Bonjour,
I’m Julien.

For 20 years, I’ve been helping agencies, production studios and brands bring creative, innovative and sometimes slightly crazy digital ideas into the real world, while improving the operations, processes and teams behind them.

  • Digital Executive Producer
  • Senior Digital Producer
  • Program Manager
  • Production Director
  • PMO
  • Delivery Lead
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Depending on the organization, the title changes: Executive Producer, Senior Digital Producer, Program Manager, PMO Lead, Project Director, AI Producer. The funny thing is that the actual job rarely changes that much. Most of the time, it's simply about making things happen.

In practice, I'm helping teams navigate complexity, align people, make decisions, solve problems and move projects forward. Today I work as an independent freelance consultant and producer, at the intersection of creativity, technology, delivery, governance and increasingly AI.

People generally don't hire me for a headline. They hire me because they need someone who can understand both the big picture and the messy reality of getting things done.

Delivery Leadership & Operations

My work goes beyond project execution. Alongside leading complex digital and creative-tech projects, I help organizations improve production operations, delivery frameworks, governance models, workflows and team organisation. The goal is not only to help projects succeed, but to build stronger, more sustainable ways of delivering work.

I built my first website at 12, using Notepad.

I probably discovered computers through an Amiga 500 before I even really understood what a computer was. Back then, video games were stored on floppy disks including Indiana Jones.

My first console was a Game Boy, followed by a Sega Mega Drive. What fascinated me wasn’t only the technology itself, but the visual experiences, the interactivity and the feeling that computers could become creative tools rather than simple machines.

At 12 years old, I built my first website using Notepad on Windows. Back then, Photoshop 5, Macromedia Flash, Napster and 56k modems felt like the future. Some people reading this probably have no idea what I’m talking about.

For those of us who grew up in the 1990s and early 2000s, the internet felt different. Before social media, algorithms and endless scrolling, it was a place of exploration. You would spend hours discovering communities, websites, ideas, cultures and people from all over the world. Information was harder to find, but somehow the discovery often felt deeper. Today, almost everything is available instantly. Back then, every new website felt like opening a door to somewhere you had never been before.

The technologies changed.
The curiosity didn’t.

I've always been fascinated by the intersection of creativity, technology and human collaboration which is probably why I ended up somewhere between production, delivery, operations and innovation.

Helping ambitious ideas move from concept to reality.

Digital activations, interactive experiences, platforms, eCommerce, CRM, mobile apps, innovation programs, WebGL, immersive projects and AI-powered workflows.

The tools evolved. The titles evolved. The common thread never really changed.

Methodologies matter. Context matters more.

Some projects need strong production leadership. Others need governance, stakeholder alignment, PMO support or simply someone who can bring structure to a situation that's become a little too chaotic. Most complex projects need a mix of all of these.

Agile, waterfall, hybrid. I've worked in all of them, and even collected a few Scrum certifications along the way. Useful sometimes. Completely irrelevant other times.

Projects don't succeed because someone picked the right framework. They succeed because talented people understand the objective, trust each other and work together. I can run a project on a simple spreadsheet or the latest trendy tool, the objective is never the fanciest process. It's to help the team succeed.

Great work comes from great teams, not from individual heroes

Creatives, strategists, designers, developers, architects, product and operations teams, clients, partners. I've spent most of my career helping people with different perspectives and priorities work toward a common objective. I genuinely enjoy working with talented, passionate and kind people.

I've always had a preference for projects that sit slightly outside the ordinary, interactive experiences, creative technology, innovation programs, emerging tech, immersive environments. The projects where nobody has all the answers on day one and the solution has to be figured out collectively.

Today, AI is creating a similar dynamic. I'm particularly interested in how it can improve production, delivery, governance and operations, not as a magic solution or a replacement for expertise, but as a practical way to help teams work better and reduce friction.

WADP — founded 2014

A collective of freelance senior digital producers, executive producers and delivery leaders. The idea was simple: bring together experienced people who genuinely care about projects, teams and outcomes. More than a decade later, I’m still proud of the people and the work.

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The short version.

Currently
Founder of WADP & Freelance Executive Producer · Delivery & Operations Lead
Based
Paris 🇫🇷 · Remote-friendly 🌍
Previously
Director of Digital Production at Marcel Agency · Project Manager at Nurun
Sectors
Luxury · Fashion · Automotive · Telecommunications · Food & Beverage · Gaming · Innovation

If you've read this far, you'll probably understand why summarising a career in a single job title never felt quite right. Over the years I've been called many things.

  • Executive Producer
  • Senior Digital Producer
  • Program Manager
  • PMO Lead
  • Production Director
  • Delivery Lead

The titles changed. The mission never did.

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