Steve Caldera
Senior Digital Producer · Kettle
Portland, ORIn My Own Words
-- Collaborators I've had the opportunity to work with --
JBL Audio, Hyundai Motors USA, The Walking Dead, FIFA, Starbucks, THQ Games, Jack in the Box, Impossible Foods, Who Gives a Crap, T-Mobile, Under Armour, Metallica, Nitro Records, Epitaph Records
-- Where I started from: (marketing intern, marketing, project manager, digital lead) --
Started as an intern at a punk rock label > transitioned to a start up (at the time called "small") digital agency > moved around in the automotive world > made way back to creative agencies big & small > continued into the digital agency realm
-- Where I am from --
Born in Upland, CA > grew up in Whittier, CA > lived my adult life in Orange County (HB, Seal Beach, San Clemente) > currently reside in Portland, OR
-- What matters --
My Wife, My Daughter, Friends.
Work Experience
Senior Digital Producer
Kettle2023 – Present
Project Lead for the main client of the Agency, T-Mobile. This includes MVP design delivery lead for the T-Mobile main app (over 80 million users) via agile delivery including user testing, sprint & roadmap planning, multiple work-stream collaboration, multiple schedules management + creation, client services, embedded team lead.
Senior Project Manager
Matter Supply Co2019 – 2023
Project Lead and delivery manager for Impossible Foods Customer Loyalty program (including machine learning & customer submission/points earning program), Who Gives a Crap (B2B & B2C) digital Product Manager (including client services & SCRUM master), Metallica (yep, that Metallica) digital content web site services. A/B test monitoring/implementation including testing metrics evaluations and goal creation & iterations lead, QA testing, sprint Planning, product requirements implementation & gathering (sales, creative, product , scope of work approval, SCRUM master.
Senior Technical Project Manager
Pollinate2017 – 2019
Project lead for digital 3-D customization products (Under Armour footwear/ICON/Steph Curry brand), Account Services, JIRA & sprint workflows lead, budget tracking/project health management (all digital projects), scope of work authoring, project timing estimation and procurement, client services lead
Product Manager
Iron Horse Interactive2016 – 2018
SCRUM master for B2C/SaaS projects for Intel, agile implementation for onshore & offshore development teams, UX lead for new customer journey projects, product lead for lead retrieval mobile app, customer service walkthroughs (video and live presentations), GDPR implementation, project roadmap development & ownership.
Senior Digital Producer
Innocean USA2011 – 2016
Production lead for Customer Relation Manager Mobile app (from strategy/UX all the way through digital delivery to Apple/Microsoft stores), user testing implementation (agile/lean process), worked on award winning app/mobile/desktop campaigns for Hyundai Super Bowls/The Walking Dead/FIFA
