Yorgo Karakostas

Senior Creative Leader | Post-Producer | AI Creative Technologist - Greater Toronto Area

Yorgo Karakostas

Twenty years making branded content that people actually stop to watch. Broadcast, digital, live, and experiential work for brands like Samsung, Nintendo, and Disney.

ProductionPost & FinishingLive EventsBranded Content
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A few of the brands I've worked with

Samsung·Disney·Nintendo·Adidas·Mitsubishi·Telus·RBC·BMO·Warner Brothers·Virgin Mobile·Nissan·Michelin·Ski-Doo·Visit Myrtle Beach·Middlefield Investments·Elanco·Flucelvax·Chevrolet·Cheez-It·Kit-Kat·Philadelphia·Danone·Home Hardware·Sporting Life·Sunwing·Fuze·GM· Samsung·Disney·Nintendo·Adidas·Mitsubishi·Telus·RBC·BMO·Warner Brothers·Virgin Mobile·Nissan·Michelin·Ski-Doo·Visit Myrtle Beach·Middlefield Investments·Elanco·Flucelvax·Chevrolet·Cheez-It·Kit-Kat·Philadelphia·Danone·Home Hardware·Sporting Life·Sunwing·Fuze·GM·

Approach

Attention is hard to earn and easy to lose. I make the kind of work that earns it and holds onto it.

From first concept to final delivery, I sweat every frame.

THE WORK.

BMO & TARC
Samsung · Jon Montgomery, Amazing Race
MTV VMA 10K Contest
Nintendo Switch · Elijah Wood & Jamie Fine
Nissan Rogue Shark Unleashed
CTV Upfront · The Rookie, Last Of Us, Superbowl
Mitsubishi Motors · Canadian Summer Road Trip
Mitsubishi × Weather Network
Ready Player One · Retro Movie Night
CTV Upfront · Transplant
Nintendo Switch · Andre De Grasse
Far and Wide · British Columbia
Mitsubishi · Weather Network Summer
Kotex · Save The Undies
Ski-Doo Snowmobile Report
Middlefield · Investments That Work
Visit Myrtle Beach
Mitsubishi & TWN · Sonic Experience
Elanco · Tick or Trick
Flucelvax · Weather Network
Francesco Yates · TELUS WE DAY
MTV Movie Awards · Lemieux Review
M3 Summer Sizzle Campaign
The Moviest Year Contest · MTV
TELUS & WE DAY 2014

FROM FIRST FRAME TO FINAL DELIVERY.

01

Commercial Production

National broadcast and digital campaigns, produced from brief to final master.

02

Post & Finishing

Online editing, colour, and delivery built to clear broadcast QC on the first pass.

03

Live & Experiential

Upfronts, galas, and live rooms that never get a second take.

04

Branded Content

Stories cut for the brand, the platform, and the way people actually watch.

TWENTY YEARS. NO FILLER.

2024–Present

Senior Producer, Sponsorships

The Weather Network / Pelmorex Corp

Leading multi-platform sponsorship campaigns across TV, app, web, and social, and folding AI-assisted editing into the pipeline without missing a delivery. 100% on time.

2015–2024

Senior Commercial Producer

Bell Media Agency · Brand Partnerships

Owned integrated content across broadcast, digital, and social. 100+ campaigns for Fortune 500 brands, including the CTV Upfront.

2011–2015

Writer / Producer

MTV

High-impact promos and branded content for flagship series and award shows, including the MTV Movie Awards.

2007–2012

Senior Post Producer & Online Editor

Eggplant Picture & Sound

Ran post-production workflows and international operations across Hamburg and Dubai.

2004–Present

Senior Gala Technical Representative

Toronto International Film Festival

Quality control for every Gala presentation. The last set of eyes between the studio and the screen.

Watch Reel

Two decades of production, post, and live work, all pointed at one thing: work that lands.

I turn brand ambition into content that performs on every screen it touches: broadcast, digital, theatrical, and experiential.

From national campaigns to the CTV Upfront stage and TIFF Galas, I bring the strategy, the craft, and the calm that big productions live or die by.

20+
Years
50+
Assets/Year
200+
Brands
100%
On-Time

LET'S WORK TOGETHER.

Open to new opportunities and always up for a good conversation.