Mariana Benevides
@marianabenevides
I craft cross-platform creative strategy for global music, tech, and entertainment—driving growth and digital storytelling.
What I'm looking for
I’m a Creative Strategist with 10+ years building high-performing digital narratives for global music, tech, and entertainment brands. I turn insights and cultural trends into scalable creative concepts—leading content strategy and digital storytelling across creator ecosystems and platforms including YouTube, Meta, and TikTok. I’ve driven measurable outcomes such as +60% growth campaigns and multi-market rollouts for artists like Lady Gaga and Anitta.
From my work at Universal Music Group, I’ve partnered with Meta, Vevo and YouTube to coordinate projects focused on digital transformation and revenue growth, tracking performance and generating data-driven insights across long- and short-form video. I’ve led global campaigns (including Vevo’s Artist to Watch & Official Performance) across 10+ markets and optimized Brazil YouTube and Vevo ecosystems through SEO analysis to increase organic reach. Today, I’m focused on developing narrative frameworks, creative decks and content systems for global clients (e.g., WMG, Ninja Tune, Bytedance, Roc Nation) while also bridging brand identity into new sensory experiences through audio branding consulting.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
- Identify and initiate high-level sales dialogues with companies, brands, and studios across Brasil and the global market.
- Connect with key decision-makers and stakeholders to communicate the strategic value and ROI of a unified audio branding identity
- Lead preliminary sales consultations to diagnose complex client challenges, establish project goals, and identify specific needs for custom so
Clients: WMG, Ninja Tune, Bytedance, Roc Nation
- Develop creative concepts, narrative frameworks, and content systems for global music clients.
- Build strategic decks, creative briefs, and moodboards that guide high-impact creative execution.
- Drive double-digit growth across artist YouTube channels through content architecture, customised branding and audience insights.
- Lead YouTube strateg
- Strategic partnership with Meta, Vevo and Youtube, coordinating projects that aim for digital transformation and revenue growth;
- Communication and collaboration with global teams about commercial opportunities and data-driven strategies;
- Tracking performance and generating insights for videos and short video platforms.
- Led global campaigns (Vevo’s Artist to Watch & Official Performance
- Managed YouTube channels for 50+ artists, implementing growth strategies that increased channel subscribers by 30% and video views by 20%.
- Coordinated audiovisual material and original programs for Youtube, driving a 15% increase in audience engagement
- Collaborated with global teams on marketing and promotional strategies.
- Planned, developed and executed marketing plans and campaigns for Brazilian artists; managed and coordinated projected rollouts.
- Spearheaded artist and product overall development with data-driven insights and cross-functional collaborations between several teams.
- Managed brand awareness and content marketing: promoting the artists and releases through traditional advertising, social media,
Deckdisc is Brazil's first indie record label, and currently one of its biggest, wherein I was responsible for:
- Creating, developing and managing playlists, as well as researching for and identifying music trends;
- Assisting with digital campaigns for products and releases;
- Supporting digital marketing and promotional strategies;
- Submitting and coordinating distribution of streaming platf
Supports new media and digital marketing activities focused on media and promotional efforts. Assists with day-to-day work related to digital marketing initiatives.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Berklee College of Music
Music Business
2020 - 2020
Online course
Curtin University
Digital Branding and Engagement
2020 - 2020
Online course
Universidade Veiga de Almeida
Bachelor's degree, Advertising
2013 - 2018
Final year dissertation on Black American Music, from jazz, to hip-hop, to Beyoncé's Lemonade
Senac RJ
Graphic Design
2012 - 2012
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