A director working at the edge of a new medium
About

A director working at the edge of a new medium

I am Abdulmumin Muslim Idris, an AI Film Director and Creative Producer working at the intersection of filmmaking, animation, emerging technology and African storytelling.

My background spans product leadership, user experience, interactive media, game development, animation and digital production. This allows me to approach every film not simply as a sequence of beautiful shots, but as a carefully designed experience.

I develop the creative concept, define the visual language, plan the shots, direct the AI production pipeline and supervise the final edit. Depending on the project, this may include character development, environment design, storyboarding, image generation, video generation, compositing, sound design, music direction and campaign adaptation.

The technology changes quickly. The responsibility of the director remains the same: Make the audience feel something.

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Résumé

Experience

A selection of roles and the work behind them.

  1. Jun 2022 – Present

    Senior Technology Officer

    AfriLabs · Abuja · Hybrid

    Lead all technology strategy and digital product development for a pan-African nonprofit network connecting 500+ innovation hubs across 53 countries. Manage an internal developer team (UI/UX, frontend, DevOps) and an external product suite serving thousands of ecosystem stakeholders.

    • ▸ Architected and led end-to-end delivery of AfriLabs Connect, AfriLabs Connect Deal Room (ACDR), AfriLabs Academy, and Amari AI, a proprietary AI trained on institutional knowledge to serve hub operators and ecosystem actors.
    • ▸ Scaled the technology department by 3x, establishing contractor pipelines across UI/UX, frontend engineering, and DevOps disciplines while embedding an agile delivery culture. ▸ Drove a 30% improvement in platform engagement metrics through data-led product decisions and iterative development sprints.
    • ▸ Directed the NASENI InnovateNaija Campaign and RevUp Women digital empowerment initiative, both involving full cross-functional delivery from strategy through deployment.
    • ▸ Executed organization-wide migration from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 for NGO compliance, reducing cloud operating costs significantly.
    • ▸ Designed and delivered 10+ high-impact UI/UX projects, consistently exceeding partner and stakeholder satisfaction benchmarks.
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