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dylan
dawson

he / him

CREATIVE OPERATIONS LEAD

PROGRAM + PRODUCTION + TALENT

San Francisco Bay Area

Creatively driven
Analytical in execution

Creative Operations lead for GTM, full-funnel + omnichannel marketing, integrated campaigns, corp comms, live events and experientials that drive engagement, awareness, activation, and/or user acquisition for tech, CPG and retail brands.

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Exceptionally diverse career that provides the optics to be creatively driven yet analytical in execution, passionate about collaboration with creative talent across strategy + copy + design + video + dev and cultivating CFX partnerships to maintain a healthy / sustainable pipeline and or help identify opportunities to optimize current practices or onboard new ways of working in order to solve complex issues impacting creative development / production / delivery and net scalable operational efficiencies that hit strategic goals while maintaining a respect for the craft and providing a positive end to end experience for high-performing embedded or centralized creative teams of all sizes and structures.

REVIEWS
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"Dylan brought operational infrastructure and consistent brand compliance to the UA creative team"

MARY CASEY

fmr Executive Director of Product @ Warner Brothers

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 "Dylan's understanding of the creative process (as a creator, himself) for projects, campaigns, marketing initiatives, and content production brings an extraordinary advantage for the team"

JOHN LaCROIX

Creative Director

@ Walmart

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"Dylan is a strong and inclusive team leader, in addition to being a thought leader in the creative space."

MAIE AIYED

Brand Safety @ Twitter

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Dylan has some of the best skills I’ve EVER seen to bring infrastructure and an operational mindset to complement the creative production process. 

PAMELA ALCALA

fmr Senior Director, Talent

@ Outcast Agency

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Ops + Management Career

January 2023  -  present

July 2022  -  November 2022

January 2022  -  July 2022

July 2019  -  December 2021

July 2018  -  July 2019

June 2017  -  July 2018

November 2015  -  July 2017

May 2005  -  November 2015

Jan 2001  -  May 2005

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2021 - present

2022 - present

Senior Program Manager,

Creative & Design Operations

    Mountain View, CA

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Senior Manager, Design & Creative Operations

    Santa Clara, CA

Consultant: People Ops

Human Resources Group

Senior Manager, Creative Operations

    Redwood City, CA

Manager, Creative Operations

    San Bruno, CA

Consultant: Business Mgmt

Creative Services Company

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Manager, Creative Operations

    San Francisco, CA

Lead, Creative Services (mobile publishing / UA)

    San Francisco, CA

Senior Creative Manager

   San Francisco, CA

Executive Producer, PMO

    Santa Ana, CA

Senior Production Manager,

Creative Services

    Santa Monica, CA

WBG
Certs

Certifications

HR Ethics Series: Leadership and Organizational Ethics

HRCI | Credential ID ORG-PROGRAM-525394

Collaborative Leadership

LinkedIn | Credential ID AWtIM80gRhEDKgCJmIYUqrMlutOK

Introduction to Agile Project Management

AIGA Design | Credential ID 1307375

Leading Change Management

AIGA Design | Credential ID 1307375

Demonstrating Accountability as a Leader

LinkedIn | Credential ID AVQIQmWEu71QHd5Hjj7wrQmAxvvj

Managing Gen Z

LinkedIn | Credential ID ATaxdHQ7koQpCNRzXkka9-1EgUGJ

Affiliations

Affiliations

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Member Since

2011

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Member Since

2017

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Human Resources Services

Consultant, People Operations

2022 -  present

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Creative Services

Consultant, Business

2021 -  present

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