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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Manage relationships across the business, regularly informing global counterparts and local stakeholders on project status.Manage interactive project resources, production timelines and identify critical path/dependencies to drive projects forward, and ensure quality execution and implementation.Support internal stakeholders, and their specific needs and promotions.Suggest or provide solutions for improving the web and EDM localization process by closelyworking with global and local agency teams.Act as a critical liaison for interactive infrastructure-related programs including CMS, translation software and web development.Provide usability insights and click path optimization recommendations based onstrong understanding of consumer online behaviour patterns.Work closely with a number of multi-disciplined teams across the organization and agency partners.

Toronto, Canada Area

Lockdown requirements and specifications to formulate the project execution plans,Manage the agile workflow, including scrums, sprint planning, reviews and retros,Lead all aspects of productions (digital, print, video & photography) for different forms of digital media including scope, risk, schedule, budget, quality, negotiations and communication, Track and implement project improvement plans to drive team efficiency,Provide effective communication across all levels of an organization, status report, manage team communications, production plans, analysis, and summary reports

Toronto, Canada Area

Take charge of all production steps, from the first concept presentation to delivery overseeing all production components. (budgets, schedule, legal, QC, contracts, scheduling, union)Adapted Agile/Kanban structure in the agency. Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives and demos with a team of 25 and stakeholders Coordinate with 3rd party vendors including directors, animators, photographers, visual effects artists, editors, and developers.Lead multi-disciplinary project teams through all phases of the project life cycle, providing production expertise and support.

Toronto, Canada Area

Responsible for the day-to-day management of the department and up to $1M budget leading 10+ employees. Produce broadcast and online material, traffic projects, and hire freelance post crew/vendors. Create and streamline post-production workflows, plan/manage, develop skill programs for staff, and advise production crews. Partner with executives to create processes and project plans that allow the team to efficiently produce a high-quality product on time and on budget. Collaborate with leadership to define operational properties of project development including development processes. Lead production planning, status reporting, risk management, resource management, and manage budgets, day-to-day project communication with the client - stakeholders.Clients: Canadian Tire, Sobeys, Babies R Us, Staples, Rexall, Source and Home Depot.

Toronto, Canada Area

Oversaw production for broadcast and online content of Canadian Tire. Managed $500-700K budgets and led 10+ employees and production crews. Ran all video projects at the production (principal photography) stage including lighting, set decorating and recording audio/video on set. Built and maintained schedules to ensure successful and timely updates to projects. Worked with team leaders to evaluate change requests, cost/benefit of changes, and the impact on schedules. Obtained appropriate approvals for agreed changes. Collaborated on overall project roadmaps, milestones, and delivery timelines. Improved the communication with stakeholders/clients.

Toronto, On

Produced two feature documentaries for Rogers & Bell fund. Worked on numerous international productions as producer and local liaison. Provided regular project status reporting on deliveries, identifying any potential risks with proposed solutions, and communicated risk clearly on a routine basis to team and project stakeholders. Oversaw digital immersive VR/AR and projects from pitch to delivery. Promoted cross-discipline communication to ensure everyone is well-informed and working towards common goals. Clients: TV networks (RTL, SAT1, BNN-Vara, ORF, Wall to Wall, MEC, TRT), Canadian broadcasters (CBC, Rogers Group), and agencies (Doug&Partners, BOS, Scratch, Mustache Agency).

Toronto, Canada Area

Produced and edited weekly community shows/news for Rogers Omni TV, researching features and archive material, and ensuring metadata delivery. Booked and directed on screen/voiceover talent and directed associated shoots and audio sessions. Managed in-house production team, QC team and freelancers. Ensured budgets were met and deliveries were within CRTC, Telecaster and ASC regulations and policies.

Milkrun -an underground electronic music and art event organized in Toronto between 2007-2010.