Black and white portrait of Freya Shah

Ideas
That Get
Made.

I turn audience insight into clear concepts, distinct content and organised execution.

Seven hotel accounts. Seven identities. Zero repeats.

Brand · Creative Strategy · Marketing

Strategy & Content Creative Strategy Brand Management Hospitality Social Media Marketing & Research Project Coordination
Strategy & Content Creative Strategy Brand Management Hospitality Social Media Marketing & Research Project Coordination
01Selected Work

Work that looks like it was thought about.

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MGM Muthu Hotels · Algarve, PT · Creative direction

Seven Hotels, Seven Identities

Visit the hotel group

Seven Algarve properties needed regular social content without every account looking interchangeable. I started on one hotel, built the workflow from planning to publication, and was then trusted with all seven.

7
Algarve properties
1 → 7
Accounts trusted with
6K+
Views, vs 400–600 usual
100+
Likes on that post
Muthu Clube Praia da Oura moodboard: sunset summer palette and property photographyInstagram feed grid for Muthu Clube Praia da Oura showing the sunset aesthetic applied across posts and reels
CPO / Muthu Clube Praia da Oura, the first account

Moodboard first. Feed second.

A sunset summer aesthetic set the palette before anything was shot. Stills were selected and reels were filmed and edited to hold that look, so the grid reads as one account rather than nine unrelated posts.

Instagram reel for Muthu Clube Praia da Oura showing 6,876 views

10× the account’s usual reachMost reels on the account sat around 400 to 600 views, with only a couple ever reaching 1.5 to 2K. This one crossed 6,000 views and 100+ likes. The number is small in absolute terms. On this account it was a step change.

Then the other properties

Hover to play · scroll the wall →

Monicca Collection

The people who run the place, on camera for once.

Monicca Collection

The premium address, so a calm edit and crisp clips.

Grand Muthu Oura View

A newly finished room, quick cuts and a sea toned palette.

Muthu Oura Praia

A weekday to weekend flip, built for scrolling.

Muthu Oura Praia

A stay shared the way friends actually share it.

The Algarve

Sunsets, caves and dolphins, the reason people book at all.

Also produced for Muthu Forte do Vale, Muthu Forte da Oura and further properties in the group

Seven voices, one team

Mood, colour, pacing and edit style adapted per property, never one template stretched seven ways.

Planned before it was shot

Property review, concept and audio chosen up front, then only what could realistically be captured on site.

Briefed without the language

Worked with managers and staff to schedule shoots, using visual references and demos instead of Portuguese.

Also on the desk

  • Movie night invite poster
  • Influencer itinerary with cost estimate
  • Filmed and edited a real wedding proposal on property

One person, the whole loop: concept, shoot, edit, schedule.

02
MNK Consultants · Mumbai, IN · Research

From 60+ Research to GenSxty

Whiteboard from early GenSxty concept sessions
Chart mapping GenSxty service categories
Slide from the 60+ research presentation
Working material, lightly blurred

A question before a brand: what would people over 60 actually need here?

Research first

Market size, senior demographics, state level data, competitors and international platforms, turned into presentations the team could decide from.

Then the platform

I helped map the site structure: service categories, membership, events, reviews, support and accessibility for an older audience.

And a name

In an early naming session I put forward “GenSixty”, borrowing the shorthand of Gen Z. One option among several. The business later launched as GenSxty Tribe, and categories and layout ideas explored during the internship are visible on the live platform.

My first close look at how much happens before a launch: research, naming, domains, stakeholder opinions and customer experience all had to connect before the idea felt real.

See GenSxty live
Vanashakti logo
Vanashakti · Environmental NGO

From site visit to social story

It started on site. I needed to understand the work before deciding how to tell it. I documented the initiatives, helped build the presentation, proposed a reel direction, got it approved, then filmed, edited and delivered the revisions. The final reel was published on the organisation’s page.

What it taught me

A cause only travels if the story is simple. Seeing the work in person is what told me which moments the reel actually needed.

End to end, again

Brief, approval, filming, edit, revisions and publication, with the organisation signed off at every step.

Freya Shah with Meenakshi Menon and Leena Miranda at MNK Consultants in Mumbai
Leena Miranda, Meenakshi Menon & meI worked closely with Meenakshi Ma’am, the founder, and I’m grateful for a room where their first intern got to sit in on real decisions.
03

University Projects

Concept · Prototype · Story

StudentVerse, one place to choose better

Choosing a university can mean dozens of tabs and still no sense of the course, the professors or the student experience. My clickable prototype pulls together reviews by field of study, course information, student chat, academic documents and favourites, so official facts sit next to first hand experience.

Academic prototype, not a launched platform. Profiles, rankings, fees and deadlines shown are illustrative.

Shutter Island rewound, page 1 of 5
Page 1 / 5

Shutter Island, rewound

The film rewritten from the other end: patient to detective instead of detective to patient. A script exercise in structure, and the arc still held.

02 / About

The idea, then the plan that makes it real.

International business student based in Portugal. I work out the idea, the audience and the mood, then make sure it actually gets made well.

I’m at my best in the stage before execution: understanding an audience, shaping a concept, and building the plan that makes it real. Then I stay close enough through production to make sure the final thing still looks like the idea.

Based in
Portugal
Open to
2026 roles
03Experience
  1. MGM Muthu Hotels

    Marketing Intern · Algarve, PT · 2025

    Social content for seven Algarve properties, from concept and shoot to edit and schedule.

  2. MNK Consultants

    Intern, Projects · Mumbai, IN · 2023

    Research, naming and structure for an early stage 60+ community, now live as GenSxty Tribe, plus a filmed and edited reel for the NGO Vanashakti.

  3. University Projects

    Concept, prototype, film · Católica Lisbon · 2024–2026

    StudentVerse, a clickable platform for choosing a university, and Shutter Island rewound as a reversed script.

04Skills

Brand & Content

Content planning · Creative concepts · Social content · Visual storytelling

Research & Coordination

Market research · Competitor analysis · Project coordination · Stakeholder communication

Tools

Meta Business Suite · Canva · CapCut · Peachy · Lovable · PowerPoint · Excel

05Education
  • Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics

    BSc International Business Administration · 2023–2026

    Ranked #22 business school in Europe, Financial Times 2023

  • Loughborough University, UK

    Full year exchange · 2025–2026

Let’s make
something exciting.

Portrait of Freya Shah

Open to early career roles in brand marketing, creative strategy, hospitality and project coordination.