Paul.Muhlbach@gmail.com

Professional Summary

Award-winning Production Leader and Brand Partnerships Executive with 12+ years of experience leading integrated campaigns, live programming, branded content, and production operations. Skilled at turning ambitious ideas into executable productions that improve delivery and support business growth.

Experience

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

  • Led production planning and delivery across integrated video and digital assignments, aligning creative scope with client priorities, budgets, schedules, and production feasibility.

  • Partnered with Creative, Strategy, Account, and Media teams to improve resource visibility, vendor coordination, production planning, and delivery workflows.

  • Provided senior production guidance on scopes, execution approaches, and operational requirements across fast-moving client engagements.

Executive Producer | HAUS
January 2025 - July 2025

  • Led real-time production operations and asset trafficking for Netflix live programming, overseeing on-platform deliverables for WWE and Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney through broadcast readiness and technical delivery.

  • Identified workflow gaps and improved processes for asset review, scheduling, approvals, and cross-functional coordination.

  • Served as a senior production partner to Netflix creative and production stakeholders, maintaining brand consistency and resolving delivery needs across live programming.

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

  • Produced an integrated V8 Energy campaign across broadcast, digital, social, and out-of-home channels.

  • Directed cross-functional workflows from concept through post-production, aligning creative, client, production, and vendor teams around scope and delivery.

  • Managed vendor negotiations, budgets, schedules, and final delivery while balancing creative quality with production feasibility.

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

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

  • Co-led new-business pitches with creative and production teams, translating client objectives into viable scopes and production approaches.

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

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

  • Led the rebrand and production of multiple Salomon TV documentaries, evolving the platform’s visual identity and approach to branded storytelling.

  • Directed RFP responses and production strategies for brands including Amazon, Riot Games, and The North Face, contributing to new-business opportunities.

  • Managed senior client relationships and aligned creative ambition with budgets, schedules, vendor capabilities, and production requirements.

Creative Producer | B-Reel
June 2019 - January 2020

  • Produced a global integrated, multi-channel campaign supporting the launch of Google’s first 5G phone.

  • Served as the primary client contact across creative reviews, statements of work, budgets, approvals, and internal timelines.

  • Coordinated design, interactive, and film teams to maintain cohesive storytelling and delivery across campaign assets.

Creative Producer | Stink Studios
April 2018 - June 2019

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

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

  • Managed cross-platform production involving interactive experiences, technology partners, and cinematic content.

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

  • Founded and led CP+B’s first internal social and experiential production division, delivering integrated campaigns for Jose Cuervo, 2K Games, and Infiniti Motors.

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

  • Partnered across Creative, Account, and Strategy to translate ambitious concepts into executable production plans and final work.

Core Competencies

Executive Production • Production Operations • Brand Partnerships • Client Leadership • Integrated Campaigns • Creative Operations • Workflow Optimization • Resource Planning • Budgeting, Bidding & Scoping • Vendor Management • Cross-Functional Leadership • New Business & RFP Development • Live & Experiential Production • Multi-Platform Delivery

Education

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