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I’m a creative director and producer based in Madrid, where I build video and visual storytelling operations across newsrooms, global e-commerce, and brand work. I come from a journalist-trained picture/video editing background, and I’m used to turning chaotic daily deadlines into consistent output—whether that means designing new formats that grow into categories or directing production teams to a repeatable creative standard. Over the last 20+ years, I’ve led everything from briefing and image selection through full end-to-end production, with a track record of audience growth from zero and strong performance results on platforms like YouTube. I also work comfortably with AI-assisted production tools to reduce turnaround time without losing craft, and I enjoy crafting pipelines that keep quality high—while still moving fast for real business and editorial needs.…I’m a creative director and producer based in Madrid, where I build video and visual storytelling operations across newsrooms, global e-commerce, and brand work. I come from a journalist-trained picture/video editing background, and I’m used to turning chaotic daily deadlines into consistent output—whether that means designing new formats that grow into categories or directing production teams to a repeatable creative standard. Over the last 20+ years, I’ve led everything from briefing and image selection through full end-to-end production, with a track record of audience growth from zero and strong performance results on platforms like YouTube. I also work comfortably with AI-assisted production tools to reduce turnaround time without losing craft, and I enjoy crafting pipelines that keep quality high—while still moving fast for real business and editorial needs.

Bruno Maestrini

Creative Director, Film Producer, Video Editor, +2

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I’m a creative director and producer based in Madrid, where I build video and visual storytelling operations across newsrooms, global e-commerce, and brand work. I come from a journalist-trained picture/video editing background, and I’m used to turning chaotic daily deadlines into consistent output—whether that means designing new formats that grow into categories or directing production teams to a repeatable creative standard. Over the last 20+ years, I’ve led everything from briefing and image selection through full end-to-end production, with a track record of audience growth from zero and strong performance results on platforms like YouTube. I also work comfortably with AI-assisted production tools to reduce turnaround time without losing craft, and I enjoy crafting pipelines that keep quality high—while still moving fast for real business and editorial needs.…I’m a creative director and producer based in Madrid, where I build video and visual storytelling operations across newsrooms, global e-commerce, and brand work. I come from a journalist-trained picture/video editing background, and I’m used to turning chaotic daily deadlines into consistent output—whether that means designing new formats that grow into categories or directing production teams to a repeatable creative standard. Over the last 20+ years, I’ve led everything from briefing and image selection through full end-to-end production, with a track record of audience growth from zero and strong performance results on platforms like YouTube. I also work comfortably with AI-assisted production tools to reduce turnaround time without losing craft, and I enjoy crafting pipelines that keep quality high—while still moving fast for real business and editorial needs.

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I’m a creative director and producer based in Madrid, where I build video and visual storytelling operations across newsrooms, global e-commerce, and brand work. I come from a journalist-trained picture/video editing background, and I’m used to turning chaotic daily deadlines into consistent output—whether that means designing new formats that grow into categories or directing production teams to a repeatable creative standard.

Over the last 20+ years, I’ve led everything from briefing and image selection through full end-to-end production, with a track record of audience growth from zero and strong performance results on platforms like YouTube. I also work comfortably with AI-assisted production tools to reduce turnaround time without losing craft, and I enjoy crafting pipelines that keep quality high—while still moving fast for real business and editorial needs.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Copywriting

Expert

Final Cut Pro X

Intermediate

Editorial Illustration

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Portuguese

Fluent

English

Fluent

Spanish; Castilian

Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Content Marketing Manager at Scalefast / ESW

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023

Directed end-to-end video production for a global e-commerce platform, from concept to delivery, structuring outputs as campaign series (not one-off assets). Delivered 56 films in 2023 for clients including Kering and Square Enix. Produced tutorial and knowledge-base video for Air360 (analytics product) and outreach content. Contracted and directed external specialists (freelance voice artists and an outsourced motion graphics studio), including briefing, quality control, and payment. Produced logistics explainer content supporting partners such as DPD, FedEx and UPS, plus promotional enterprise outreach work for brands including Formula 1. Wrote SEO-led industry articles to support organic traffic and category positioning.

Founder & Creative Producer at Bpix Creative Studio

January 1, 2016 - Present

Assemble and direct project crews up to six people (designers, editors, camera assistants, voice talent), scope briefs, set creative standards, and deliver to deadline. Manage end-to-end projects including pricing and budget control across crew, travel, and logistics. Produce client films for organizations including Médecins Sans Frontières and Fundación Consejo España–EE.UU. (retained 2018–2020), plus work for Korean Cultural Centre, Content With Purpose (Certis Belchim) and Wondershare; some photography published by BBC. Localise video (English to Spanish) for Bored Panda with audio replacement, mixing, quality control, and voice-artist direction; identify translation inconsistencies and drive re-records. Create and edit episodic series solo and manage YouTube channel growth from zero through format/retention-driven production.

Assistant Director of Photography at China Daily

January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2016

Directed daily visual output across a 24-strong photo desk by briefing photographers and picture editors on approach and coverage for each assignment. Owned image selection, sequencing, and page placement for the print edition. Contributed to editorial planning alongside section editors and the Editor-in-Chief.

Assistant Editor, Multimedia at Zero Hora

January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2013

Co-edited FotoZH (2013), a tablet-native photography magazine for iPad, shaping editorial and visual identity across 11 issues. Directed photographers and art directors and curated each edition’s central photo essay. Led an eight-person multimedia team producing deadline-driven video for news features. Directed studio and location shoots and coordinated across editorial departments.

Co-founder & Co-host at Hora do Mac Podcast

January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2014

Co-founded and co-hosted one of Brazil’s longest-running technology podcasts, covering Apple hardware, software, and industry news across 100+ episodes. Grew the feed to about 2,000 subscribers and around 2,600 weekly downloads by 2011; achieved third place in the Technology category of Brazil’s Prêmio Podcast public vote (2009). Continued remotely from the US and China.

Teaching Assistant & Media Digitisation Technician at Southern Illinois University

January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2011

Planned and taught Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign labs for journalism students, grading 80+ students per semester. Digitised obsolete media formats for preservation and access. Completed MS coursework and produced a final documentary project; freelanced for Brazilian newspapers and the Futura Press photo newswire alongside.

Co-founder, Writer & Producer at Rabbit Tell

January 1, 2008 - Present

Developed and maintained hand-drawn iOS point-and-click adventure game Dawn, P.I. (live since 2021, supported, rated 4.8/5 across 15 reviews, localized into Spanish). Ran the player community directly. Built browser adventure that reached 60,000 plays in the opening weekend and became a trilogy. Commissioned by Sony to build a game for a hardware launch; wrote story and dialogue and authored the majority of puzzles.

Senior Online Journalist, Games & Technology at Terra Networks

January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2008

Covered video games and consumer technology for one of Latin America’s major web portals, publishing dozens of hardware/software reviews. Wrote and grew Technotrash, a technology blog that peaked at 200,000 views per day. Devised a pop-up news story format for the science channel that drew 8M views in one day and was republished across all Latin American editions. Worked as staff photographer on breaking assignments, including first on scene at one of Brazil’s largest bank robberies.

Copywriter → Web Division Lead at Mais Propaganda

January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2005

Hired into advertising copywriting, proposed and launched the agency’s web division, and then led it. Won and delivered the agency’s first major accounts.