Olga Mykhalets

Chief Creative Officer / Creative Director
Creative Producer / Director

Olga
Mykhalets

I turn ideas into stories
worth feeling.

Watch the workolga.mykhalets@gmail.com
Portfolio15+ years in advertising, communications and production

01 / Intro

From idea
to final cut

Every concept should carry real meaning, and craft always comes first.

I'm a creative leader with a production mindset and 15+ years of experience turning bold ideas into award-winning work. I bring together creative thinking, strategy, and hands-on production expertise to make ambitious ideas happen (and occasionally make the impossible look easy).

I've been with Postmen since 2017, starting as a Creative Producer before becoming Chief Creative Officer in 2025. Today, I lead multidisciplinary teams, shape the agency's creative direction, and guide ideas from the first spark to the final execution. Before Postmen, I worked in the UK with BBC, BBC Sport, ITV, and IMG Media.

Along the way, I've led campaigns for UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Women, Mastercard, Nova Post, Uklon, Ukrainian Railways, Kernel, Fozzy Group, Darnytsia, PrivatBank, Electrolux, and more. The work has earned recognition at Cannes Lions, The One Show, Eurobest, ADC Europe, EPICA, Golden Drum, AdBlackSea, KIAF, and the Effie Awards in Ukraine and Europe.

What I enjoy most? Building talented teams, challenging the expected, and creating work that people actually care about.

15+years in advertising, communications and production
3×Postmen named Ukraine's top communications agency: 2021, 2023, 2024
#1creative agency in Ukraine, 2025
40films, campaigns, animations and series on this page

Awards

  • Cannes Lions
  • The One Show
  • Eurobest
  • ADC Europe
  • EPICA
  • Golden Drum
  • AdBlackSea
  • KIAF
  • Effie Ukraine
  • Effie Europe

Clients & partners

  • UNICEF
  • UNFPA
  • UN Women
  • UNOPS
  • Mastercard
  • PrivatBank
  • Superhumans Center
  • Nova Post
  • Uklon
  • Ukrainian Railways
  • Fozzy Group
  • Kernel
  • Darnytsia
  • Arterium
  • Electrolux
  • Kovalska
  • Volia
  • Lovare
  • Osvitoria
  • Jäger Music Awards
  • Suspilne
  • Nezabutni Foundation
  • Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian Cultural Foundation

Jury

The One ShowGolden DrumBaku FlamesAdBlackSeaADCE AwardsADC*LTADC*UAEffie Ukraine

International competitions

  • 2026
    The One ShowUSAFilm & Video Jury
  • 2026
    Golden DrumSloveniaCraft Drum Jury
  • 2026
    Baku FlamesAzerbaijanEffective Change Jury
  • 2025
    AdBlackSeaGeorgiaClassic Jury
  • 2024
    ADCE AwardsEurope
  • 2024
    ADC*LTLithuania

Local competitions

  • 2026
    ADC*UAUkraineIntegrated & Innovation, Interactive & Mobile, Brand Experience Jury
  • 2025
    ADC*UAUkraineFilm & Audio Jury
  • 2024
    ADC*UAUkraineFilm & Audio Jury
  • 2021
    Effie UkraineUkraine

02 / Selected work

Selected work

The Lightest Rider in HistoryThe Lightest Rider in History

2025Uklon · Film

The Lightest Rider in History

Directed by Antonio Lukich

Creative Director, Creative Producer, Line Producer

For Uklon's 15th anniversary, instead of a short-lived ad campaign: a short feature film directed by Antonio Lukich, inspired by his own Uklon story. It premiered on Megogo and is still available on Kyivstar TV and online.

Watch on Vimeo
Faces of HumanityFaces of Humanity
Faces of Humanity. ValentynaFaces of Humanity. Valentyna

2025Superhumans Center, Mastercard, PrivatBank

Faces of Humanity

Directed by Olga Mykhalets

Creative Director, Director, Creative Producer, Line Producer

A video manifesto that shows the scars of war not as flaws but as signs of strength. Intimate close-ups and nature projections meet Vasyl Symonenko's poetry, voiced by Serhii Zhadan and Sasha Koltsova, with a call to donate for face reconstruction surgeries.

Watch on VimeoValentyna, 2024
Expose Your SoundExpose Your Sound

2026Jägermeister · Jäger Music Awards

Expose Your Sound

Directed by Olga Mykhalets

Creative Director, Director, Creative Producer, Line Producer

The music millions eventually hear is born in dark rooms, so we built a Darkroom for Ukrainian music. A cymatics identity that makes sound visible in Jägermeister liqueur, a video manifesto, the podcast "Darkroom of Ukrainian Music" filmed in real darkness, an interactive installation and a new category, "Emergence of the Year".

