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Mélissa D.MD

Mélissa D.

Paid Media Strategy Expert - Luxury | Fashion | Beauty

€450/day
Paris, FR
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Mélissa

International Paid Media Strategy Expert specializing in the luxury, fashion, beauty, and premium sectors. I support brands in advertising strategy, activation, and optimization of international media campaigns, both online and offline.

My experience at CHANEL (Fashion & Beauty) and Van Cleef & Arpels (Jewelry) has allowed me to develop strong expertise in strategic guideline design, media planning, cross-market coordination, and performance measurement.

🎯 Key Expertise:

- Development of international and local Paid Media strategies (guidelines, objectives, audiences, channels, formats)
- Cross-functional and cross-market coordination
- Online & offline media planning and activation (paid social media, display, programmatic, print, TV…)
- Art direction and asset orchestration
- Campaign performance monitoring and analysis (reporting, reviews, recommendations)
- Competitive benchmarking

✨ Strengths:

- Strategic vision with a keen sense of branding
- Organization, versatility, collaborative spirit
- Luxury culture & operational excellence

📌 Key Campaigns:


CHANEL Fashion: Handbags, Métiers d’Art, Cruise...

CHANEL Makeup & Skincare: N°1, Rouge Allure Velvet, Sublimage, Les Beiges, HydraBeauty, Le Vernis…
Van Cleef & Arpels: Perlée, Alhambra, Watches & Wonders, Legend of Diamond...

Available to support ambitious brands in their media projects, in France or internationally!
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Basic

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 30km)

Experience

  • LOEWE SPAIN
    Global Paid Media Planner
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    June 2025 - Today (1 year)
    Paris, France
    FR:
    • Defined global offline & online media planning
    • Managed creative allocations
    • Coordinated production timelines with internal teams and partners
    • Developed campaign briefs and oversaw optimization
    • Supervised local markets' paid media strategy
    • Conducted post-campaign reviews (online & offline)
    • Consolidated local media plans to ensure strategic alignment
    • Managed global campaign invoicing and budget tracking

    EN:
    • Defined global offline and online media planning
    • Management of the creative asset allocation
    • Coordinated production retroplanning across internal and external teams
    • Created detailed campaign briefs and ensured follow-up on media strategy optimizations
    • Supervised local markets’ paid media strategies and provided strategic guidance
    • Delivered post-campaign performance analysis for both offline and online channels
    • Consolidated local media plans to ensure alignment with the global strategy
    • Managed invoicing and budget tracking for global campaigns
    Media Planning Paid Media Paid Social Branding Marketing
  • CHANEL
    International Paid Media Strategist
    LUXURY GOODS
    September 2023 - July 2025 (1 year and 10 months)
    Paris, France
    FR:
    Within the Fashion division.

    Development of Paid Media Guidelines:
    • Creation of strategic guidelines for paid media campaigns
    • Development of annual guidelines for the Fashion division
    • Definition of digital guidelines
    • Writing of strategic recommendations for ad hoc projects
    Daily interaction with local markets to evaluate, guide, and optimize their media strategy:
    • Challenge, consolidation, and validation of local paid media plans
    • Support in implementing and adapting the global strategy at the local level
    Post-campaign reporting (online & offline)

    Ad hoc topics:
    • Development of paid media strategies for global or local events
    • Creation of strategic presentations for top management
    Management of an intern

    EN:
    Part of the fashion division

    Paid media guidelines elaboration:
    • Campaigns strategic paid media guidelines
    • Annual fashion strategic paid media guidelines
    • Digital strategic paid media guidelines
    • + Adhoc projects strategic paid media guidelines

    Daily interactions with the local markets to assess, guide, and enhance their media strategies on a campaign-by-campaign basis:
    • Challenge and consolidation of all the paid media plan
    • Supporting the markets on the implementation and adaptation of the local strategy

    Post campaign reporting creation (online + offline)

    Ad-hoc subjects: paid media strategy for global/local events, paid media decks elaboration for the top management

    Management of an intern
    Paid Media Media Planning Communication Strategy Branding Team Management
  • CHANEL
    International Paid Media Coordinator
    LUXURY GOODS
    September 2022 - September 2023 (1 year)
    Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
    FR:
    Within the Fragrances & Beauty division

    Definition of global paid media strategies for skincare and makeup campaigns.
    • Design of 360° strategies: objectives, segmentation, touchpoints, media mix, partners
    • Coordination of creative orchestration and visual allocation by market
    • Creation of art direction briefs for media assets
    • Development of paid media briefs for partner agencies
    • Coordination between internal teams (marketing, social, AD, traffic...) and agencies
    • Analysis of campaign reports and challenging agency recommendations
    • Analysis of media data and sharing insights with internal teams
    • Creation of the annual competitive benchmark

    EN:
    Part of the fragrances and beauty division

    Development of international paid media guidelines, on a campaign-by-campaign basis (make-up and skincare)
    • Definition of the 360° paid media strategy (objective, audiences segmentation, touchpoint, partners..)
    • Assets orchestration management and visual allocation
    • Production of Artistic Direction briefs for our paid media campaigns needs
    • Paid media briefs realization for the paid media agency.
    • Main point of contact and coordination with all the different internal and external teams (trafficking, social, AD, marketing, markets, agency...).
    • Reports analysis and challenge of the agency's suggested strategies.
    • Paid media data analysis for the different teams.
    • Yearly competitive deck creation
    Paid Media Media Planning Marketing Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Branding & Identity

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Education

  • Master Marketing & Communication Luxury
    Sup de Pub
    2023
    Master Luxury Marketing & Communication
  • Training Understanding Fashion: From Business to Culture
    Institut Français de la Mode
    2020
    Training Understanding Fashion: From Business to Culture

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