Creative Director

STEEVE VANDEN HEEDE

I help leaders and purpose-driven organizations turn what they stand for into experiences that people feel, remember, and act on.

1.5MWeekly viewers reached
€500KSeries produced
15+Years directing
Steeve Vanden Heede

About

From the stage
to the boardroom

I started as a professional dancer and choreographer. For several years I worked on So You Think You Can Dance — the biggest dance competition show in Belgium and the Netherlands — creating around 20 choreographies that aired every Sunday to 1.5 million viewers. Full creative ownership: concept, direction, costume, music, staging, press.

That work taught me something most strategists never learn in a classroom. How to create under real pressure, how to read a room, and how to make something genuinely land.

From there I moved into entrepreneurship. I built Raised by the Beat, a dance school network, and Dance Radar, a two-sided marketplace connecting studios and teachers, from concept to launch with 100 beta testers.

Today I put all of that into one thing: helping leaders and mission-driven organizations design experiences that make their ideas land and move people.

That has looked like a €500,000 educational series for The Argonauts, led by the director of the BBC film Planet Earth. The rebrand of The Emergence Room. Building the personal brand of Thomas Heissmeier, an AI thought leader arguing for a sovereign European AI. And directing four music videos at once for Sony Music and Warner Music France.

The through-line: I take what is already there — the real story, the real expertise, the real vision — and build the creative system that makes it impossible to ignore.

Brussels skyline
“I build the creative system that makes it impossible to ignore.”
01

Experience Design

Live events, summits, immersive formats, and the storytelling arc that holds them together.

02

Creative Direction

Educational series, brand identity, video, and visual worlds with a clear point of view.

03

Systems & Infrastructure

Studios, production workflows, Notion ecosystems that make creative output scalable.

04

Coaching & Talent

Training leaders and performers to show up with presence — on camera and on stage.


Clients & Collaborations

I have
worked with

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Featured Work

Work that changed
what was possible

01
The Argonauts€500K

Educational Series for High-Level CEOs

Working with The Argonauts — led by the director of the BBC film Planet Earth — I developed and produced six full educational series for an audience of high-level CEOs and industry leaders. Each series had to balance accessibility with intellectual rigor for one of the most discerning audiences you can face.

The breakthrough: multi-purpose productions — a content ladder that turned every live event into a full ecosystem. Live sessions became video podcasts, which became YouTube videos, which became short-form content that pulled people back in.

I built the entire Notion production system from scratch, led both internal teams and external talent, and designed the workflows that let a team new to media production operate independently from start to finish.

02
The Emergence RoomFull Rebrand

Conscious Leadership Content Series

I led the rebrand, creative direction, and full content strategy for The Emergence Room — a series about navigating difficult life experiences and becoming a more conscious leader. Editing session structure, defining tone and visual identity, training the hosts, and building scalable production workflows.

This required a different kind of storytelling: authentic, human, and rooted in transformation without feeling preachy or performative.

03
Arthur Davis / AltimistBrand + Platform

Web3 Financial Platform Brand & Content

I helped Arthur Davis — a seasoned entrepreneur and angel investor — build his personal brand and the brand for Altimist, a Web3 financial platform designed to empower individuals and challenge traditional banking.

I built Arthur’s complete home studio setup, trained him on camera, developed scripts and templates, handled sound design, and created the full content strategy. Plus the company website and a waitlist strategy that turned awareness into a pipeline before launch.

04
Thomas Heissmeier+100% Impressions

AI Thought Leader Brand from the Ground Up

I built Thomas Heissmeier’s entire personal brand from scratch. Thomas is an AI thought leader arguing for a sovereign European AI ecosystem — his brand needed to reflect that without sounding like every other AI strategist on LinkedIn.

What nobody could have guessed: before AI, Thomas was a hip-hop DJ. I went back to that past deliberately. The logo came from the word Heis (German for hot), and the visual language referenced 90s basketball culture — Spike Lee, Michael Jordan. Clean, high-level, polished, with an edge.

Results: 100% increase in impressions, consistent follower growth, podcast bookings, quoted at AI conferences.


Work Reel

Across every format

Television & Dance

So You Think You Can Dance — Belgium & Netherlands

Live choreography — 1.5M weekly viewers

On-Screen Performance
Educational Content

The Argonauts — Executive educational series

YouTube Shows & Journalism

Journalistic video for KAS

YouTube show — The Argonauts

Podcasting

Personal podcast pilot

Podcast development — The Argonauts

Music Video Direction — Sony Music & Warner Music France

BSSMNT feat. Lous and The Yakuza — Sony Music

BSSMNT feat. G.A.N — Warner Music France

BSSMNT feat. Uman — Warner Music France

BSSMNT feat. ISHA — Warner Music France

What I Offer

BUILT FOR THE
WORK THAT MATTERS

I work across formats and industries. The format changes. The goal does not: make the idea land and make people feel it.

01

Live Experience & Event Design

Transforming summits, gatherings, and leadership experiences into multi-sensory events that people actually remember. Story arcs, atmosphere, movement, sound.

02

Educational Series & Video

Educational content, talking heads, short-form, multi-format productions. From concept to final cut — including team leadership, systems, and distribution strategy.

03

Brand Identity & Positioning

Building brands from scratch: naming, visual identity, tone of voice, positioning strategy, and the creative infrastructure that makes a brand coherent across every touchpoint.

04

Creative Infrastructure

Physical studios, modular production systems, content workflows, Notion ecosystems, and operational frameworks. The architecture that makes creative work scalable.

05

Story & Presence Development

Helping leaders find their real story and deliver it with confidence — on camera, on stage, or in front of an audience. Coaching, scripting, presence, and voice.

06

Product & Concept Launch

From platforms to studios to creative programs — developing the concept, building the brand, and executing the strategy that gets a new idea into the world.


What People Say

The work speaks

Steeve has the ability to really see the essence of a project, person or business and bring that to life through visual art and storytelling. It is a true gift.
Eveline
Rock solid, thorough work and competence. A safe pair of hands. I feel confident.
Arthur Davis
Steeve is great at helping you get clear on why and what you want to communicate and how you want people to feel. Creative, thorough with an eye for detail.
Rob Husband
You have a unique way of turning ideas, experiences, and even challenges into compelling narratives that connect deeply with people. Creative and strategic mindset, authentic and impactful.
Laura
Break down complex things so they are easy for people to understand. Find the right people and tools to create something really high quality.
Freya
Creativity, strategy, high-level understanding. Finding the right creative approach to the problem, going from ideas to execution.
Petra
Very pleased with Steeve’s work. We were surprised with the way he answered our needs considering the context and the allowed budget. Happy with the final result and would recommend to anyone looking for quality and flexibility.
Jeremy Fossy — HUG Studio
Knowledge advocate. You know what you are talking about. Communication skills, ability to convey thoughts into words effectively.
Marco Braun

Contact

LET’S TALK.

If you have an idea that needs to be felt — an event, a brand, a series, a story that is not landing yet — that is where I start.

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