Arthur Cortez

Creati​ve Operatio​ns

Working from Melbourne, Australia

My work ​History

Canva

OPerationS Lead

FEB 2022 - Now



  • Operational leadership ​for the creation of ​bespoke, diverse and ​truly local graphics, ​photos, videos, ​animation, copy and ​template designs.
  • Resource and workflow ​planning for ~400 ​content creators across ​40 priority locales.
  • Workflow audits and ​optimisation for Craft ​and Product teams.
  • Financial forecasting and ​P&L management.

Va​rious

Senior project &​ account manager​

Mar 2020 - Feb 2022​


  • Employed at design​ studios Principals and​ Paper Stone Scissors. ​
  • Conduit between​ stakeholders to facilitate​ brand refresh, brand​ architecture, design and​ CX projects. ​
  • Developed content and​ brand strategy,​ copywriting, lead​ generation, digital​ production to organic​ and paid content​ management and​ performance analysis.​

Become​

PRINCIPAL RECRUITER

FEB 2019 - Mar 2020



  • Recruited for roles across ​design, content, strategy, ​UX/UI, and operations.
  • Leadership for the ​Melbourne creative hub ​and facilitated new ​business initiatives.
  • End to end recruitment ​from generating new ​clients, resourcing for roles ​to candidate negotiations ​and placements.


Worked as TALENT SOURCER at ​Become between March 2016 ​to October 2017.

De​ntsu Aegis

project manager

Oct 2017 - jan 2019



  • Project management ​across branding, digital ​advertising, print, OOH, ​eDM/DMs and CMS ​maintenance.
  • Supported the senior ​leadership team on new ​business, assisting in the d​evelopment of strategic t​hought starters for p​itches, RFPs and g​overnment tenders.

Brands I have worked with: RACV, Transurban, South East Water and Telstra nbn (utility), ​Australian Red Cross Lifeblood (NFP), Nufarm (agriculture), Officeworks, Geeks2U, Just ​Jeans, Highpoint Shopping Centre, Mazzucchelli’s, POLITIX, David Jones, Dulux and United ​Airlines (retail), Latitude Financial Services (finance) Canva and realestate.com.au (tech).

Check out my LinkedIn for more details.

MY Skills & ​Expertise

Home office

Sk​ills

⎼ Campaign Management

⎼ Content Production

⎼ Resource Management

⎼ Recruitment

–​ Business Development

Operational Strategy

⎼ Scaling/Expansion

Workflow Audit

⎼ Process Implementation

⎼ People Culture

To​ols

Managed projects using ​Monday, Accountability, ​Basecamp, Float, Trello, ​FunctionPoint, 10,000ft, ​Smartsheets, Evernote and ​Adstream. Proficiency in ​using Adobe Suite, Figma, ​and Invision.


CMS experience with ​Shopify, Wagtail, Wordpr​ess and Squar​espace.

My CASE STUDIES

Diverse Friends in Picnic Outdoors
Woman Eating Indian Takeaway Food

Design Operations – ​Truly Local Content

Project Management – Rebooting ​A Market Disruptor

Let's

Wo​rk

Together

+61 450 928 874

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Acknowledgement of country


I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land where I work and live. I ​pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. I celebrate the ​stories, culture and traditions of the Aboriginal land and Torres Strait ​Islander Elders of all communities who also work and live on this land.