Adrian Apolonio

Creative lead overseeing the development and management of the internal creative studio responsible for supporting Animation Series marketing with the production of assets for their campaigns. In 2022 alone, the team has generated over 1000 assets, valued at an estimated $2.5M.

A key lead in the creation of Crunchyroll’s official VTuber channel, Crunchyroll-Hime, which utilized Crunchyroll’s existing brand mascot of the same name. Provided content strategy and talent management, and grew the channel to 50,000 subscribers within a month. Additionally, the production lead behind Crunchycast, Crunchyroll’s official podcast.

Managed production for Frederator’s Owned & Operated YouTube channels (Channel Frederator, The Leaderboard, Get In The Robot, Cinematica and Cartoon Hangover), with over 6 million total subscribers, and oversaw talent recruitment, partner outreach, sponsorship acquisition, and the creation of live activations. Additionally, collaborated with channel/content management teams to develop high performing shows/formats and generated key performance indicators to measure success and effectiveness.