Mark Daniels Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Freelancing in-house and remotely for various Melbourne creative agencies.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As the in-house Creative Studio Manager, I am responsible for managing our creative studio and workflow for the award-winning brand Centr by Chris Hemsworth. I oversee a studio team of 8, which includes designers, copywriters, and video editors, in a fast-paced digital-first environment. My role involves handling high volume asset allocation and job tracking into and out of the studio.On a daily basis, I collaborate with brand managers, account managers, social media, production… Show more As the in-house Creative Studio Manager, I am responsible for managing our creative studio and workflow for the award-winning brand Centr by Chris Hemsworth. I oversee a studio team of 8, which includes designers, copywriters, and video editors, in a fast-paced digital-first environment. My role involves handling high volume asset allocation and job tracking into and out of the studio.On a daily basis, I collaborate with brand managers, account managers, social media, production, content, business development, finance, PR, CRM, and product teams in Melbourne. Additionally, I work closely with our growing team based in Los Angeles, California.Responsibilities+ Central point of contact for all incoming creative requests+ Create detailed project plans for all creative campaigns+ Weekly WIPs with brand managers and team leads to track workload and deliverables+ Recruitment and budget management for creative freelancers+ Onboarding and offboarding creative team membersSoftware: Monday.com, Slack, Trello, Google Workspace, Atlassian Confluence, Adobe Creative Suite. Show less

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

eg+ Australia is part of the Clemenger BBDO Group of companies.As the Creative Studio Manager, I lead a team of 12 individuals, including designers, finished artists, and traffic managers, in a fast-paced, high-pressure creative environment. My responsibilities include allocating and tracking high volumes of artwork jobs, both incoming and outgoing, in the studio. Additionally, I conduct daily work-in-progress (WIP) meetings with our traffic team and account managers. I collaborate directly… Show more eg+ Australia is part of the Clemenger BBDO Group of companies.As the Creative Studio Manager, I lead a team of 12 individuals, including designers, finished artists, and traffic managers, in a fast-paced, high-pressure creative environment. My responsibilities include allocating and tracking high volumes of artwork jobs, both incoming and outgoing, in the studio. Additionally, I conduct daily work-in-progress (WIP) meetings with our traffic team and account managers. I collaborate directly with the leadership team, relationship managers, account managers, and content team in our Melbourne and Sydney offices.Brands: L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Giorgio Armani, Kiehl's, Lancôme Paris, L’Oréal Men Expert and Yves Saint Laurent, NAB, MLC, JBWere and QIC.Achievements+ Promotion into the eg+ leadership team+ Overseeing the creation and delivery of in excess of 500 jobs per month + Identified opportunities for improved collaboration between teams+ Recruitment of finished artists, designers and traffic managers for the creative studio Software: Cradle Workflow, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Adobe Creative Suite. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

As the in-house Global Creative Studio Manager, I oversee a team of 13 finished artists and copywriters located in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. This team consists of 6 direct reports and 7 indirect reports. My main responsibility is to ensure the successful execution of our global campaigns, as well as the production of standard print and digital assets, product photography, and language translations in collaboration with our global teams in over 20 countries.I also… Show more As the in-house Global Creative Studio Manager, I oversee a team of 13 finished artists and copywriters located in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. This team consists of 6 direct reports and 7 indirect reports. My main responsibility is to ensure the successful execution of our global campaigns, as well as the production of standard print and digital assets, product photography, and language translations in collaboration with our global teams in over 20 countries.I also collaborate with various departments including global and local marketing, visual merchandising, business development, digital, store design, packaging, and product teams in Australia. Additionally, I work closely with our growing creative hub based in London.Achievements+ Managed the global roll-out and delivery of 18+ global and local campaigns annually for 20+ countries+ Responsible for creating and managing all studio timelines for global campaigns+ Implemented online project management tool Monday, to increase campaign delivery efficiency+ Improved the UI/UX of our digital ticketing platform to create faster turnaround times+ Responsible for cross company collaboration process to achieve shared goals+ Built and maintained studio knowledge base for better comms and creative consistency+ Recruitment of finished artists and writers for the creative studio for our head office and global regional teamsSoftware: Monday.com, Slack, Bynder, Zendesk, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Adobe Creative Suite Show less

