Cristiano Molha

• Responsible to lead, support and motivate a high-performing team of Project Managers, Producers and Coordinators.
• Monitor and oversee content production across the business, ensuring high-quality, profitability and efficiency at all times.
• Ensure processes are in place and drive effective utilisation of people and resources.
• Implement and maintain communication and management systems that will ensure efficiencies in the team.
• Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
• Execute and enhance strategies informed by data-driven insights, facilitating informed and timely decision-making.
• Demonstrated history of effectively guiding, mentoring, and steering a team to achieve timely project delivery.
• Team management and recruitment responsibilities.

Key achievement(s):

• Expanding the team's headcount to accommodate a 134% increase in projects compared to 2022, while also delivering training and guidance to enhance operational efficiencies.
• Facilitated the MS Teams rollout as the primary tool of communication, delivering cross-team training and implementing guidelines and best practices.
• Successfully completed a Leadership Development Program through the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), obtaining a 100% score.

• Monitor and oversee production across the business, ensuring profitability and efficiency at all times
• Identify and assist in areas of improvement within the business (structure, performance and development)
• Optimise and streamline the use of established management systems and platforms
• Promote on-going development, identifying areas of interest and learning
• Organise workshops that improve the team's skills
• Engage and nurture collaboration
• Line Manager and hiring responsibilities

Key achievement(s):

• Helped diversifying CCW's production services (from digital content to ATL campaigns) and clients' pool (from Retail Home brands to FMCG)
• Responsible for the Client Services team restructure, moving the client responsibilities from Producers to AMs; increasing capacity and productivity
• Contributed to 300% revenue increase reached at the start of 2022 of over £4m

• Improved production workflows and the team's structure
• Ensure processes and production workflow consistency
• Allocate projects to Producers and monitor their performance
• Review project quotes and budgets
• Improve client comms and establish better ways of working with legacy clients
• Monitor and report team's progress to Directors
• Discuss and foresee new and upcoming work with the New Business team

Key achievement(s):

• Help onboarding and establishing 25+ new clients in 2021
• Developed and implemented MS Teams rollout plan and established Best Practices, reducing number of internal comms by 40% and increasing team productivity

• Manage the creation of CGI 'photography' and moving image assets
• Budgeted projects and established timelines ensuring profitability
• Pinpointed project' objectives and communicated them to internal teams: 3D Modelers, 3D Artists, VFX Artists, Developers and others
• Ensured project plans were followed and managed client expectations

Key clients:

• Dreams, Feather and Black, M&S, Geberit, Damixa, INR

Key achievement(s):

• In 2020, managed 35% of the company's revenue out of a team of six Producers
• Created and implemented the 'Production Management Training Program'; helping develop skills, effective team work and increasing production capacity

• Managed multiple campaigns for TV, digital, social and cinema
• Worked closely with clients, external and internal teams: Video Editors, Graphic, VFX and Motion Designers, Developers and others
• Managed projects from budgeting to delivery stage
• Provided regular updates to clients and ensured final expectations were met
• Reported monthly financial results, billed clients and processed suppliers' payment
• Involved in ad-hoc projects, supporting company's new business strategies

Key clients:

• Mars (M&Ms, Snickers, Twix, Whiskas, Pedigree, Uncle Ben's, Skittles, Orbit); Bayer (Claritin, Aspirin)

Key achievement(s):

• In 2018, managed over 160 campaigns and produced over 230 video assets
• Trained and guided junior team members

• Managed multiple audio production projects for TV, digital, cinema and radio
• Ensured timelines were followed and delivery deadlines met
• Coordinated voice-over castings; ensuring selected artists followed the creative brief
• Assisted Sound Engineers; checking that deliverables followed technical specifications
• Budgeting and estimating global advertising campaigns, reporting financial results and billing clients

Key clients:

• Mondelēz International, Unilever, Reebok, Procter & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser

Key achievement(s):

• Coordinated and managed voice-over recordings in over 70 territories
• Obtained suppliers' rates 25% below market average; ensuring maximum profitability and competitiveness against other Production companies

• Coordinated the translation versioning process for broadcast, print and digital campaigns
• Evaluated the copy adaptations with the team of copywriters
• Liaised directly with clients; following timelines and providing regular updates
• Prepared delivering pitches to new and prospective clients; participating in cultural consultations and market research studies to evaluate the potential success of a campaign/brand or test new market insights

Key clients:

• Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Hilton HHonors, Burberry and Mondelēz International

Key achievement(s):

• Managed campaign adaptations for over 25 markets across clients
• “Best implementation of a rebrand across multiple markets” - 2014 Transform Awards, distinguished bronze for the work developed for Hilton Hotels & Resorts

• Responsible for strategy planning and management of projects; with focus on print, editorial, web development, CRM platforms and events coordination
• Determined project objectives and communicated them to teams: Designers, Web Developers and external suppliers
• Managed online back-office platforms
• Developed project plans; monitoring production and providing regular reports
• Provided accurate management to budgets and costing processes

Key clients:

• Banif Bank, Oracle Hardware Systems, Fundação EDP and Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture

Key achievement(s):

• Managed a team of 10 people and a wide pool of external freelancers/suppliers
• Strategy and brand activation for Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture