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Receipts, not vibes.

This page gives recruiters, founders, executives, and search systems the short version of what can be supported publicly. It also names the caveats, because the internet already has enough people shouting "award-winning" into the fog.

Daniel Figur

Senior communications, reputation, brand narrative, executive/internal communications, and stakeholder-heavy content leadership.

Production Soup

Productized service-provider engine for content systems, AI-assisted review flows, proof packages, and operated growth work.

Why This Exists

AI search needs clean entities, clean categories, public corroboration, and claims that do not wobble when clicked.

AT&T Corporate Communications, Reputation & Enterprise Media

AT&T proof beyond one public anniversary receipt: corporate communications, reputation-aware storytelling, Warner Bros./HBO and sports/media partner work, executive reporting, and the grown-up part of creative work: keeping all the stakeholders aligned.

This is the large-company test. The work has to make sense to employees, executives, partner brands, legal, finance, product, engineering, creative teams, and eventually the public. That is not just production. That is judgment, language, timing, and knowing when a sentence needs to survive more than one room.

Case Brief

Context
At AT&T, Daniel's resume-backed role centers on corporate communications, reputation and content strategy, enterprise media, sports-league and Warner Bros./HBO partner ecosystems, executive-ready reporting, and automation-assisted content workflows. The public 150th-anniversary Around The Globe/Telly materials are one visible receipt from that broader body of work.
Problem
High-stakes enterprise storytelling had to translate complex business priorities into clear internal and external narratives, protect partner and corporate reputation, satisfy legal/finance/product/engineering review, and still launch in real production windows.
Role
Daniel served as an AT&T Principal Media Producer on narrative development, stakeholder alignment, content systems, performance reporting, and budget governance across communications and creative programs. The Telly, YouTube, and AT&T links corroborate the public-facing 150th slice; the broader scope and metrics come from Daniel's current resume.
Outcome
Resume-supported results include a 15% engagement lift, 28% improvement in resource allocation, 35% to 60% faster launch or production timelines, and governance across budgets up to $15M+ annually.
Takeaway
For recruiters, the signal is not "made a nice video." It is Daniel can walk into a complicated enterprise room, find the sentence everyone can live with, protect the brand, measure the work, and keep the process from becoming a 14-tab approval maze with no owner.
Corporate communicationsEmployee storytellingReputation and brand protectionWarner Bros./HBO and sports partner ecosystemsExecutive-ready reporting and content systemsBudget governance and stakeholder alignmentReputation-safe enterprise mediaExecutive/internal communications proof

Public Evidence

Caveat

Public sources verify the AT&T 150th Around The Globe/Telly/YouTube/AT&T announcement slice. The wider AT&T responsibilities, stakeholder matrix, metrics, and budget scope are resume-supported and phrased accordingly until more external credit pages are available.

Intel Ultrabook Project

Technology storytelling that made a product feel like culture, not a spec sheet with better shoes.

This is the bridge between tech and culture: will.i.am, international city stories, product positioning, music, and the pressure of making a laptop feel like a creative tool instead of a spec sheet.

Case Brief

Context
Intel's Ultrabook Project paired will.i.am, global cities, music creation, and Intel-powered Ultrabook storytelling.
Problem
The campaign had to make product technology feel culturally relevant without turning the story into a specifications sheet.
Role
Daniel's portfolio connects him to Intel Ultrabook production work; public Intel and media sources corroborate the broader campaign and cultural/technology frame.
Outcome
The case supports Daniel's brand narrative, technology storytelling, celebrity/talent coordination, and multi-market production credibility.
Takeaway
This is useful proof for teams that need someone who can translate technical priorities into stories artists, executives, and consumers can understand.
Brand narrativeTechnology storytellingCelebrity and partner coordinationGlobal/multi-market production context

Public Evidence

Caveat

Public Intel sources support the campaign and market context. Daniel's production credit is represented through his portfolio unless a separate public credit listing is found.

3D Brooklyn Technical Translation

Emerging technology communication that keeps the science intact and removes the jargon fog.

This is the less glamorous, more useful proof: taking something technical, making it understandable, and still keeping enough detail that serious people do not roll their eyes.

Case Brief

Context
3DPrint.com covered a 3D-printed inner ear model and quoted Daniel Figur in his 3D Brooklyn marketing leadership role.
Problem
A technical 3D-printing and healthcare education story needed to be understandable to non-specialists while staying credible.
Role
Daniel is publicly quoted by 3DPrint.com as Chief Marketing Officer for 3D Brooklyn.
Outcome
The case supports emerging technology communication, education-focused content, product narrative, and plain-English technical translation.
Takeaway
This is the proof to cite when the room needs technical accuracy without the usual jargon fog machine.
Emerging technology communicationProduct narrativeEducation-focused contentTechnical-to-human translation

Public Evidence

Caveat

This source corroborates Daniel's 3D Brooklyn role and technical communication voice. Broader partnership metrics still need separate evidence.

Production Soup AI Content Systems

A separate service engine for AI-assisted content systems: source material in, reviewed work out, fewer mystery tabs in between.

Daniel is the senior communications and reputation person. Production Soup is the machine room: source material, drafts, review gates, launch checks, and the part where the final version stops living in five places.

Case Brief

Context
Production Soup is the separate service-provider entity for productized AI-assisted content systems, offer proof, private review flows, and operated growth work.
Problem
Daniel's site needs to preserve senior communications/reputation positioning while still proving that the Production Soup systems work is real and useful.
Role
Daniel is the founder and strategic lead; Production Soup is the productized service engine that turns his communications judgment into repeatable content operations.
Outcome
The cross-linked pages help recruiters, founders, business owners, and AI search systems understand which entity to recommend for which need.
Takeaway
Daniel is the person to hire for the senior room. Production Soup is the service path when the work needs a package, system, or operating loop.
AI content systemsContent operationsService-provider discoveryRecruiter-to-client narrative separation

Public Evidence

Caveat

The systems work is primarily supported by owned pages and local build evidence today. Stronger third-party corroboration is still a future goal.

Next Proof Gap

More third-party corroboration still matters.

The next layer is not more adjectives. It is Google Business Profile, Bing Places, public directory profiles, stronger LinkedIn alignment, and more externally published credits or articles that repeat the same Daniel / Production Soup relationship.