Commission a project
A film, report, comic or workflow, scoped around your brief.
15+ years of making, directing and teaching.
I'm Shadrack Munene, Shaddie to most people. I'm a creative director and educator in Nairobi. I make animation and visual stories, I teach, and I build AI into the work so teams have more time for the parts they enjoy.
What I can do for you.
Five things I'm hired for, and the people they help most.
01
Help your team adopt AI
Training, an AI Readiness & Security Audit, and AI built into the tasks your people already do.
Most useful forOperations, HR and L&D leads, NGO programme teams
→02Make complex ideas clear
Explainer animation, reports, comics and campaign content.
Most useful forComms, marketing and sales teams, NGOs and donors
→03Lead a production or team, part-time
Fractional creative direction or AI adoption leadership, with a planned handover.
Most useful forNew studios, agencies and teams between hires
→04Teach and mentor
Mentorship and career guidance for creatives, teacher training and AI curricula for schools.
Most useful forCreatives, schools, education NGOs and training providers
→05Design programmes that end in real work
Cohort programmes from brief to public screening.
Most useful forCultural institutes, embassies and foundations
→The work behind the experience.
Roles first, dates on request. Each one links to the work it produced.
Creative art director (fractional), Uli and Tata Show
Set up Pungulu Pa Production's team and processes: hiring tests, onboarding, manuals, SOPs and a custom tracker. Art-directed the first nine episodes.
Head of Department, Animation, ADMI
Built and ran an academic animation programme: curriculum, assessment rubrics, faculty, and students who left with work to show.
Project lead, GIZ creative programme at ADMI
Led 15 creatives in five teams of three, taking five concepts from idea to pitch-ready film.
Art director and co-producer, Boy Boi
The look of an East African animated comedy, the team behind it, and the grant, reporting and partners as co-producer.
Programme lead, AI film and animation programme
For the Embassy of France in Kenya, through Alliance Française: twelve films from concept to screen in 10 days.
11 years teaching in the classroom
Visual explanations, discussion and practical exercises, paced to the people in the room.
Studio founder and AI workflow architect
Built the ShaddAI production system: AI drafts, a person decides.
Animator and story artist
Where it started: 2D and 3D animation, storyboards and narrative pacing.
How to work with me.
Four ways, depending on what you need.
Run a team programme
Practical learning on your own tasks and material.
Bring me in fractionally
Part-time AI adoption or creative leadership, around 30 hours a week.
Discuss a role
Employed, interim or contract. Share the role and terms.
Let's talk about what you need.
A 30-minute call. If I am not the right fit, I will say so.
You'll speak with me directly. About Working together changeReplies within a work dayNairobi-based, working across time zones
