ALEXANDRA HOUCK
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Former Barbie Senior Creative Executive · Founder, Bad Tone Studios

I BUILD WINNING SHOWS &
FRANCHISES FOR THE
YOUTUBE GENERATION.

I create characters audiences love and turn that affinity into scalable franchises.

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$20M+ ANNUAL SALES IMPACT AT MATTEL
1B+ COMBINED VIEWS ACROSS PUBLISHED WORK
17 GLOBAL INDUSTRY AWARDS
Top 1% VIDEO VIEWS ACROSS BARBIE, MONSTER HIGH & POLLY POCKET YOUTUBE
MATTEL DISNEY NETFLIX AMAZON WARNER BROS. RECORDS YOUTUBE

KIDS AREN'T GROWING UP ON TV. 
THEY'RE GROWING UP ON YOUTUBE.

I create the stories, formats, and systems built for how modern audiences actually consume—driving retention, repeat viewing, and real revenue.

BARBIE DREAM BESTIES LAUNCH

Franchise Architecture → Retail Impact

Built and launched a flagship two-season franchise ecosystem that drove +13% YoY growth with 73% fewer uploads, led by a 10M+ breakout hit, and translated original IP into a Barbie doll at retail.

MONSTER HIGH RELAUNCH

Reinventing a Legacy Franchise

Created the narrative music video format adopted company-wide at Mattel, producing 6 of the Monster High channel’s Top 25 most-viewed videos of all time across 6,500+ uploads.

BARBIE MUSIC VIDEOS

Turning Music Into the #1 Growth Driver

Built the narrative music video system that generated 100M+ views YTD, drove 27% of total channel viewership, and transformed music into Barbie’s highest-performing content engine.

Viral Shorts

Short-Form Infrastructure at Scale

Created the #1 most-viewed short of all time on the Barbie YouTube channel with 82M views + 400K likes, while building 7 of the Top 10 most-viewed shorts in channel history through strategic atomization and platform-native storytelling.

AI-Enabled Production

AI-Enabled Creative Development & Production

Designed AI-enabled workflows for concepting, visual development, and original animation. Led AI-assisted visual development for Barbie & Chelsea: The Birthday Do-Over, which achieved 1M+ organic views in week one and outperformed benchmarks by 150%.

FRANCHISE EXPANSION

Where IP Meets Culture

Built large-scale campaigns across Barbie, Monster High, and Disney—driving +3,500% vs benchmark and turning franchise storytelling into culturally resonant global moments.

THIS IS HOW MODERN
STORYTELLING WORKS.

Audiences don’t separate stories, music, creators, shorts, and products—they experience franchises as ecosystems.

I bring 14 years of creative development, showrunning, and production experience across agency and global brand teams. At Mattel, I shaped creative strategy, YouTube growth, and franchise innovation across a $600M+ global portfolio spanning Barbie, Monster High, Polly Pocket, American Girl, Disney Frozen, Disney Princess, Descendants, and Universal’s Wicked and Trolls.

THIS IS HOW I BUILD.

LET'S BUILD
THE FUTURE.

I bring executive creative leadership and hands-on development, showrunning, and production to original ideas and established franchises. Through Bad Tone Studios, I offer creative services and an original animated slate available for partnership or acquisition.

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ALEXANDRA HOUCK

Creative Executive & Franchise Architect

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