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Materriya

Talent Development
and User Community Building
in the Creative and Tech Industry

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We boost user engagement and connect you with emerging talent through long-lasting & sustainable community and educational programs.

WHAT WE DO

Our Services

Materriya is a creative hub that offers a portfolio of pre–determined as well as custom-tailored services based on your company needs. This includes:

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User Acquisition–Driven
Community Building

We drive digital product growth through community-led user acquisition and retention. By building purpose-driven communities around digital tools, games, or services, we help companies reach the right audiences, foster loyalty, and create long-term engagement — beyond just marketing.

  • Building awareness and trust among new users by organizing and hosting conferences, meetups, and virtual events
  • Educating your audience around complex tools or workflows by delivering training sessions, courses, and workshops
  • Growing communities across social media and community forums (Instagram, Discord, Reddit)
  • Cultivating future advocates and collaborators for your brand
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Internal Team Skills
Development

We support internal team growth through strategic talent development and human-centered practices. We help teams reconnect with their values, strengthen collaboration, and align around a shared purpose. From hard & future skills, onboarding systems, and team manifestos to communication rituals, we design structures that nourish the people behind your product or service.

  • Designing tailored upskilling programs for creative and tech teams, bringing the right experts to support your workflows
  • Supporting expert skills: Enhancing HR, project management, communication, and production expertise
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Tailored Talent Pool
Growth

We help you future-proof your workforce by building custom strategies for talent development and visibility. Finding the right talent is no longer just about hiring — it’s about designing the ecosystem that attracts, nurtures, and retains the people your company truly needs.

  • Designing external educational programs
  • Creating internship programs to build your future talent
  • Recruiting and structuring high-performing teams for your company
  • Strengthening and expanding your employer branding
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HR Outsourcing for Startups & Small Teams

Startups and small teams often lack the time or capacity to manage HR and internal communications with the depth and consistency they deserve. That’s where we come in — offering flexible, purpose-driven support that works like an extension of your core team.

  • Streamlining your team’s hiring and onboarding processes
  • Managing compensation and benefits
  • Handling administrative tasks (e.g. payroll, employee records, compliance)
  • Improving internal communication via newsletters, Slack integrations, team updates, etc.
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Communications Outsourcing
for Startups & Small Teams

Your roduction workflows can be demanding, while market dynamics and sales requirements call for your constant presence in the public space. Materriya team steps in with impactful, structured, and consistent messaging around your team and projects. It strengthens visibility and helps build relevant connections.

  • Building and maintaining a strong social media presence
  • Ensuring visibility in traditional media and building media relationships
  • Creating and sustaining an impactfull employer brand
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Custom Talent Solutions

Our services deliver tailor-made solutions focused on building core competencies and designing targeted training programs to overcome your organization’s specific operational challenges.

  • Creating tailored training programs to address specific challenges
  • Leadership development and organizational growth strategies
  • Developing custom roadmaps to support workforce development

What Sets us Apart

Pioneers and leaders: We managed some of the largest training centers in the creative industry in the region including Crater Training Center.

Industry innovators: We are Co-founders of CGA – one of the most influential contemporary arts and tech conferences in the region.

Knowledge: We collaborate with instructors using the latest tools in video games (Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender), architectural visualization (Revit, V-Ray, 3ds Max), film & animation (Maya, Houdini, After Effects), as well as tools like Substance Painter, ZBrush, etc.

Want to see how we can support you or your team?

Let Us Know Your Needs

How We
Can Help You

Cost efficiency – Reduce overhead costs related to full-time team engagement—get an entire team for a fraction of the hiring cost

Focus on core business – Stay laser-focused on your primary business activities, while we handle the rest

Optimized efficiency – Allow your team to access specific, high-demand skills and niche expertise that drive productivity and ensure results

Risk reduction – No long-term commitments required, minimize risks while testing new strategies or initiatives

Our Team

We are a team of passionate professionals driving the creative industry forward. For over a decade, we’ve nurtured talent and built lasting communities for businesses committed to making an impact.

We proudly partner with leading local and international gaming studios, tech companies, and public institutions, turning talent and community initiatives into measurable results.

Our diverse team brings together backgrounds in film production, animation, art, gaming, and technology. Blending experience, creativity, and innovation, we strongly believe in the power of community, collaboration, and a human-centric approach to every initiative.

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Miljana Jovović, Founder & CEO

An architect whose passion for CGI turned into a wealth of experience in media and entertainment. During her run as a producer, she helped Crater Studio break into the global postproduction market and, consequently, establish the longest-lasting computer graphics school in the region. Miljana is a driving force behind Materriya and one of the founders of the CGA Belgrade conference.

