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From a launch-day slip to a launch process

The problem

Launches ran across many regional sites. One page went live on a regional site a day early because of a configuration problem, and was live for about 20 minutes before quality control caught and reverted it.

What I did

  • The quality team investigated. My part was prevention: I created a standard workflow any region could copy, and proposed that the other segments adopt it. It became part of the publishing procedures.
  • As Global Launch Manager, I reviewed the existing procedure on my own initiative, found the gaps and designed a documented process for the next two processor generations.
  • It added checks at one week, three days and one day before launch, confirming that automations matched the server and each region's dates.
  • Coordinated multi-region teams against fixed dates, and used sprints to improve between launches.

The result

Over two processor generations I published more than 30 pages and publications. The early publication never happened again, and the process was still in use after I left.

Project

Landing pages for streamers

The problem

A global gaming campaign worked with streamers on Twitch and YouTube. New visitors would land from their channels, so pages needed to keep them engaged, feel connected to the streamer, and still sit within the corporate gaming style.

What I did

  • Joined the planning sessions and worked directly with the streamers, their teams and the design agency in London.
  • Built interactive AEM blades, including an embedded YouTube and Twitch video blade, so people could keep watching the stream on the page.
  • Built landing pages for four activations, a month or more before each launch, with mockups ready while final copy was awaited.
  • Helped bring discussions back to the campaign objective without losing the streamers' creativity.

The result

Registrations were roughly seven to eight times higher than on the standard registration page. I cannot share the absolute numbers for confidentiality reasons. The streamers drove the traffic; the pages converted it.