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FRANCIS
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BMW M5 cinematic campaign — 1st place BMW Canada Vehicle Accessories Video Competition
BMW M5 · OpenRoad Group · 1st Place, BMW Canada Vehicle Accessories Video Competition

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Case Study · April 2024 – November 2025 · Corporate Shared Service

OpenRoad
Group

Multi-Brand Content Strategy
Vancouver, BC

BMW M5 bridge roller — Vancouver skyline
BMW M5 · Vancouver, BC
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Embedded within OpenRoad Group's corporate marketing team as a shared service content specialist — serving 4–8 dealerships simultaneously across two regions, not as a store-level hire but as part of the centralized marketing function that supported the entire dealer network. Owned the full content pipeline from creative strategy through post-production and multi-platform distribution, independently developing and managing a monthly content calendar system across all assigned stores.

Assets fed simultaneously into social media (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Xiaohongshu via a dedicated channel contractor), Google Performance Max campaigns, Meta Business ads, dealership websites, monthly email campaigns, printed collateral, digital billboards, and in-store displays — supplying specialist team members across paid, digital, and traditional marketing channels for both sales and service departments. Wrote all social captions across all brands, maintaining distinct brand voices simultaneously — from Rolls-Royce to Honda.

Attended integrated monthly marketing reviews alongside paid media, email, and CRM specialists — presenting content performance recaps to General Managers, Service Managers, and Sales Managers across all stores, and providing input on campaign direction for the month ahead.

  • 4–8 brands managed simultaneously — Rolls-Royce, Porsche, BMW, MINI, Lexus, Acura, Honda, Toyota — maintaining compliance across up to 8 manufacturer brand guidelines at once
  • 700+ publish-ready assets produced over tenure across social, Meta Business ads, Google PMAX, email, print, digital billboards, and in-store
  • 50M+ combined impressions across all managed profiles — Rolls-Royce Vancouver led the portfolio at a 6.5% engagement rate, well above automotive industry benchmarks, with Instagram peaks exceeding 20%
  • 1st & 3rd place nationally — BMW Canada Vehicle Accessories Video Competition 2025. All three national podium spots claimed by OpenRoad stores. Entries required a scripted video with talent and a platform-adapted carousel — concepted, directed, and produced independently.
  • Presented monthly content performance reports as part of integrated marketing reviews covering paid media, email, and CRM — reporting across the full store leadership structure
  • Field production beyond regional brief — regularly contributed to OEM-driven and corporate-level productions including the Porsche Macan EV launch (directed hired models, set up lighting rigs, positioned vehicles) and BMW track day at Area 27 (directed a 20–30 car convoy, shot rollers from a moving vehicle)
Rolls-Royce Porsche BMW MINI Lexus Acura Honda Toyota
BMW M4 on track at Area 27
BMW XM teal motion roller
BMW M8 green showroom
BMW M lifestyle merch flatlay
BMW M5 interior cockpit
OpenRoad automotive content
OpenRoad automotive content
OpenRoad automotive content
OpenRoad automotive content
OpenRoad automotive content
BMW · 1st Place Nationally

BMW Canada Vehicle Accessories Video Competition — 2025

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Corporate & Commercial · 2021 – Present

Defiant One
Media

Camera Operator
Vancouver & Victoria, BC

Camera operator across a range of corporate and institutional productions — covering clients from international healthcare to Canada's top business schools to skilled trades. Projects spanned intimate long-form interview formats, large-scale conference coverage, and on-location industrial shoots.

  • Patient's Voice 2025 — 3rd International Conference on patient involvement in health and social care education. International audience spanning medicine, nursing, social work, and allied health. A conference held once every decade. Entrusted to manage all on-location shooting independently when the director was unavailable — handling the full production solo.
  • UBC Sauder School of Business — Recurring camera operator for the annual recap series at one of Canada's top business schools. Called back 4 consecutive years — a track record built entirely on consistent, professional delivery.
  • Honour House Society — Tour of Honour, Victoria BC — Civic event bringing together the local mayor, firefighters, and community leaders for a nonprofit awareness campaign.
  • Operator Training School, Langley BC — On-location industrial shoot covering heavy equipment operations including excavators and transport vehicles.
Additional Work
Event
Event Coverage

University Events

TheCalendar.ca media team — UBC Polar Bear Run (2018 & 2019) and the 2019 campus-wide Snowball Fight, an event that drew local news coverage. Fast-turnaround documentary-style content.

Roblox
Digital / Gaming

Roblox — Icebreaker Trailer

Produced a game trailer for Roblox title Icebreaker that reached 800K+ views, receiving recognition from Roblox's official channels.

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Portrait
Portraiture

Portrait Photography

Individual and professional portrait sessions. Clean, directed portraiture suited for personal branding, headshots, and social profiles.

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About

Strategy first.
Camera second.

I'm a content strategist and producer based in Los Angeles with 8+ years of visual production experience across premium automotive, corporate, healthcare, and institutional brands.

Most recently I was embedded in OpenRoad Group's corporate marketing team as a shared service content specialist — part of the centralized function serving the entire dealer network, not a store-level hire. I managed content strategy and production across up to 8 brands simultaneously across two regions, independently building a monthly content calendar system from scratch and feeding assets into every channel: social, paid (PMAX and Meta), email, print, digital billboards, and in-store.

What I bring that most content marketers don't: I can handle the full pipeline myself. Brief, shoot, edit, publish. Faster turnaround, fewer handoffs, and assets that stay on-brand from concept to post. I also wrote all social captions across all brands — maintaining distinct voices from Rolls-Royce to Honda simultaneously.

Currently open to full-time roles in content strategy, social media management, and content marketing.

8 Premium brands managed simultaneously at peak
700+ Publish-ready assets produced at OpenRoad Group
Repeat camera operator — UBC Sauder School of Business
🏆 BMW Canada Vehicle Accessories Video Competition — 1st & 3rd nationally
Strategy Content strategy · Content calendar management · Social media management · PMAX & Meta Business ads · Performance reporting · Brand compliance · Copywriting
Production Raw photo & video capture · Color grading · Shoot & talent direction · Storyboarding · Scripting · Drone operation · Digital billboard formatting
Tools Premiere Pro · Lightroom · Photoshop · DaVinci Resolve · Canva · Meta Business Suite · Sprout Social · Monday.com · Google Workspace
Languages English (native) · Mandarin (fluent)
Contact

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Open to full-time opportunities in content strategy, social media management, and content marketing. Based in Los Angeles, CA — open to remote.

fcslnlin@gmail.com