Mexico City  ·  MMXXVI
Co-founder / Fractional CXO · 20–30 hrs/week
Open to Paid Co-founder & Fractional CXO Roles

Ricardo
Gómez

Founder · CEO · Builder 25+ years of brand building · Founder-Operator · Brand · Product · AI · Design Thinker

Ricardo Gómez — portrait
20–30 hrs/week · Mexico City
01 Profile

I connect business strategy, brand and product—and stay close to the work that brings them to market.

I founded and led Imagination Films for 20 years, delivering work for more than 50 brands. Today, I build consumer products and AI tools from scratch. I bring experience in leading a business alongside hands-on ownership of positioning, product direction and go-to-market.

Open to paid co-founder and fractional CXO opportunities, with a committed 20–30 hours per week.

Selected Clients
Coca-Cola· Fox Sports· Disney· Warner Bros.· Nestlé· Hard Rock· Domino's· Cinemark
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By the Numbers
25+ yrs
Creative Leadership
50+
Brands Served
3C-Suite
Executive Roles
#4
Nat'l Box Office · 2012
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Experience
2026——Present

Founder · CEO · Builder

PawMe — Dogs-Only Care App · iOS & Android awaiting approval

Built a dogs-only care app from scratch across a two-person founding team. Lead business direction, brand, product design, data architecture and go-to-market. The iOS and Android apps are awaiting app-store approval.

  • Authored the full brand system and category positioning — name, voice, identity, and the strategic thesis behind it.
  • Designed the complete product blueprint — 38 screens, design system, and data architecture — through engineering handoff.
  • Built the go-to-market and partnership map (Purina/Nestlé, Mars Petcare, Hill's) and a fixed-milestone, two-market launch plan.
Built from scratch · brand, product and go-to-market ownership · iOS and Android awaiting approval.
Consumer AppProduct DesignBrand SystemGo-to-MarketPet-TechApp LaunchDual-Market · MX + US
2020——Present

Founder · CEO · Builder

Hope Seed Edutainment® — App-First Engagement Platform · hopeseed.io

Built a consumer engagement platform and original brand world from scratch. Lead business direction, brand, product, data/privacy architecture and go-to-market. Currently testing the market with a new product version.

  • Developed the original proposition, brand world and product, and brought successive versions to market testing.
  • Designed a privacy-safe signals model capturing engagement at cohort level — no PII, offline-first — transferable to any consumer product.
  • Developed institutional and direct-to-consumer routes to market, with the current product version being tested with its audience.
Original IP · brand and product ownership · new product version in market testing.
Consumer AppPrivacy-Safe SignalsD2C & EngagementOriginal IPEmerging MarketsMarket TestingGo-to-Market
Current

Founder · CEO · Builder

SLOAN — Private AI Notebook · Alpha

Sole founder and builder of an AI product for professional objectives and the relationships they depend on. Own the product thesis, brand, experience and execution. SLOAN researches developments, keeps evidence and proposes a next move for human review. I will use it to support my own search for a co-founder or CXO role.

Alpha · built from scratch · role search as a planned use case.
AI ProductProduct DirectionBrandHuman Review
Personal
Project

Sole Founder · Builder · Artist

LEVANYA — Music & Culture

Founded and built a solo personal house-music project from scratch, bringing together original music, a visual identity and a digital listening experience. Lead creative direction, production and curation, using AI alongside professional finishing tools and human judgment.

Original MusicCreative DirectionDigital Experience
2000——2020

Founder · Chief Creative Officer & CMO

Imagination Films® — Creative Studio & Brand Agency

Founded and led a full-service creative studio serving global brands across advertising, brand identity, digital, and content strategy. Owned P&L, client relationships, and creative leadership — scaling to a multi-discipline practice of designers, strategists, copywriters, and producers. Closed in 2020 to focus full-time on Hope Seed.

  • Developed and executed 360° integrated campaigns for Coca-Cola, Fox Sports, Disney, Warner Bros., Nestlé, Arby's, Hard Rock, Domino's, and Cinemark — defending work at C-suite and global brand level.
  • Designed go-to-market strategies, positioning frameworks, content architectures, and visual identity systems for 50+ brands.
  • Directed Fox Sports' Super Bowl campaign — fully CGI, broadcast-quality — and pioneered AR and immersive storytelling as brand tools before they became standard.
First Mexican to produce & direct a Super Bowl Ad Campaign · Fox Sports · 2015
Brand StrategyCreative DirectionIntegrated CampaignsP&LTeam BuildingGo-to-Market
2023——2025

Chief Marketing Officer — Growth & Business Strategy

Veros — Innovation Platform

Led marketing strategy and brand development for an early-stage technology platform targeting Latin American markets. Defined brand positioning, product communication, and UX direction to accelerate growth and establish category presence.

