About

Danielle Solis Otani

I'm a creative operations leader with nearly a decade of experience across agency, startup, and enterprise. I build the things that help design teams do their best work — AI-powered tools, cross-functional playbooks, capacity models that turn creative ambiguity into structured, scalable execution. I do my best work in fast-moving environments where the team is lean and the bar for the brand is high.

Maven Clinic 2025 — Present

Creative Operations Manager

  • Built and deployed 7 AI-powered tools and a new operational model — reducing rush requests from 53% to 31% and cutting paid ad turnaround from 2 weeks to 1 week.
  • Drove production on Maven's first major consumer campaigns, including a national Sex Ed awareness activation (320K+ impressions, 400+ NYC attendees) and the Ōura wearable health partnership launch.
  • Shifted 20% of team capacity from production to higher-order creative work.
RocketAir 2020 — 2025

Managing Director, Chief of Staff to CEO

  • Scaled a fully remote studio 2x+ while improving on-time delivery by 43% and growing revenue by 61%.
  • Built mentorship structures, operational playbooks, and SOPs for a 30+ person multidisciplinary creative team — enabling consistent, scalable execution across concurrent client programs.
  • Earned recognition as an Adweek Fastest Growing Agency and Inc. 5000 company.
The Brigade 2018 — 2020

Senior Producer

  • Led cross-functional creative production for clients including Google, Mozilla, and Twitch — including a voice-first trivia experience built in partnership with Google and HQ Trivia.
Creative operations Strategic planning Cross-functional leadership Program & project management Workflow design AI tooling Budget & vendor management Change management Risk mitigation & management Go-to-market execution Resource & capacity management

Portland State University

Bachelor of Science, Business