Melbourne, Australia

As the Creative Studio Manager, I lead a team of 6 finished artists and collaborate with the wider creative teams, including account directors, art directors, retouchers, creative directors, as well as internal and external stakeholders.Achievements+ Managed the roll-out and delivery of 25+ Myer catalogues annually+ Managed the development and digital delivery of thousands of Myer press ads + Implemented online project management tool Trello, to increase catalogue delivery… Show more As the Creative Studio Manager, I lead a team of 6 finished artists and collaborate with the wider creative teams, including account directors, art directors, retouchers, creative directors, as well as internal and external stakeholders.Achievements+ Managed the roll-out and delivery of 25+ Myer catalogues annually+ Managed the development and digital delivery of thousands of Myer press ads + Implemented online project management tool Trello, to increase catalogue delivery efficiency+ Built and maintained studio knowledge base for better comms and creative consistency+ Recruitment of finished artists for the creative studioClemenger Group is Australasia's largest, most successful marketing communications company, comprising more than 50 diverse companies across Australia and New Zealand.Software: AdCast, Trello, Asura®, Adobe Creative Suite Show less

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Freelancing at various Melbourne creative agencies including: Accelerator Communications, Balance, Collier Creative, Grey, H&T Advertising, JWT Melbourne, Leap Agency, Metronome and The Blue Group.

Perth, Australia

Lead finished artist responsible for the creation and delivery of multi-platform marketing materials for Kleenheat, Mason Green Private Estate, Brookfield Multiplex, Peet Limited, Qube Property and Savills Property Management (Ellenbrook).Achievements+ Implemented new studio processes to increase efficiency+ Improved collaboration between studio, account management, creative, copy, and digital + Built and delivered hundreds of press ads, digital assets and outdoor billboards… Show more Lead finished artist responsible for the creation and delivery of multi-platform marketing materials for Kleenheat, Mason Green Private Estate, Brookfield Multiplex, Peet Limited, Qube Property and Savills Property Management (Ellenbrook).Achievements+ Implemented new studio processes to increase efficiency+ Improved collaboration between studio, account management, creative, copy, and digital + Built and delivered hundreds of press ads, digital assets and outdoor billboards annuallySoftware: Adobe Creative Suite Show less

Perth, Australia

Lead finished artist responsible for the creation and delivery of multi-platform marketing materials for Alinta Energy, Awesome Arts, Cash Converters, Dale Alcock Homes, Edith Cowan University, Federation Shopping Centres, Qatar Airways and Water Corporation.Achievements+ Implemented new studio processes to increase efficiency+ Improved collaboration between studio, account management and local printers+ Asset creation for the rebranding of Centro Properties Group to… Show more Lead finished artist responsible for the creation and delivery of multi-platform marketing materials for Alinta Energy, Awesome Arts, Cash Converters, Dale Alcock Homes, Edith Cowan University, Federation Shopping Centres, Qatar Airways and Water Corporation.Achievements+ Implemented new studio processes to increase efficiency+ Improved collaboration between studio, account management and local printers+ Asset creation for the rebranding of Centro Properties Group to Federation Shopping CentresSoftware: Adobe Creative Suite Show less

London, United Kingdom

While living in London for 13 years I was the lead finished artist on the global adidas account. I managed the day to day studio runnings of all incoming and outgoing creative tickets for clients including, adidas (global), Boots, Bushmills Irish Whiskey, Coty (global), Diageo, DFS, England Cricket Board, Halfords, Harper Collins, Harrods, Hitachi, Lidl Supermarket, London Fashion Week, Marks and Spencer, Mikimoto, Monarch Airlines, Orange, Virgin Megastores, Vodafone (Europe), Weight Watchers… Show more While living in London for 13 years I was the lead finished artist on the global adidas account. I managed the day to day studio runnings of all incoming and outgoing creative tickets for clients including, adidas (global), Boots, Bushmills Irish Whiskey, Coty (global), Diageo, DFS, England Cricket Board, Halfords, Harper Collins, Harrods, Hitachi, Lidl Supermarket, London Fashion Week, Marks and Spencer, Mikimoto, Monarch Airlines, Orange, Virgin Megastores, Vodafone (Europe), Weight Watchers and WHSmiths.Achievements+ Built studio processes for newly acquired global adidas account+ Improved collaboration between studio, account management and retouching + Developed working relationships with adidas creative teams globally+ Led the studio team for the 2002, 2006, 2010 FIFA Football World Cup campaigns+ Led the studio team for the 2004, 2008, 2012 UEFA European Championship campaigns+ Digital Asset Management of all creative studio assetsSoftware: Adobe Creative Suite• formally Radius London [2006 - 2011] Merger with Parker Baines• formally NMI Production [2004 - 2006] Offshoot from New Media Industries• formally New Media Industries [2000 - 2003] Show less