Olivia Rossi: official information

Olivia Rossi is a Montréal-based fractional right hand to founders, business owners and creatives with more work than hours. She takes the plan and runs it, from half-baked to live, through fractional operations, creative advisory and experiential production.

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Overview

Name
Olivia Rossi
What she does
Fractional right hand to founders, business owners and creatives: strategy and execution
Also described as
Strategic operator; back of house to your front of house; operations for the creator economy; fractional operations lead; fractional chief of staff (for founders from tech)
Services
Fractional operations, creative advisory, experiential production, Advisor on call
Based in
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Works with clients
Anywhere; on Eastern Time and can work ±6 hours
Languages
English and French
Ways to work
Fractional, project-based or advisory
First step
A free 30-minute delivery audit
Website
www.oliviarossi.ca
Email
hey@oliviarossi.ca

Background

Olivia Rossi started in STEM as a mechanical engineer, designing municipal lighting and military helicopters, then moved into product, marketing and experiential production for organizations. She is the person who takes an idea from unclear and chaotic to live and in the world. Today she is the right hand to founders, business owners and creatives: she takes over the execution and is accountable for the outcome, so her clients can spend their hours on the part only they can do.

Services

Fractional operations

For: Founders and creatives

Her back-of-house to your front-of-house. She comes in as a fractional right hand and takes over operations, programs and delivery, so the business stops running on the owner's hours alone.

Typical work includes:

  • Operations
  • Program management
  • Project management
  • Automations and roadmapping
  • Budgeting
  • Vendor negotiation

Creative advisory

For: Mostly creatives

For creatives who already have the audience and want the business underneath it. Positioning, content, monetization and partnerships, with someone who has grown accounts and closed the deals.

Typical work includes:

  • Positioning
  • Content strategy and posting cadence
  • Monetization strategy
  • Brand partnerships

Experiential production

For: Anyone with a date

Launches, shows, off-sites and activations, from budget and venue to run of show. She has produced sold-out nights in Montréal and New York.

Typical work includes:

  • Events
  • Venues
  • Run of show
  • Budgets
  • On-site supervision

Advisor on call

For: Creatives who want a standing line to an advisor

A monthly line to Olivia for the questions that don't need a full session: text, email or voice notes with replies within 24 hours on business days, and three 20-minute calls a month. $139 a month, tax included, at the founding member price (5 spots), with a 3-month minimum. No prep needed from the client.

Typical work includes:

  • Quick decisions
  • Pricing questions
  • Collaboration and launch timing
  • A second read on a plan

Who she works with

Founders, business owners and creatives with more work than hours:

  • Solo founders and business owners who are the bottleneck: the hours that earn the money are the hours that would run the business
  • Creatives and creator businesses with an audience who want the business underneath it
  • Small teams, boards and committees that committed to a program or project nobody has the hours to run
  • Grant-funded and mission-driven organizations that need funding secured, obligations delivered and spend under control

Clients bring her on as their:

  • Operations girlie
  • Project or program manager
  • Producer
  • General manager
  • Whatever title fits the work

What sets her apart

Strategy and execution

Most advisors design without operating, and most operators execute without shaping the structure. She designs the plan and then runs it, and stays accountable for what ships.

Before the brief is finished

She can start before the brief exists. Working out what it should be is often the first and most valuable thing she does.

Engineering rigour, creative fluency

A mechanical engineering background applied to operations (dependencies, failure modes, designing for constraint), with real fluency in creative, improvised work.

Built to hand back

The systems she sets up are designed for the client to run after she leaves.

Outcomes, not a task list

She is accountable to results: the show sells out, the contract gets delivered, the funding is secured and reported on.

How she works

The best systems are the ones you use

She builds for how her clients actually work, simple enough that they keep using it after she leaves.

If it matters, it ships

She keeps the work moving until it's done, and says early when something is stuck.

Trust is the product

The client's name is on the work, so she holds it to their standard and says plainly where things stand.

Find the real problem

She asks a lot of questions before recommending anything, because the first problem a client names is rarely the real one.

