CASE STUDIES

HOW I ENGINEER VALUE

1. Enter the client, campaign, and requester name so the submission is identifiable organized.
2. Add each video type (e.g. TV, Social), select the lengths needed, and set the number of creative variants, copy variants, and sizes.
3. Repeat for static assets.
4. Choose the build complexity, enter start and due dates, and check any extras, such as music or voiceover, which need manual pricing.
5. The calculator turns the inputs into an itemized Studios fee, with a file count and a toggle between fee and labor cost.
6. The same total is split by role to show who does the work.
7. A full list of every file Studios will deliver, named and grouped by creative variant, copy variant and size.


Vibe-Coded
Cost Calculator

Built with Claude Code (AI) & Shipped Across Teams
Saves days of work, every time

I built the Asset Cost Calculator via Claude Artifacts, turning a manual, email-driven scoping process into a structured intake with deterministic pricing logic and a single source of truth. Each field is explicitly labeled and defined, which removes a cross-practice translation layer, and the meeting time we used to lose to ambiguous terminology. The pricing engine is fully parameterized, so rates, formats and rules can be reconfigured in minutes, and it scales across clients, campaigns and use cases without rebuilding anything. With time-to-quote cut from days to minutes (and submissions routed automatically via Drive and Slack API integrations), the tool not only saves my agency loads of time, but also enables us to respond to client leads faster and with more conviction.




AI-Powered Cost Tracking

Saves 8hrs/week+
Increased AI Implementation Across PM Team

I collaborated with Claude to engineer a one-click solution that answers the Big Kahuna of project management: are we spending over-, on-, or under-budget?

Here's how it works:

1. The Cost Tracker is deployed via the Google Apps Script console of our standard Project Financials Sheet. I manually enter the project number once in the script (and never again).

2. The script produces a button in the Sheet's top nav called "Track Costs". Upon clicking, all of the below happens automatically.

3. The script uses the Google Workspace API to source all costs associated with that project number, which are logged in disparate places. This step consolidates them.

4. Those financials are then populated in the Project Financials Sheet, and categorized (e.g., Freelance Invoices, Vendor Invoices, Credit Card Expenses) for better visualization.

5. The newly-imported costs are weighted against a time function that calculates Project Completion %, which produces a Cost Performance Index (CPI=1 means we're exactly on-budget, CPI>1 means we're under-budget).




Dr. Seuss


27M Impressions
530K High-Intent Engagements
Agency Awarded 2x New SoWs from Campaign’s Success
Press: TimeOut, Ad Age

I managed the creative team that launched the Dr. Seuss Travel Agency: a faux travel agency that transports viewers to new ‘destinations’ via Dr. Seuss’ culture-shaping stories. Our work targeted a range of audiences with messaging akin to an Expedia, eventually leading to the ‘a-ha’ moment that these books have the same, or perhaps more, power to transport you to beautiful places. The campaign produced the most notable post-campaign increase in sales in recent years for the brand.




Peloton


120+ Deliverables Shipped for 7 Concurrent Workstreams
Full Brand Relaunch Across 2 B2B Verticals
I led a design & copywriting team that re-introduced Peloton to its business customers via a cross-channel mix of awareness and conversion collateral. From display ads to sales decks, my team was the first partner to successfully apply the brand’s new image and ethos for these verticals, while maintaining seasonality for moments like back-to-school, Black History Month, and International Women’s Day.  




Four Seasons

[1]

International & Bilingual Creative Process
Press: The Michelin Guide, Forbes, Frame

Tasked with elevating the guest experience at the latest addition to the Four Seasons coterie, I managed a team (spread across 4 time zones) that designed brand identities and prototyped print collateral for the hospitality icon’s hotel, restaurants, and rooftop bar at Hangzhou Centre. The result was a suite of souvenir-worthy items that accentuate the beauty of their spaces’ architecture, vistas, and luxury.




Hublot

[1]
Celebrity Attendance: Tyreek Hill, BLOND:ISH, +++
Exclusive Venues: Miami Design District, The W Hotel
Press: GQ, Paper, Nylon, WWD

To build awareness in their home market of Miami, my team was tasked with producing a boutique takeover and VIP event by leveraging Hublot’s patronage of two contiguous events (the FIFA World Cup and Art Basel). My team collaborated with artist Mira Mikati, incorporating her signature style into our activations at the Miami Design District and W Hotel South Beach. 




