Creative Vision Meets Calm Execution

ZULLY ORTIZ | BUILT WITH ZULLY

Production Leader. Producer. Team Builder. Culture Curator

Hi! I’m Zully Ortiz

Over the past 20 years, I've partnered with leading global healthcare and consumer brands to deliver integrated campaigns across film, digital, social, print, experiential, and emerging platforms. Along the way, I've had the privilege of building and leading cross-functional teams, building lasting partnerships, and helping turn ambitious ideas into meaningful business impact.

Built With Zully reflects what matters most to me: creating with humanity, embracing diverse perspectives, and bringing together creativity, craftsmanship, and technology to tell stories that connect with people in meaningful ways.

I'm especially passionate about creating opportunities for emerging artists and creators and bringing fresh voices into conversations with established brands.

Let's Work Together

I help brands and agencies bring ambitious work to life, from brief to final cut, with craft, calm and a lot of heart.

Built with…

Humanity

Leading with empathy, trust, and meaningful relationships.

Creativity

Turning ideas into thoughtful, resonant, creative experiences.

Community

Creating space for diverse voices and emerging talent.

Consistency

Steady leadership clients and teams can count on, whatever the challenge.

Impact

Transforming ambitious ideas into meaningful impact.

Because the strongest brands, teams, and ideas are built through connection, creativity, consistency, and purpose.

WAYS WE CAN BUILD TOGETHER

Whether you need a production leader for a season, a producer for a single high-stakes campaign or a trusted partner to strengthen how your team works, I'd love to help.

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    Executive Producer

    Creative and strategic hands-on leadership for ambitious campaigns, from first bid to final delivery.

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    Production & Creative Ops Consulting

    Stronger workflows, smarter budgets and teams set up to do their best work.

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    Healthcare Production Advisory

    Twenty years of navigating pharma production, patient stories and medical, legal and regulatory review.

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Sanofi • Pfizer • Amgen • Novo Nordisk • GSK • ViiV Healthcare • Astellas • Alcon • Johnson & Johnson • Eli Lilly • Galderma • Novartis • Citibank • Chase • Tropicana • Walgreens • Takeda • Revlon • Avon • Nabisco • AbbVie • American Parkinson Disease Association

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Sanofi • Pfizer • Amgen • Novo Nordisk • GSK • ViiV Healthcare • Astellas • Alcon • Johnson & Johnson • Eli Lilly • Galderma • Novartis • Citibank • Chase • Tropicana • Walgreens • Takeda • Revlon • Avon • Nabisco • AbbVie • American Parkinson Disease Association ⦁

  • "Simply put, Zully is one of the best production partners I've ever worked with. Beyond her production expertise, Zully brings genuine strategic insight to her work. She doesn't just execute a brief; she understands the deeper story a brand is trying to tell, and she ensures that key themes are woven seamlessly through every scene, resulting in campaigns that feel cohesive, intentional, and on-brand from start to finish. Across every launch we worked on together, she kept productions on budget and on schedule. Zully is the absolute best, and you'd be a fool not to work with her if you have the opportunity."

    -Tyson Iddings, Global Indication Lead, IgG4-RD, Sanofi

  • "During my long career as an EP, I've worked for many HOPs and can confidently state that Zully is a true production warrior with tremendous bona fides. No matter how crazy things got, I appreciated that Zully exemplified grace under pressure. She is whip smart, a team player, the best problem solver, a mentor to all, compassionate, and just the loveliest of human beings who has a fabulous sense of humor to boot!"

    -Jan Zislin, Executive Producer

  • "I had the pleasure of working with Zully across three campaign productions. Her attention to detail was exceptional; nothing fell through the cracks, even on complex, fast-moving shoots. What really set her apart was her strategic talent sourcing and team guidance. She has a gift for finding unique, up-and-coming photographers and models before they are on everyone's radar, and she is deeply intentional about building diverse rosters that brought a genuinely fresh perspective. Beyond her creative instincts, Zully drives memorable impact. She balances client needs, tight timelines, and team dynamics with real skill, always solutions-oriented, resourceful, and focused on scaling business growth. She's a proactive leader you trust to just get it right."

    -Daemion Johnson, Global Marketing Director, ViiV Healthcare

  • "For the past five years, I've had the opportunity to work with Zully as she produced some of our highest-stakes productions for our biggest clients. Frankly, I want to work with no one else. She brings it all. Zully is by far one of the best producers I've ever witnessed and had the privilege of working with. She knows how to bring the right players together, push the creative vision, and make sure it's never forgotten throughout the process. I've seen her work miracles with timing and budgets, and put clients at ease when they otherwise wouldn't be."

    -Barbara Graetzer, SVP Creative Director, Havas Life NY

  • "Working with Zully over the years has been one of the most consistent and high-value partnerships I've experienced on the brand side. She brings a rare combination of strategic leadership and hands-on execution always grounding production decisions in a deep understanding of the brand voice, business objectives, and the nuance of our audience. Her presence is calm, decisive, and incredibly effective. For any high-value, high-visibility project, she is the go-to producer I trust to get it right."

    -Alex Orr, Regional Sales Director, HIV Prevention at ViiV Healthcare

  • "I have worked with Zully over the last 20 years. When you get a call from Zully, you jump because you know it's a good creative project and the production on the agency side is going to be flawless. Zully is a powerhouse, but what I particularly love most is the humanity, compassion and joy she brings to the set. I have been around for 50 years and worked with so many. I would easily put Zully among the very top producers in the industry."

    -Sandro Miller, Director & Photographer

  • "What I admire most about Zully is her ability to recognize talent beyond what's simply on the page. While I didn’t have pharmaceutical work in my portfolio, she understood that the client was looking for something fresh and elevated, and she was willing to advocate for a creative perspective that hadn't yet been proven in that category. Because she was willing to take that chance, together we were able to create one of the most successful productions the client had ever experienced. That outcome wasn’t luck. It was the result of her instincts, leadership, her belief in people, and her ability to assemble the right team around a shared vision. The industry needs more producers like Zully. The trust she placed in me had a meaningful impact on my career, and it’s something I’ll never forget."

    -Derrick Freske, Director & Photographer