Jena Bodell, Capm, Psm I Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Establish and continuously improve program procedures for new Tech Art, Research and Development, and Environments teams utilizing Scrum core principles.Partner with Art Director and Leads to identify and champion new product and pipeline development projects from initiation through post-release.Create a safe collaborative environment for team members to be creative, adaptive and take risks, resulting in new product features, increased facility capacity and scale, and reduced production pipeline friction.Diplomatically bridge communication between disciplines to create cross collaborative teams.Work around ambiguity and turn high level direction to actionable plans with well defined project milestones.Strategically drive project momentum and remove roadblocks, while balancing competing resource availability and enterprise milestones.Develop, monitor and control roadmaps, project scope, stakeholder engagement, resource and asset management.Identify tasks, goals, and removing roadblocks on a weekly and daily basis by leading daily standups and Art Director / SME reviewsDeveloped new production processes for the Hard Surface team, resulting in decreased timelines and increased project capacity.Mentor new Associate Program Managers and Leads in team leadership best practices.Created and encouraged team bonding experiences in a remote environment.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Ensure the smooth running of projects with quick turnarounds and tight deadlines in traditional VFX, full CG, and Realtime pipelines.Gather project requirements and facilitate communication between stakeholders.Develop and maintain project schedule and budget with project leads, ensuring targets are met.Coordinate meetings and presentations, and record minutes.Prepare and present status reviews for internal and external executives.Communicate project scope, deadlines, tasks and changes to the project team.Perform quality assurance on final deliverables.Develop and train project management software best practices and procedures.Selected projects: Apex Legends Game Trailers, Frito Lay ‘Twas the Night Before Super Bowl (Super Bowl 2021), SodaStream Discovers Water On Mars (Super Bowl 2020).

Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Los Angeles, California

Primary point of contact for day to day operations for high profile clients.Assigned and prioritized project tasks to the project team in conjunction with project lead and manager.Develop and maintain project management database.Document weekly project actuals.Record and distribute meeting minutes and monitor action items.Compile and lead daily project reviews and client presentations.Perform quality assurance of final deliverables.Projects: Jumanji and Antman and the Wasp.

San Francisco Bay Area

Coordination of ten external worldwide vendors.Responsible for scheduling, tracking and managing scope with vendor partners.Serve as key communication liaison between interested stakeholders.Document meeting minutes regarding feedback and decisions made, and communicate to impacted team members.Projects: King Kong: Skull Island and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

Portland, Oregon Area

Established new business operations and procedures.Continuously improved process as needed to meet project goals and prevent unforeseen overtime costs.Record and distribute meeting minutes, and monitor action items.Compile and lead daily project reviews.Perform quality assurance of final deliverables.Selected Projects: Grimm Seasons 3-5

Portland, Oregon Area

Worked on various projects in diverse roles through Production and Locations departments.Broke down scripts to identify shoot needs for all departments.Assisted in setting up casting calls, and negotiated with talent agencies.Contracted all cast, crew, and vendors. On location scouts, ensured all shoot and department needs are addressed.Clients included Mazda, Showtime’s Dexter, Aetna Insurance, Motorola, Intel, and The Oregon Department of Transportation.

Portland, Oregon Area

Ba, Theatre: Stage Management

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Theatre/Theater

Activities and Societies: Theater, dance