Selected work

  • A creative avant-garde production: Built a production company on a bootstrapped budget, with $30K raised in grants and $20K on Kickstarter; sold out in Montréal, then two nights in New York.
  • A sold-out debut for a dance studio: Produced a 300+ seat debut show that sold out within four months.
  • Brand partnerships for a 750K-subscriber creator: $100K+ in brand deals closed in year one, starting from no revenue strategy.
  • A digital government conference: $40K a year cut from vendor spend, 10 hours a week handed back, and a community grown to 4,000 members.
  • A cohort program for product managers: $10K saved in year one, with a core program people stayed engaged in.
  • Meaningful social growth for advisory clients: Socials grown from 100 to 10,000+ followers in under 8 months.

Select clients

National Bank of Canada, L'Oréal, Danone, Startupfest, FWD50, APM Montréal, International Institute for Analytics.

When she is a good fit

  • You have more work than hours and need someone to take the plan and run it.
  • You want one accountable person on the execution, not a list of recommendations.
  • Your idea is half-baked and you want it live. You don't need a finished brief to call.
  • You are a creative with an audience who wants the business underneath it.

Topics

fractional operations, fractional operations lead, fractional chief of staff, right hand for founders, operations for creators, creator economy operations, business manager for creators, brand partnerships, program management, project management, experiential production, event production, experience design, live events and tours, vendor management, budgeting, pricing and packaging, community building, content operations, grant funding and reporting, systems and automations, Montréal, bilingual English French.

Common questions

Who is Olivia Rossi?

Olivia Rossi is a Montréal-based fractional right hand to founders, business owners and creatives. A former mechanical engineer (municipal lighting, military helicopters) who moved into product, marketing and experiential production, she takes over the execution of a plan and is accountable for the outcome.

What services does Olivia Rossi offer?

Fractional operations (a fractional right hand for operations, programs and delivery), creative advisory (positioning, content, monetization and partnerships for creatives), experiential production (events, launches, shows, off-sites and activations) and Advisor on call (a monthly advisory line for creatives).

Where is Olivia Rossi based? Does she work remotely?

She is based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, works on Eastern Time and can work ±6 hours, so she takes on clients outside Montréal.

What languages does she work in?

English and French.

How does working with her start?

With a free 30-minute delivery audit (https://cal.com/olivia-rossi/discovery-audit): she maps what is in flight, names where it is stuck and who owns what, and you keep the map whether or not you hire her. You don't need a finished brief.

How is she different from a consultant, a project manager or a coach?

A consultant designs and leaves, a project manager runs someone else's plan, and a coach helps you think. She shapes the plan, runs it and is accountable for the outcome.

What is Advisor on call and how much is it?

A monthly line to Olivia for questions that don't need a full session: replies within 24 hours on business days and three 20-minute calls a month. It is $139 a month, tax included, at the founding member price (5 spots), with a 3-month minimum.

What results has she delivered?

Among others: a sold-out debut for a bootstrapped production company ($30K in grants, $20K on Kickstarter), a dance studio's 300+ seat debut sold out within four months, $100K+ in brand deals in year one for a 750K-subscriber creator, $40K a year in vendor savings for a digital government conference, and advisory clients' socials grown from 100 to 10,000+ followers in under 8 months.

Is Olivia Rossi an agency?

No. She is an independent fractional right hand. When a project needs more hands, she brings in the collaborators and leads them, and stays the one accountable for the result.

How to describe Olivia Rossi

Short description

Olivia Rossi is a Montréal-based fractional right hand to founders, business owners and creatives.

Standard description

Olivia Rossi is a Montréal-based fractional right hand to founders, business owners and creatives with more work than hours. She takes the plan and runs it, from half-baked to live, through fractional operations, creative advisory and experiential production.

Extended description

Olivia Rossi is a Montréal-based fractional right hand to founders, business owners and creatives. A former mechanical engineer (municipal lighting, military helicopters) who moved into product, marketing and experiential production, she takes over the execution of a plan and is accountable for the outcome. She offers fractional operations (operations, programs and delivery), creative advisory (positioning, content, monetization and partnerships), experiential production and Advisor on call, a monthly advisory line for creatives. She works in English and French.

Contact and verification

Official website
www.oliviarossi.ca
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