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Curriculum Vitae

Chaiya /
Katkwao.
Chaiya Katkwao

Creative Producer. Art direction on one side; lighting, cameras, sound and the studio's own software on the other.

Turns briefs into broadcast-quality output, from multi-camera podcasts to multi-brand live commerce, and builds the systems the studio runs on: three internal tools in daily use, documented at chaiyakatkwao.com/systems.

Experience

Live Production & Visual Coordinator

2026–Present

Ad The Top Agency, Bangkok

  • Runs live commerce broadcasts for several brands at once on TikTok and other social platforms, from the client brief to the live feed
  • Plans the look for each brand brief and designs lighting and camera setups the crew can reuse from one client to the next
  • Wrote the studio's standard settings, shutdown checklist and per-room equipment guides, which cut the time a session takes to set up
  • Built Live Studio OS with the company's CEO: a Google Apps Script web app on one Google Sheet that the team opens every day for equipment checks, fault logs and the monthly report
  • Moved the 501-item equipment register into it

Audio/Visual Engineer

2025–2026

Modal Creative Studio, Bangkok

  • Designed and ran the studio's multi-camera podcast and video systems
  • Produced Built From Scratch, Grapple Asia and The Rise of Intelligence
  • Set up audio, lighting and recording for long-form shows
  • Wrote SOPs and troubleshooting guides for recurring shows

Freelance Creative

2022–Present

Independent, Thailand

  • Fashion photography and art direction for emerging Thai labels, including the BAKAO lookbook
  • Photographed Knack Factory #18, the senior fashion showcase at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
  • Documentary portrait series across Northern Thailand

Art & Exhibition

Woven Memories, ID Thesis Exhibition, Red Dog Gallery, Chiang Mai

2025

Assistant Photographer, Khun Chang Khian Thesis Project

2023–2024

Fuiyoh, Art Thesis Exhibition, CMU Art Centre, Chiang Mai

2021

Contact

Education

BFA Photography, Chiang Mai University

2020–2025

Languages

Thai, native

English, upper intermediate

Skills

Creative: Art Direction, Creative Direction, Photography, Video Editing & Color Grading (DaVinci Resolve), Styling, Lighting Design, Visual Storytelling

Production: Live Commerce Production, Live Switching & Streaming (OBS), Live Content Systems, Multi-camera Production, Studio Production, Audio-Visual Engineering

AI Systems: Claude & Claude Code, agentic assistants with tool use & persistent memory (SQLite), MCP & Vercel AI SDK; creative automation with self-hosted n8n + Obsidian; AI video pipelines (Higgsfield, ElevenLabs)

Internal Systems: Live Studio OS, Keepsake and the studio register: Google Apps Script and Sheets, built and maintained for teams that use them every day

Selected Clients

Colgate

01

Dutchmil Delivery

02

Fitflop

03

Guess

04

Her Hyness

05

Nestlé

06

Rojukiss

07

Sunnies Studio Thailand

08

Tokfashion

09

Knack Factory

10

BAKAO

11

© 2026 Chaiya Katkwao

Updated September 2026