Paul.Muhlbach@gmail.com

Professional Summary

Award-winning Brand Partnerships and Production Leader with 12+ years of experience building client relationships, developing new business, and leading integrated creative programs for global brands. Experienced across partnerships, executive production, creative operations, pitches and RFPs, budgeting, and delivery. Known for connecting business goals with strong creative ideas and turning them into work teams can execute.

Experience

Director of Production | Bully Pulpit International
December 2025 - February 2026

  • Led production strategy and operational planning across integrated video and digital programs, translating client and creative priorities into scopes, budgets, staffing plans, schedules, and production approaches.

  • Served as a senior production partner across Creative, Strategy, Account, and Media, helping teams make informed decisions around creative ambition, resources, timing, and feasibility.

  • Led production for a sensitive UnitedHealthcare communications campaign under compressed timelines, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, production partners, and real-person talent.

Executive Producer | HAUS
January 2025 - July 2025

  • Led a high-volume creative team responsible for hundreds of unique on-platform deliverables each month for Netflix live programming, including WWE and Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney.

  • Served as a senior production partner to Netflix stakeholders, balancing evolving programming needs with creative quality, brand consistency, approvals, and technical requirements.

  • Improved workflows across scheduling, approvals, ownership, and escalation while managing shifting priorities across simultaneous live-programming work streams.

Executive Producer (Contract) | Unusual LA
August 2024 - January 2025

  • Owned integrated production for a global V8 Energy campaign spanning broadcast, digital, social, and out-of-home, taking the work from creative development through final delivery.

  • Aligned client, creative, production, and vendor teams around scope, budgets, schedules, and delivery while balancing creative ambition with financial realities.

Executive Producer, Brand Partnerships | SixTwentySix
March 2024 - August 2024

  • Developed and expanded brand partnerships that generated repeat engagements and supported studio revenue growth.

  • Co-led new-business opportunities from initial client conversations and creative pitches through scoping, budgeting, production strategy, and execution.

  • Built scalable production and creative-operations systems that improved resource planning, delivery efficiency, and margin performance.

Executive Producer, Brand Partnerships | Stept Studios
January 2020 - March 2024

  • Led senior brand relationships and new-business development across branded entertainment and integrated campaigns, owning client relationships from initial conversations through final delivery.

  • Generated $1M+ in new business annually through pitches, RFPs, and relationship development with major brands.

  • Deepened the Salomon client partnership through the rebrand and production of multiple award-winning Salomon TV documentaries.

  • Led RFPs and production strategies for Amazon, Riot Games, and The North Face, supporting new-business growth.

Creative Producer | B-Reel
June 2019 - January 2020

  • Produced a global integrated, multi-channel campaign supporting the launch of Google’s first 5G phone, coordinating film, design, interactive, and production work-streams.

  • Served as the primary client contact across creative reviews, SOWs, budgets, approvals, and timelines, aligning Google stakeholders with film, design, and interactive teams.

Creative Producer | Stink Studios
April 2018 - June 2019

  • Produced Twitch’s Pokémon Badge Collector extension, one of the platform’s largest live events, combining interactive technology, content, and real-time audience participation.

  • Delivered award-winning digital and experiential campaigns for YouTube Music and WeTransfer.

Integrated Producer | Crispin Porter + Bogusky
May 2014 - April 2018

  • Founded and led CP+B’s first internal social and experiential production division, expanding the agency’s capabilities across emerging content formats and live brand experiences.

  • Produced PayPal’s award-winning Local Selects activation, connecting global shoppers with Los Angeles’ Melrose Trading Post through a real-time interactive commerce experience.

  • Produced integrated campaigns for brands including Jose Cuervo, 2K Games, and Infiniti, partnering across Creative, Account, and Strategy to turn ambitious ideas into executable work.

Core Expertise

Brand Partnerships • Client Leadership • New Business Development • Executive Production • Creative Operations • Pitch & RFP Development • Budgeting & Scoping • Cross-Functional Leadership • Live & Experiential Production • Integrated Marketing

Awards & Recognition

  • Clio Award, Silver — Salomon TV | Dear Rich

  • Shorty Award, Gold — PayPal | Local Selects

  • Banff Mountain Film Festival, Best Film: Adventure — Arc’teryx | 109 Below

  • Clio Award, Bronze — The North Face | Have You Ever

  • The One Club, Bronze Pencil — PayPal | Local Selects

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Film and Electronic Arts | California State University, Long Beach