Global Digital Production

Client: Major Automotive Manufacturer (Confidential)

Industry: Automotive / Digital Marketing

Role: Strategic Architect + Operational Lead

Challenge

The client was managing digital production (websites, email, display ads) through a fragmented, multi-vendor model. Each brand worked with its own set of agencies, resulting in duplicated efforts, inconsistent output, and inflated costs. There was no centralized oversight, making it difficult to enforce standards, measure performance, or scale effectively across business units. Stakeholders were frustrated by slow turnaround times, high costs, lack of visibility into production pipelines, and an overall absence of operational cohesion. The system was unsustainable, creating mounting pressure to unify delivery and improve efficiency at scale.

Solution

I pitched, and then led, a complete transformation of their digital production model by:

  • Consolidating production across all divisions into a single cross-functional team
  • Building a 300+ person global operation spanning development, design, QA, analytics, and project management
  • Shifting work offshore to trusted nearshore/remote teams for substantial cost savings
  • Standardizing processes and toolsets, including consolidated codebases and unified design systems
  • Implementing end-to-end operational workflows with integrated reporting and KPIs
  • Developing scalable onboarding, hiring, and training programs to ensure quality and speed

Impact

  • Delivered tens of millions in annual cost savings
  • Enabled rapid scaling across brands while improving quality and consistency
  • Reduced production turnaround times by streamlining team structure and workflows
  • Improved cross-functional collaboration across creative, technical, and strategic roles
  • Enhanced brand governance through standardized toolsets and design systems
  • Lowered onboarding time and ramp-up costs with scalable training and hiring models

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