I turn business goals into plans that agencies, vendors and teams can actually follow, and I stay with the work until it ships. 12+ years across engineering, my own brand, agencies, retail, and big tech.

Project Management · Marketing Operations · Founder


About
Background Daniela Menezes

Project Manager with 12+ years of experience. I take business goals and turn them into plans that agencies, vendors and internal teams can actually follow, and I stay with the work until it ships.

My focus is creative projects, from advertising campaigns and audiovisual productions to creative technology, where strategy, marketing, design and tech need to work together.

Zerezes was where something shifted: I built marketing operations from scratch. There was no project management tool, and processes were unclear. Our team of 13 depended on product, operations, sales, tech and expansion, and those teams depended on us too. I set up the tool, the calendar and the rituals while the brand grew from 14 to 26 stores in 18 months.

My background in project management started in the automotive industry. Then came ten years running my own jewelry brand, and project management at agencies (LePub, VML) and on the client side, including the in-house creative team for Meta's brands in LatAm.

Right now: part-time freelance PM at R/GA. From December, I'm open to a full-time role and to freelance projects in creative project management and marketing ops.

Work
Project Management Marketing Operations Workflow Visibility Timelines & Work Plans Dependency Management Team Rituals & Cadence Scoping & SoW Agency & Vendor Management Cross-Functional Coordination Stakeholder Management Product & Campaign Launches
English · Portuguese
Experience
Sep 2026 – Jan 2027
R/GA
Senior Project Manager, Freelance · Part-time
Client Engagement · Project Management
Freelance project manager on a multi-phase digital project for an international client, working with strategy, design, tech and an external build vendor. I own the overall timeline, the work plan and the team rituals. Something good is cooking. More once it's out of the oven.
Jul 2025 – Apr 2026
Meta
Program Manager, Creative X International
Program Management and Creative Operations · LATAM
Orchestrated the first WhatsApp B2B2C program in Brazil, translating business objectives from consumer marketing, WhatsApp leadership, SMB, Enterprise, media, brand, and legal into integrated creative programs, delivering +53% YoY in a key revenue metric, later adopted as a global Meta benchmark within 6 months. Ran daily alignment with the Creative X Creative Directors to unblock delivery, stepping into execution when needed. Coordinated the Meta AI activation at Maracanã that drove a national DAU record, 27x return on PR.
Jan 2024 – Jul 2025
Zerezes
Marketing Operations & Project Lead
Launch Management · Brand Operations · Cross-Functional Coordination
Marketing Operations & Project Lead during a high-growth phase: R$55M to R$60M+ in revenue, 14 to 26 stores in 18 months. Implemented marketing project infrastructure from scratch in Asana for a 13-person team, and orchestrated launches across 10 collections and 20+ brand initiatives, aligning product, tech, and sales around a single calendar. Built launch playbooks and workflows, and bridged creative deliverables to the performance and RevOps teams.
Mar 2023 – Dec 2023
VML
Senior Project Manager
Creative Campaigns · Brand Launches
Kenvue (Neutrogena, Tylenol, Listerine, Sempre Livre) and KFC. Managed resources and scheduling for Hydro Boost Brasil, the first brand reality show on TikTok Brazil, for Neutrogena, hosted by Manu Gavassi.
Sep 2022 – Feb 2023
LePub
Senior Project Manager
Brand Activations · Heineken
Led end-to-end management of Heineken 0.0 campaigns, the brand's main activation in 2022: internally aligning creative directors and every agency department, externally bridging Heineken's brand, trade, and business partner teams. 0.0 Barriers: Cannes Lions 2023 (Silver, Brand Experience & Activation; Bronze, Creative Commerce), The One Show 2024 (Bronze Pencil), D&AD 2024 (Integrated). Beer Power: Cannes Lions 2024 (Silver, Creative B2B).
2011 – 2022
Gostou Estúdio
Founder & Creative Director
Full Ownership
Founded and ran a jewelry brand for 10 years, testing and adjusting positioning in the early years, in a competitive e-commerce space, with minimal paid media and no outside capital. Managed customer relationships, pricing, and retention for 10,000+ customers, combining Shopify and CRM data with direct customer conversations.
2013 – 2016
Manufacturing
Production Engineering · New Projects
New Product Introduction · Project Quality · Benteler, Valeo, Luxottica
Where project management started for me: new product introduction and project quality for automotive clients, using APQP, PDCA and kaizen. Took product specs to what a factory could realistically build, and spotted bottlenecks before they affected production.
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