meet in Salzburg, the event…
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WHY DO YOU MAKE MY COFFEE?—SHORT FILM (2026)
A short film about the reality of running a coffee shop in Salzburg. Created as a part of the “Storytelling: Writing and Directing Documentaries and Visual Non-Fiction” course in Salzburg University. Team members: Ekaterina Kartseva Luvy Sevara Yena Kwon Exposé We all know why we order coffee, but why do people choose to make it…
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DIGITAL INFLUENCE AUSTRIA STUDY (2026)
For this collaborative research project, I contributed to “Digital Influence Austria” study, conducted by the University of Salzburg in partnership with RTR Medien. The project addressed the increasing “hybridisation” of the influencer sphere, specifically how the lines have blurred between organic content creators and traditional institutional communicators. Our project team conducted a multi-stage quantitative and qualitative…
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MARKETING INTERNSHIP AT SEAD (2025-2026)
The internship lasted from Nov’25 until Feb’26. The workload has been 16 hours per week. My tasks included social media and website management, design of print advertisement (posters, flyers) and their distribution. I assisted the marketing coordinator and the concert production teams in order to organise concerts of the Salzburg Experimantal Dance Academy. My other…
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THE WHITE HORSE CAFE WEBSITE (2026)
This project was done in collaboration with comfortpages.com. My tasks included database organisation and data entry, copywriting in Germam language and UX design. The tools used were: HTML/CSS coding with ChatGPT and graphic suites in order to color grade the images or to improve the quality.
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LITERATURE REVIEW: WORLDS OF JOURNALISM (2025)
In this collaborative project, my team and I explored the forces that dictate global news agendas by bridging macro-level theories with the actual lived experiences of reporters. My role was to lead the analyse the research by Thomas Hanitzsch and Claudia Mellado, focusing on their 18-country comparative study of journalistic cultures. I also wrote a…
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LITERATURE REVIEW: SOCIAL PHYSICS (2025)
This presentation was done as a part of the university course called “Digital Challenges and Ethical Choices”. There, I developed an a critical literature reivew on Social Physics, exploring it as a quantitative social science that uses big data to map the mathematical connections between “idea flow” and human behavior. I grounded my research with…
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SOCIAL ENERGY SHORT FILM (2025)
Social energy film Uploaded by digital_kid01 on 2026-05-16. This film was shot as a university project and showcases the concept of social energy as a card balance. The main characters goes through the series or negative experiences with one of her friends and realises, what it’s like to gradually sink into the absence of this…
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EXPLORATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE (2025)
Time / Light / Space Time / Light / Space: the task was to take several pictures with the emphasis on either of those aspects by altering the aperture / shutter speed / focus. This task is supposed to make one comfortable with using the camera’s manual mode in order to complete the upcoming tasks.…
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CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES TUTORIAL (2024)
COURSE: 641.053 Empirical Research Design INSTRUCTOR: Manuela Grünangerl TEAM MEMBERS: Ekaterina Kartseva, Ehrenreich Leonie
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LARSEN HOUSE ART CLASSES (2024-)
I have been hosting art classes for the Larsen House residents, where I have been managing the brainstorming of ideas for the art/crafts event, preparations and calculations for the materials, as well as hosting of the event itself. My main task there was to host an event this way, that it would be easy to…
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AKSOLOTL POETRY MAGAZINE PUBLICATION (2024)
I have submitted a poem called “I will figure it out” to the literary magazine Aksolotl and have been published in the second issue of the magazine. The poem explores the modern realms, as well as the inner reflections of the lyrical character. I am grateful for this possibility of publication to the magazine,…
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STUDENT ZONE PACKAGING INNOVATIONS COMPETITION WORK – GRAPHIC DESIGN (2024)
I took part in a competition called Student Zone Packaging Innovations (Graphic Design section). This competition implied creating a design of packaging for any item. I came up with the self-care product brand called “Sunrise”, which has its origins in Japan and through some of the visual elements and symbols, I conveyed that. The brand…
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KKOPA PRODUCTION HOUSE (2024-)
I have been an intern at an emerging company in Tallinn called “KKOPA Production House”. They specialise in video production of advertisement videos and my roles there have been: Camera assistance, video editing and VFX. The editing has been done using Adobe Software, such as Premiere Pro and After Effects. Here is an example…
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ZODIAC SHORT FILM (2023)
It is a study project for the Film Language course in TLU which goal was to shoot, edit and show a video about the Chinese zodiac sign. In our case, it was a pig. My job was video editing, sound mastering and color grading. I also made title animations for the video.
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BEST OF BFM GALA PHOTOSHOOT (2023)
Best of BFM (BOB) is an annual student film festival where different films can compete for the name of the best one. My task was to photograph the nominees and later edit the photos for them to be posted on the social media platform.
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Who am I?
I am a young media specialist, who is interested in user research, experience design, creative strategy development and making different visuals alongside with the videos.
I always strive to create an authentic strategy / experience, which would be meaningful and interesting. Besides that, I also create different artworks, which you can see here.
WHAT CAN I DO?
photo /
VIDEO EDITINg
Creative direction / marketing
TRADITIONAL/
DIGITAL ART / design