  • Developed brand positioning, messaging frameworks, and visual identity for a platform reaching families across Latin America.
  • Designed growth marketing strategy combining content, community, and product-led engagement.
  • Directed UI/UX and digital product experience to align brand values with user needs.
Growth MarketingBrand PositioningProduct StrategyStartup CMO
2021——2022

Chief Creative Officer — Digital Platforms

Portion.io · EverGrow — Emerging Digital Markets

Led creative and brand strategy for two high-growth digital platforms in the Web3 and creator-economy space. Designed identity systems, UI/UX direction, go-to-market plans, and content strategies to build community in a crowded, rapidly evolving market.

  • Created brand guidelines and visual language systems adopted across product, marketing, and community teams.
  • Developed go-to-market and content architecture for platform launches, driving rapid community growth.
  • Directed UI/UX strategy to align product experience with brand promise.
Brand Identity SystemsGo-to-MarketUI/UX DirectionWeb3Community Growth
2005——2021

CMO · Creative Entrepreneur & IP Creator

Brand IP & Entertainment Strategy

Applied CMO and CCO skills to the hardest test of brand building: creating intellectual properties from scratch. Conceived, branded, and launched original IP that competed in international markets and earned coverage from NBC, CBS, Fox News, and USA Today.

  • Took original IP from zero to international distribution — including Amazon Prime Video — proving end-to-end brand-building capability.
  • Managed cross-functional creative teams of 50+ across art, writing, strategy, production, and distribution.
  • Built go-to-market and distribution strategies that placed branded content at #4 on the national box office chart (2012).
International Fantasy Film — Special Jury Award · Fantasporto, Portugal · 2007
IP Brand StrategyCreative EntrepreneurshipCross-Functional LeadershipDistribution
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The Practice
01 / 06

Design Thinking First

Every challenge is framed as a design problem — begin with human insight, prototype quickly, iterate toward the sharpest idea. Strategy and creativity are never separate disciplines.

02 / 06

Brand as a Growth Engine

From positioning to launch to optimization — building brands that compound. Understanding the full funnel and connecting every creative decision to a business outcome.

03 / 06

Teams Worth Joining

High-performance creative teams built from the ground up. Feedback that raises the bar without deflating the room; talent that other leaders work hard to keep.

04 / 06

Culture as Advantage

Deep roots in Latin America paired with a proven record on global accounts. Cultural nuance handled as strategic leverage, not as a translation problem.

05 / 06

Early to New Channels

AR, VR, immersive experience, Web3 — leading creative strategy in emerging formats before they are standard; turning the experimental into the operational.

06 / 06

The Room, Won

Presenting and selling ideas to C-suites, global brand managers, and boards. Narratives that are clear, compelling, and move intelligent people to decision.

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Capabilities
Strategy
  • Brand Strategy & Positioning
  • Consumer Product Strategy
  • Go-to-Market & D2C
  • Subscription & Engagement Models
  • Consumer & Cultural Insight
  • Fundraising · Pre-Seed → Series A
  • P&L Ownership
Creative
  • Creative Direction
  • Art Direction
  • Integrated Campaigns · 360°
  • ATL / BTL / Experiential
  • Visual Storytelling
  • AI-Generated Content & Video
  • Brand Identity Systems
  • Design Thinking
Leadership
  • Consumer App & UI/UX Direction
  • Privacy-Safe Data & Signals
  • Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Executive Communication
  • Innovation Leadership
  • AI Pipelines & Tooling
  • Emerging-Market Growth
  • Latin America Markets
05·B
AI Stack & Pipeline

AI-native creative operator. Fluent across the current generation of AI tools — image, video, voice, and music — and, more importantly, in chaining them into a single production pipeline. The differentiator isn't any one model; it's combining AI generation with top-tier professional software to ship broadcast-quality, finished work at a fraction of the time and cost.

A custom personal pipeline: AI tools for ideation, generation, and iteration — Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and the Adobe Suite for finishing, grade, sound, and final craft. Concept to delivery, end to end.
Generative AI Tools
Claude GPT Kling Runway Seedance MidJourney ElevenLabs Suno Hedra Canva
Professional Software
Final Cut Pro Logic Pro Adobe Suite
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Clientele
Coca-Cola
Fox Sports
Disney
Warner Bros.
Nestlé
Arby's
Hard Rock
Domino's
Cinemark
Panditas
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Recognition
2015
Innovator & Game Changer
Forbes México — Special Report
Press
2015
First Mexican Super Bowl Ad Director
Fox Sports — Produced & Directed
Industry First
2017
First Place · CROMAFEST
Morelia International Film Festival
Jury Prize
2007
International Fantasy Film — Special Jury Award
Fantasporto Film Festival, Portugal
Jury Prize
2001
Best Independent Comic · México
Periódico Reforma
Press
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The Next Role

I’m looking to join another founding or leadership team where I can take responsibility for brand, product direction and go-to-market.

I remain active in the ventures I founded. Hope Seed is testing a new product version, PawMe is awaiting iOS and Android app-store approval, and SLOAN is in alpha. LEVANYA is my personal music project.

I’m seeking a compensated role with a defined commitment of 20–30 hours per week. My venture work will continue alongside it, with responsibilities, availability and working arrangements agreed clearly from the outset.

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Ricardo Gómez  ·  Mexico City, MX
Founder & Executive Profile  ·  20–30 hrs/week  ·  MMXXVI