Mélodie Razaka.
Cultural mediation · hospitality & event design
Mélodie Razaka has more than six years of experience in cultural production and project engineering between Europe and Japan. A specialist in institutional coordination, partnership development and community management, she directs bicultural communication and mediation strategies in French, English and Japanese.
Based in Nice, France. Working internationally between Europe and Japan.
For the detailed track record, certifications and past experience: See my LinkedIn profile
Cultural Mediation & Japan Expertise
Consulting, project engineering and bicultural relations.
Where technological tools translate words, genuine mediation deciphers contexts, aligns institutional systems and secures human relationships. I act as a strategic liaison, easing complex cooperation between Europe and Asia.
- Intercultural consulting & support: strategic guidance and operational facilitation for brands, institutions, expatriates and artists navigating between the French and Japanese ecosystems.
- Bicultural communication & adaptation: content design and high-level negotiation in three languages (French, English, Japanese), preserving cultural nuance and codes.
- Institutional projects: activating a cross-border network (35+ partners) and producing high-impact events, notably at the Institut français du Japon in Kyoto.
Selected case studies
- Parisai 2022 (Kyoto, 2022)
The flagship event of the Institut français du Japon. I directed the cultural engineering and the alliances with more than 35 institutional partners, whilst managing trilingual communications and end-to-end hospitality for more than 800 guests.
- Nuit Blanche Kyoto (2021–2022)
In charge of human coordination and media relations for this Franco-Japanese contemporary art festival. Behind-the-scenes work grounded in managing multilingual teams and the strategic support of the festival’s artists.
- Calver Blender Challenge (Berlin, 2025)
Creative-partnerships direction and storytelling strategy for this international 3D & VFX digital-art challenge, for which I designed the editorial engineering and secured €12,000 in grants from private sponsors.
Hospitality & Event Design
Events designed as complete experiences, from concept to table.
Treating hospitality and the table as spaces of narrative and levers of cultural action. From large public formats to highly confidential circles, I design immersive settings centred on connection and collective care.
- Sensory event design: overall artistic direction and bespoke cultural-event engineering bringing gastronomy and the visual arts into dialogue.
- Production & global logistics: end-to-end command of the event chain, from international-scale formats (800+ guests, Kyoto) to intimate community settings.
The Empowered Plate, my community supper-club format, lives within the art practice: Art Practice → Tables & Care
Related to this mediation work, a project offering administrative support and relocation between France and Japan: Torima.