Wella



[Campaign Not Yet Live]
Won Global Creative RFP
Orchestrated Full-Scale TVC Production
100+ Assets Delivered for Global Translation
I managed both an inter- and intra-agency team to reinforce Koleston’s status as the world’s number one salon color brand. My team oversaw a shoot in Budapest, Hungary, where we shot hundreds of static and motion assets for dozens of product SKUs. The result: a truly robust library of campaign content to build Wella’s year-long marketing plans and media buys against.




SiriusXM



[Campaign Not Yet Live]
500+ Assets Delivered: Video & Static
CTV Spot Produced in 1 mo.
Collaborative Licensing with the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL

On a one-month timeline, I partnered with the strategy and creative practices to produce dozens of static and motion assets to roll out SiriusXM’s newest offering. The creative was built in tandem with the big 4 sports leagues, and drives toward a free trial of the service. While media is not live yet, the ability to navigate numerous levels of internal and 3rd-party approvals alone feels like a huge success.




Hublot

[2]

Sold Out in 72hrs
Celebrity Attendance
Press: Forbes, Hypebeast, Flaunt, Modern Luxury, Robb Report

Building a relationship with the brand over several projects, I led production of a live-action shoot, event, & gifting package to promote the finale in a series of collaborations between Hublot and Shepard Fairey. After shooting in New York, I traveled to Los Angeles, where my team activated the brand’s flagship west coast boutique with a full vinyl wrap. We capped the campaign with a star-studded event and unveiling, featuring a custom-fabricated light sculpture composed of Fairey’s signature mandala motifs.




Four Seasons

[2]

Standardized Design System for 128 of the World’s Most Esteemed Hotels
Armed with a fresh visual identity for the brand and a multinational design team, I managed a global collateral redesign project for 128 Four Seasons hotels. Core to this project was my identification of both areas primed for creative freedom as well as those requiring strict adherence; the result was a cohesive set of materials and guidelines that unify the brand globally, while offering flexibility for each franchise’s local flavor.




Hublot

[3]
Campaign Promoted to Paid Media Cycle Upon Delivery
Remote Shoot Production

My team and I conceptualized and produced photo and video content for Hublot’s then-newest timepiece in the California desert. Capturing both product and lifestyle content, the look and feel of the campaign responded to the watch’s fusing of durable materials and exceptional luxury. A bonus: I pitched the initial creative concept and shoot location.




Nespresso



Inventory Sold Out in 72hrs
Product Promoted for Nationwide Distribution
Agency Promoted to Preferred Vendor

Managed a design team that launched one of Nespresso’s few non-coffee products to date: Nespresso Bloom Coffee Blossom Honey. After designing product packaging, we designed and produced custom-fabricated elements for Nespresso’s Madison Avenue and Walnut Creek boutiques, including window displays, product displays, and promotional signage.




Ivy Park x Adidas


50M+ Impressions on Instagram
Celebrity Engagement: Beyoncé, Teezo Touchdown, +++

To amplify the launch of IVY PARK x Adidas’ Valentine's Day collection, I led a team that designed and produced one-of-a-kind seeding kits for 20 celebrity and influencer recipients in Los Angeles. Hand-crafted from edible chocolate to replicate Adidas’ iconic shoebox design, the kits themselves successfully matched the hype of the products they encased.











Workflow Automation

Robots should eliminate the mundane. I regularly automate project management workflows and implement them on an enterprise level, so that we humans can work on the fun stuff. See an example in the Vibe-Coded Cost Calculator case study!


Programmatic Solutions

I engineered a one-click solution that ingests disparate timesheet and budget data to generate real-time burn rates, in seconds. See an example in the AI-Powered Cost Tracking case study!


Agile SoW Writing

I work across practices to ensure resources are available, assess what deliverables package is workable for them, and write an SoW that both protects our team and delivers for the client.


Predictive Resourcing

I’ll deploy an AI co-working agent (e.g., Claude) to reference our talent allocations and return with an uber-informed delivery window in minutes, not hours.


Cross-Practice                         Translation

My work functions cross-practice, so I do too! For clients and colleagues alike, I help explain and justify budget, timing, and production paths by translating creative processes into clear business logic.


Passion & Pride for the         Work

While project management is largely about systems and execution, I take great passion and pride in the final deliverable that the world gets to see :) 






SAMUEL REYES
PROJECT MANAGER