Watch on VimeoCase video
Feel the BeautyFeel the Beauty

2024Lovare

Feel the Beauty

Directed by Pavel Buryak

Creative Director, Creative Producer, Line Producer

A campaign for Lovare.

Watch on Vimeo

2021Kovalska

Kovalska People

Directed by Olga Mykhalets

Creative Director, Director, Creative Producer, Line Producer

For the 65th anniversary of the Kovalska industrial and construction group, a series of short documentaries about the company's workers, told in their own words. Even the largest construction holding exists, above all, thanks to its people: workers' manifestos carry that idea, and footage shot on real production sites builds the atmosphere.

Episode 1Episode 1 Episode 2Episode 2 Episode 3Episode 3 Episode 4Episode 4
A FamilyA Family

2019Feature film

A Family

Directed by Jayden Stevens

Producer, Executive Producer

A feature film.

Watch the trailerIMDb

03 / Campaigns

Campaigns

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04 / Filmography

Filmography

05 / Postmen

Postmen

Chief Creative Officer / Creative Team Lead / Creative Producer & Director

Oct 2017 — present

Creative Producer since 2017, Chief Creative Officer since 2025. I work across the whole life of a project: I shape the idea, produce it and direct it on set.

Chief Creative Officer

I set the creative direction and always look for depth, because every concept should carry real meaning. I lead concept development and storytelling across the agency's work, and I hold the line on craft: it always comes first.

Creative Producer

I lead projects from the first spark of an idea to the final cut. I build the team, from director and DOP to cast, plan shooting schedules, and manage budgets, resources and marketing, overseeing every detail from pre- to post-production. When things go sideways, I find solutions fast.

Director

I bring writers, crew and talent together on set. I scout and cast talent, negotiate contracts, and source props, music and studio equipment. I have directed campaigns, documentaries and series for UNICEF, Superhumans Center, Darnytsia, Uklon, Kovalska and others.

On set
Behind the scenes

06 / Experience

Experience

Oct 2017 — present

Chief Creative Officer / Creative Producer & Director

Postmen

Creative direction, production and directing for campaigns, documentaries and films, from the first idea to the final cut.

2017 — present

Video / Film / Television Producer

Leading projects from the first spark of an idea to the final cut: building the team from director and DOP to cast, planning shoots, managing budgets and resources, and finding solutions fast when things go sideways.

2015 — Sep 2017

Business Development & Marketing Director

Inlimited

Brand development and website launch for a Big Data startup; launch of a social media monitoring tool from initiation to release. Brand image, promotion strategy, video presentations, SMM, content marketing, team and budgets.

2015 — 2016

Marketing & PR Manager

NGO “Informative and Communicative Management of Intellectual Property”

Marketing and communication strategy, website and content, search for donors, members and partners.

2013 — 2015

Production Coordinator

ITV, freelance

Multi-location shoots in the UK and Ukraine: production budgets, rates for crew, cast and locations, travel, accommodation, kit and schedules.

Oct 2012 — Mar 2013

Production Coordinator

BBC

Technical support liaison, location booking and paperwork, set-up for shoots. Worked with Italian broadcaster RAI on the TV show “SuperQuark”.

Nov 2012 — Feb 2013

Project Manager

IMG Media

Audited the ATP tape archive to prepare the recordings for digitisation.

2012

Production & Logistics Coordinator

BBC Sport, Euro 2012

Central coordination point for TV and radio teams: satellite play-outs via SNG, budgets, pundit support, liaison with UEFA staff and subcontractors.

2010 — 2012

Project Manager & Legal / Admin Assistant

Intelligent Office UK / Capsticks Solicitors

Legal documents, case files and court bundles; payroll, invoicing, diaries and bookings for over 90 people daily.

Olga Mykhalets at the University of RoehamptonUniversity of Roehampton
University of Roehampton, London

07 / Education

Education

2009 — 2011

MSc International Management & Marketing

University of Roehampton, London, UK

2008 — 2009

MSc Management of Foreign Economic Activities

National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv

2004 — 2008

BSc Management of Foreign Economic Activities

National Agricultural University, Kyiv

08 / Skills

Skills

Creative

Creative direction, concept development, storytelling, directing, copywriting, songwriting, video editing, visual thinking, a strong eye for detail and craft.

Leadership

Team building, leading creative and production teams, negotiation, clear communication, time management, staying calm and focused under pressure.

Tools

Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Photoshop, Illustrator, AI models (Seedance, Kling).

Languages

Ukrainian, English: fluent
Polish: conversational
Spanish, French: basic

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