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Seattle, Washington, United States

Manages the Brand and Digital teams as well as supports cross-operational integration with Ops, Sales and New Product Development teams. Works closely with the executive leadership team to provide roadmaps, resourcing, budgetary, and forecast planning. Utilized a Discovery process to identify organizational pain points and strengths to then create programming and implement a best-practice project management strategy. Leads team of project managers to systematize and hone in on organizational-wide project management processes, tools, and implementation. Trained team and project managers in agile project management processes and rolled out best practices company-wide.

Greater Seattle Area

Manage accounts and projects at the digital creative agency for a wide variety of projects, from health care to Fortune 100 companies to non-profits. Use agile processes to execute a large number of projects at one time. Example projects include redesign of myriad corporate websites, apps, customizable 3D tools, video production, social campaigns, and digital marketing.Manage company resourcing and a team of 7--UX designers, UI designers, and web developers. Manage project budgets, burn, and timelines. Review UX and UI designs as well as work with the developers on technical requirements, functionality, and overall project implementation.

Greater Seattle Area

Manage projects for the Seattle-based marketing firm. Coordinate deliverables fromidentity to websites to social campaigns for residential and commercial propertydevelopments. Notable projects include a website for a mixed-use building in Denver;signage and rebranded collateral for the iconic Smith Tower in Seattle; in-depthmarketing reports to project ROMI and optimized marketing tactics using GoogleAnalytics, amongst other data sets, for a Portland apartment building; and an identitysystem, website, and supporting marketing materials and reports for a residentialproperty on Eastlake.

Managed accounts for the Seattle-based graphic design firm. In charge of client relations and ensuring that the end deliverable was quality design/thinking, came in on time and on budget, and both the client and our internal team were happy upon completion. Excelled in client management and profitable projects.Notable projects included a large-scale rebranding of Seattle Children’s Hospital, managing hundreds of deliverables—from a new logo to magazines to a science adventure lab bus; a 6-year relationship with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle completing two award-winning reports per year along with myriad other projects. A sample of additional projects include: naming/brand strategy, large-scale brand guidelines, annual and SR print reports/websites, signage, art books, websites, apps, multi-state photo shoots, ads.Client list: Abeo, Agility Logistics, Amylin, Andrea Bocelli, Blue Nile, Chihuly, Clearwater Paper, Cornish, Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, Itron, Macerich, Nyhus, Olive 8, Potlatch, Seattle Children’s Hospital, SIA, Traver Gallery, and West Monroe Partners.

New Haven, Ct

Managed and edited the award-winning Yale University Art Gallery Magazine. Edited art books on a variety of topics, including early American art and modern prints by Jasper Johns. Edited website and ephemera for exhibitions. Proofread and fact-checked labels and postcards for over 800 objects and edited and wrote content for gallery brochures. Compared digital images with actual artwork for color authenticity.

New York City, Ny

Managed and implemented a columnist roster with over 25 high-ranking columnists; generated ideas, edited, and fact-checked—over 60 columns per month. Edited for prose and style in both magazines as well as online content, about 20 stories per day. Assisted and maintained deadlines. Created a stylebook for all publications. Wrote several stories each month.

Seattle, Wa

Edited Washington CEO magazine (now Seattle Business magazine). Wrote five articles per month. Generated story ideas and aided with the editorial calendar. Researched and compiled up to three lists each month, ranging in size and category from “Top 25 Wineries” to “Top 150 Private Companies.” Researched and solicited contacts and set up a database to track over 1,000 emails and contact information.

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