<h1>Nikolas
Contessotto</h1>

Apr 2026 → Present

• business
• engineering

CEO · Yūgen K.K.↗

Tokyo, Japan · Hybrid · CDI

The studio that helps craftsmanship travel.
B2B development and ambassadorship for foreign brands in Japan.
I build the platforms and the data layer behind it, not just run it.

• Founded a studio that carries French and Japanese products into each other's markets, covering all eight links of the chain from market study to logistics and tracking, by keeping every discipline in house rather than brokering it out.
• Give an existing concept or product a second life abroad without asking the producer to change how they work, by handling market studies, storytelling, packaging, film, commerce and distribution on their behalf.
• Own the studio's entire technical layer, from the commerce platforms to the internal tooling and the dashboards the business is measured on, by designing, building and deploying them personally rather than outsourcing them.
• Keep engineering as a daily practice while running the company, by treating the studio's own stack as a product with the same standards as client work.

• B2B
• Business development
• E-commerce
• TypeScript
• Next.js
• MongoDB
• Analytics
• Branding
• Logistics

Mar 2023 → May 2026

• engineering

Full-stack Developer · Nikodev

Tokyo, Japan · Hybrid · Freelance

Custom B2B digital tools for clients.
Workflow automation, data pipelines, and the operations they support.

• Delivered custom B2B tooling to clients across 3 years and 2 months of continuous freelance work, by automating their business workflows and structuring the data pipelines underneath.
• Shipped scalable web applications end to end, from architecture design through frontend, backend and deployment, by working as the sole engineer on each engagement.
• Prepared developers for professional roles through mentoring and tutoring, by teaching practical software engineering rather than textbook exercises.

• TypeScript
• React
• Next.js
• Node.js
• Python
• Data pipelines
• Architecture
• Workflow automation
• Mentoring

Jul 2020 → Feb 2021

• design

Video Editor · Cardemy

Évian-les-Bains, France · Remote · Freelance

Moderation and editing of Japanese YouTube videos used as learning support.

• Turned raw Japanese YouTube content into structured learning support over an 8 month engagement, by analysing each source video first and cutting it to the teaching point.

• Video production
• Adobe Suite

Sep 2019 → Jul 2020

• design

Video Producer · SwissBorg

Switzerland · Hybrid · CDD

Hired as an intern.
Left as the employee responsible for video production.

• Went from intern to the employee responsible for video in 11 months, by taking on pre-scripting, storyboarding, camera work, editing and visual effects end to end.
• Contributed to the B2C communication strategy for the conversion funnel, producing the templates, videos and visual aids it ran on, by pairing customer interviews with marketing design.

• Video production
• Adobe Suite
• Photography
• Branding

May 2017 → Aug 2018

• design

Video-Maker Manager · Zar

Lyon, France · Remote · CDD

Led a team of four graphic designers.
Produced a Masterclass for players' professional development.

• Led 4 graphic designers to deliver a full professional-development Masterclass, by owning the scripts, the Premiere Pro and After Effects pipeline, and the team's schedule.
• Kept a 16 month production on track, by planning the team's work week to week and mentoring designers through the parts they had not done before.

• Team management
• Video production
• Adobe Suite
• Mentoring

Mar 2013 → Jan 2017

• design

Freelance 2D/3D Designer & Video Editor · Multi-Motion

Annecy, France · On-site · Freelance

Client work in 3D, video, audio and print.
It funded my studies along the way.

• Delivered 3D models, video, audio, logos and print to client brief across 4 years of freelance work, by running several projects in parallel and holding every deadline.
• Funded my own education from the income, by treating the freelance practice as a business rather than a side job.

• 2D/3D
• Video production
• Adobe Suite