Ashley Rudder®
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Case 03 · M·A·C Momentum · Global Content Studio

An always-on studio, built in-house.

M·A·C's global content engine. Brief to live in 14 days — without dropping below campaign quality.

RoleBuilt & led the studio
BrandM·A·C Cosmetics · Estée Lauder
ScopeGlobal · all regions
ModelAlways-on, in-house
Agency timelines 14 days Brief to live in 14 business days for stills, 20 for video. Campaign quality, always-on.
01 · The Challenge

The feed moves daily. Agency timelines move in months.

As online accelerated, M·A·C needed always-on, speed-to-market content to fill planning gaps, mitigate risk, and react to live trends — globally, and at premium quality.

Traditional campaign production couldn't keep that pace or that volume. The brand needed an engine, not a series of one-off shoots.

The gap Always-on demand
Local, timely trends
Campaign quality
At platform speed
02 · The Build

I stood up a dedicated in-house content studio.

A new M·A·C Global Creative studio, calibrated for speed and premium output, operationalized with a production partner and a M·A·C-exclusive talent roster — photographers, directors, and artists not shared with other houses.

One engine spanning project management, art direction, production, editing, and release — coordinated across every region.

What I built In-house Global Creative studio
Exclusive talent roster
Regional coordination model
End-to-end: brief → release
03 · The Process

A speed-to-market system. Repeatable, every cycle.

Identify the trend, brief globally, produce, publish across owned channels, land in-store on digital displays, then measure and optimize straight into the next cycle.

The same loop ran every 14 to 30 days — so output compounded instead of restarting.

The loop Trend & brief
Produce · retouch · edit
Brand.com · social · email
Measure → optimize
The Output
M·A·C Momentum beauty content M·A·C Momentum beauty content M·A·C Momentum beauty content
04 · The Results

A studio the whole brand could run on.

14dBrief to live, still imagery
20dBrief to live, video
2wkChina pilot, turned around
3yrGlobal usage rights, all assets
GlobalOnline · in-store · organic social
Always-onContent, not one-off campaigns
I turned campaign production into an always-on engine.
The takeaway

Premium content. At always-on speed.

In-house studio 14-day delivery 3-year global usage
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