Case Study

Aera

ClientAera · luxury home fragrance
My roleCreative Direction Retainer
Year2025–present

In one line

Weekly creative cycle on a luxury Meta account. Brand book and visual references in. AI-generated product creative out. No agency in between.

Aera AI-generated product shot

Scope

DTC luxury ($300+ diffuser).
Minimal assets. Maximal ambition.
Data-driven creative system.

Context

Scaled performance creative from minimal assets using proprietary AI workflows. No agencies. No shortcuts.

AERA had minimal assets: old product photos and unused interviews with their fragrance team. They wanted to scale performance creative and get their ad accounts back on track. The problem wasn't taste or brand, it was volume and speed.

Role

Performance creative lead.
Systems builder.
Fractional retainer.

What I Built

Two proprietary AI workflows to analyze, generate, and optimize creative at scale.

  • BuiltA Meta MCP-backed system reporting weekly: ROAS, CTR, conversions. Visual analysis of colors, messaging hooks, audio hooks in high performers.
  • CreatedAn AI agent system where each agent is an expert in one dimension (Hook, Emotion, Audience, Brand, CTA), scoring copy 0–100. Self-iterates until every agent scores 90+. Brand book, messaging style sheets, and visual references are the inputs. On-brand copy comes out.
  • Transcribed30–45 minute fragrance interviews, extracted takeaways, pieced quotes into Hook-Value-CTA stories, exported timelines for post-production.
  • EngineeredAI workflow: brand book and reference imagery in, on-brand product shots out. 3D model placed in exact frame, AI background and lighting applied. Every image on this page was generated this way. Zero hallucinations.

Strategy

ROAS includes production costs and time. Stay attached to the data. Build systems that move faster than humans can think.

On AI as a multiplier

AI is a production accelerator, not a creative tool. The judgment stays human. The system removes friction and moves faster.

On thoughtful generation

Not the $20 tools that generate 100 images from one photo. The brand book, messaging style sheets, and visual references go in first. The 3D model is placed in frame. The AI fills the background and lighting to spec. Every image on this page came out of that pipeline.

Selected work

Aera performance ad
Aera performance ad
Aera performance ad
Aera performance ad
Aera performance ad
Aera performance ad

Impact

Days

Turnaround from data → assets → testing. Previously weeks.

30 min

To generate 10 new static ad concepts from 30 old ones using the agent system.

Perfect

Product photography every time. 3D + AI background + lighting = zero hallucinations.

Turned stagnant assets into a continuous production pipeline. Images and videos now used across emails, social, stories, paid ads. The system keeps running without me.

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