# Phil Castillo

**Project Management | Creative Operations | Team Leadership**

San Tan Valley, AZ | 480-604-4949 | [philcastillo.jobs@gmail.com](mailto:philcastillo.jobs@gmail.com)  
[Portfolio & Professional Profile](https://bit.ly/m/philcastillo)

## Professional Summary

Creative operations and team leader with experience managing concurrent projects, developing staff, and building workflows that turn business priorities into finished work. Built and managed a five-person creative team, implemented Asana systems for 50+ simultaneous projects, and contributed to substantial audience growth at two companies. Brings a practical combination of project delivery, marketing strategy, client service, and retail operations experience to management roles that require clear priorities, accountable teams, and measurable results.

## Core Skills

Project planning and delivery • Workflow design and process improvement • Cross-functional coordination • Team leadership and coaching • Scheduling and resource coordination • Performance tracking • Creative direction • Marketing and content strategy • Client communication • Quality control

## Professional Experience

### Senior Video Producer | META PCs
Phoenix, AZ | January 2025–September 2026

- Built and managed a five-person team of producers, editors, and designers; established training practices that helped junior staff advance into lead responsibilities.
- Implemented Asana to coordinate 50+ simultaneous projects, organizing priorities, deadlines, and handoffs across creative production.
- Led creative production and workflow development during a period when the YouTube channel grew from approximately **343,000 to 1.68 million subscribers**, adding **1.34 million subscribers and 2.11 billion channel views** between January 13, 2025, and September 9, 2026.
- Helped scale the team's publishing operation from approximately **36 to 55 videos per month**, a **51% increase** across the audit's full-month comparison, while coordinating short-form, long-form, sponsored, and live deliverables.
- Owned sponsorship and advertising production from concept through delivery, working with creative collaborators and major technology brands including NVIDIA, AMD, and ASUS.
- Designed and operated three studio sets, coordinating equipment procurement, infrastructure, and production readiness.

### Video Content Producer | DTF Superstore
Gilbert, AZ | May 2023–November 2024

- Promoted from Video Editor to Video Content Producer and took on expanded leadership responsibilities across content and marketing projects.
- Introduced Asana and designed workflows for a five-person team, establishing production tracking, deadlines, and handoffs.
- Helped grow the YouTube audience from approximately **1,000 to more than 10,000 subscribers within one year**, combining content strategy, customer education, and publishing improvements.
- Coordinated tutorials, internal training, marketing content, and paid campaign work with the marketing team to support customer understanding and product engagement.
- Led development of a custom Photoshop UXP plugin for direct-to-film printing workflows, collaborating with peers to translate production needs into a customer-facing tool.

### Video Editor / VFX Artist / VR Compositor | Point in Time Studios
Tempe, AZ | July 2022–April 2023

- Managed post-production work across advertisements, promotional content, and complex interactive training projects, including delegation and communication with a team of editors.
- Coordinated editing, review preparation, and quality control for stereoscopic VR training modules spanning hundreds of scenes.

### Owner / Video Content Producer | Papple Media LLC
San Tan Valley, AZ | November 2020–March 2023

- Managed client acquisition, marketing, creative direction, and delivery for a multimedia business serving real estate and commercial clients.
- Delivered photography, video, editing, and audio projects across varied client needs, balancing production work with business operations.

### Assistant Manager | Build-A-Bear Workshop
Oklahoma City, OK | October 2019–December 2020

- Coordinated daily customer service operations, coached staff, evaluated performance, and identified hiring and training needs.
- Tracked store objectives and operating results; monitored inventory, costs, budgets, and resources to support store management.

### Lead Photographer | Picsolve, Oklahoma City Zoo
Oklahoma City, OK | May 2018–October 2019

- Led site operations, employee scheduling, training, and customer service; interviewed and assessed prospective hires.
- Created spreadsheets to track employee and site performance and set daily goals informed by historical results, attendance, and operating conditions.

## Tools

Asana • Microsoft Excel, Word & Outlook • Google Workspace • YouTube Studio & Analytics • Google Ads • Adobe Creative Cloud

## Education & Professional Development

**Bachelor of Arts, Film & Video Production** — Collins College, Tempe, AZ | 2015  
**Channel Jumpstart, Derral Eves** — Training in audience strategy, analytics, content packaging, and channel growth