I think there’s this romanticized idea of how agencies run campaigns. Like, we have a super clean process, everything’s scheduled, everyone knows their role. In reality? It’s organized chaos, and I want to be honest about that.
We just wrapped a campaign that touched both US and LATAM audiences, and the workflow was… intense. Here’s roughly how it went:
Week 1-2: Alignment chaos. We had the US brand team, the LATAM partner team, and our internal folks all trying to agree on what success looked like. Turns out, success meant something different to everyone. That was actually the most valuable part—forcing everyone to articulate what they actually cared about.
Week 3-4: Creator sourcing. For the US side, we tapped existing networks. For LATAM, we had to cold-reach and validate. This took longer, but honestly, the LATAM creators we found were more engaged because there was actual relationship-building instead of just transactional outreach.
Week 5-6: Content creation and approval cycles. Here’s where it got messy. Different approval speeds, different feedback styles, timezone issues. We had to build in buffer time and adjust expectations.
Week 7-8: Campaign live, real-time optimization. Split testing, performance monitoring, quick pivots. This part was actually smoother because everyone was watching the same metrics.
The part I wish we’d done better: documentation. We were so focused on execution that we didn’t capture the why behind decisions—why we chose certain creators, why we pivoted messaging, what we learned in real time.
What I’m curious about: How do you actually document the behind-the-scenes stuff in a way that’s useful later, without it becoming a burden during the campaign itself?