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Bojana Simić, People Operations Manager

Bojana cooperates with HR departments throughout creative industries. She makes sure that all the people in our talent base have a splendid experience starting from recruitment to their further career development. Whether it’s through training, development programs, or workshops, she’s always looking for new ways to support teams and create a positive workplace culture.

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Ana Pavlović, Communications Specialist

Ana is a graduate in Culture and Media Production and an experienced communications professional across various industries. She puts her storytelling skills to use every day in all sorts of ways. Passionate about the local creative scene and keen on supporting artists, she provides visibility for various talent development programs.

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Sara Agić, Community Manager

Sara is a community and project manager with experience in diverse film, art, and cultural projects. Her focus is on working with young talents through educational programs, such as workshops, and creating educational materials in audio, video, and written formats. She has participated in organizing various festivals, workshops and other events across Europe.

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Branka Malenica, Communications Specialist

Branka is an experienced writer, communications manager, and web editor with a keen eye on culture and technology. She contributed to numerous online publications on literature, design, and architecture, though her background lies in comics and literature. Now, she is designing and executing communication strategies to promote education programs, initiatives, and events related to creative industries and digital arts.

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Marija Aparac, Community Manager

Marija acted as a program coordinator and communications manager of various programs in IT, creative tech, the entertainment industry, and culture. Known for her uplifting character and smile, she ran the show at Startit Novi Sad for a while, and now she acts as a community manager at 3Lateral’s educational facility in her hometown. Marija holds a master’s degree in Media Engineering and Marketing Management.

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Our Instructor Team

We are proud of our expanding instructor network, which brings together well-known professionals and educators from diverse creative and technology fields, ranging from film & animation to video games and user-generated content.

By combining their skills and extensive experience in developing and delivering educational programs, they are well equipped to address a variety of team development needs and bring the right expertise into your workflows through in-class lectures, online sessions, and mentoring support.

Darko Subotin

MetaHuman

Bojan Banjanin

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

Dejan Ilić

Unreal Engine

Miloš Nikolić

Unreal Engine

Ivica Milarić

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

Milan Ličina

Unreal Engine

Nikola Šoškić

Unreal Engine

Nikola Adamović

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

Nikola Milićević

ZBrush & Maya

Lena Glišović

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

Projects

Creative Engine

Creative Tech Workshops

CGA Belgrade International Conference

Achievements

A 3000+ strong community

200+ education initiatives and talent incubator programs

A network of 50+ expert instructors

100+ online and on-site events and conferences

A growing talent base of 400+ artists

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News

Applications Now Open for Module 3 of the Creative Engine Project!

Materriya Turns 3!

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Miljana Jovović will be Mentor at KARIJERA 4.0

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In Retrospect: CGA Belgrade 2025

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Blog

Explore Insights on Talent & Community Growth

Discover how to build engaged communities, foster continuous learning, and develop talent within your company. Check out our latest blog articles:

Why AI Won’t Replace Us, But It Will Expose Us, by Bojan Andrejek

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Color and Shape of a Message: Building Communities Onsite and Online, by Sara Agić

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How Small Companies Build Strong Reputation?, by Ana Pavlović

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Andrew Brassington Escape Studios

I always have a brilliant time at CGA and it’s because of the whole experience – the venue, the program, and the way that the CGA team looks after their guests. It is always fun, and I have met a lot of really good people from other countries thanks to CGA – probably more than at any other conference I have attended.

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Katarina Brkljač Ložionica

For the Creative Tech Workshops project, we chose to collaborate with the Materriya team because we knew we’d be working with people who are highly professional, dedicated, and reliable.


Materriya team takes care of everything down to the smallest detail. With them, every project becomes unique, high-quality, and sustainable.

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Vuk Tatalović FRIED

We had the privilege of partnering with Materriya for our talent needs, and I must say, their expertise in identifying and nurturing top-tier talents is remarkable.

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Milan Ličina VIDRA

Collaborating with the Materriya team means much more to me than a business relationship. Through our achievements at the Crater Training Center, CGA conference, and the Unreal Fellowship: Storytelling project, we have built a strong partnership based on mutual trust, honest dialogue, and a shared goal to deliver the best possible results to our clients.

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Marija Tošić RTS

My experience with Materriya can be summed up in three words: support, understanding, and encouragement.



I can confirm that Materriya truly knows how to select talents and support them during training. My entire group was amazing—people from different backgrounds, yet we worked well together.

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Ivana Lazarević Open Studio

When I first entered the industry, I was fortunate to have met Miljana, who served as an excellent guide and advisor. Later on, I got the opportunity to improve my performance and connect with amazing people as part of Epic Games’ Storytelling Fellowship hosted by Materriya. When it comes to their work, I especially appreciate the cultivation of individuality and finding the ideal fit for each artist which helped me land a job in a VFX studio.

Contact us, we’re here for you!

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