Kristina Budelis
Product X Growth X AI Consultant Freelance Director X EP at Various Companies
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolKristina Budelis is a product-focused filmmaker and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience blending storytelling, growth strategy, and AI-informed product work across startups and legacy media. She co-founded KitSplit, scaling it to 50k users and $250M inventory while raising $3M and maintaining NPS above 85, and has led product efforts at The New York Times to a successful kids-app beta. As a freelance director and EP she has produced documentary and branded work for The New Yorker, NBC, Vogue and Atlas Obscura, accruing over 100M+ views and festival acclaim including Tribeca and AFI before acquisition by Peacock. Kristina advises companies from early-stage startups to JP Morgan on content, partnerships and growth, and has taught Rutgers’ first course on AI & Film, signaling a rare blend of creative practice and technical curiosity. She routinely runs multi-workstream programs for major brands (Delta, Jaguar, PBS) and directs high-impact campaigns and series that measurably boost audience engagement. Collectedly, her career sits at the intersection of product leadership, documentary storytelling, and strategic partnerships—often surfacing surprising hooks that turn niche cultural projects into mainstream reach.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
M.P.S., M.P.S. at New York UniversityYoga Teacher's Certification, Yoga Teacher's Certification at Sonic YogaB.A. English and Film, B.A. English and Film at Barnard CollegeB.A. English & Film, B.A. English & Film at Columbia University
French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (6)
bootstrap-theme10
bootstrap9
css9
html8
open-source7
javascript1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kbudelis/kitsplit-splash
Jan 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:36 commits, 39 pushes in 5 months
agencysplash-pagestartbootstrapsplash
kbudelis/handbook
Dec 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:90 pushes in 1 year 10 months
handbookemployee-handbook
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