I create clarity across business objectives, priorities, and stakeholders, and build the systems that turn plans into delivery. 12+ years across engineering, my own brand, agencies, retail, and Meta.

Program Management · Project Management · Marketing Operations · Founder


Work
About
Background Daniela Menezes

Production engineering (Benteler, Valeo, Luxottica). Built a jewelry brand from zero (Gostou Estúdio, 10 years, bootstrapped). Agencies (Le Pub, VML/Wunderman Thompson). Built marketing operations from scratch at Zerezes, scaling from 14 to 26 stores. Cross-functional program management at Meta, Creative X (WhatsApp, Meta AI).

I work at the intersection of process and strategy: turning what's possible into something people can actually execute. It started in engineering, translating product specs into what a factory could realistically build. Then I built a brand from zero, which taught me what actually converts, what protects margin, and how operations break. Then agencies, where I learned how complex projects move across teams. Then a fast-growing retailer, where I built the structure connecting product, tech, and sales from scratch. Now Meta, running programs across ambiguous, multi-market environments.

Each context taught the same lesson: systems break at friction points, whether you're a founder, an engineer, or a program manager. The job is always the same: find where the friction is, make it visible, and build the system that removes it.

Program Management Marketing Operations Cross-Functional Coordination Agency & Vendor Management Product & Campaign Launches Stakeholder Management Business Translation Data-Driven Judgment Change Enablement & Adoption AI Product Activation
English · Portuguese Spanish (passive) Catalan (passive)
Experience
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% in a key revenue metric within 5 months, 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 used attribution analysis to inform portfolio and ROI decisions.
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
Le Pub
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. Cannes Lions 2023 & 2024: 0.0 Barriers (Silver, Brand Experience), Beer Power (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
Operations · Benteler, Valeo, Luxottica
Product specs to manufacturing viability. Spotted bottlenecks before they compromised scale.
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