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Burbank, California, Us

Leading the development and growth of PCH, a creative production agency based in Los Angeles, California. Evolving a dynamic team that effectively leverages strategy, ideation, design, image & motion capture, content production and social media management - in order to solve marketing challenges with creative solutions for a broad range of clients.

Prestbury, Cheshire, Gb

Spearheaded initiatives driving McCann Manchester's operational efficacy, in alignment with a group excellence initiative across EMEA agency locations. Streamlining processes, I orchestrate and implement continuous improvement strategies, process efficiencies, and new methods of working, integrating appropriate technologies. Collaborating with key internal stakeholders to develop systems and standard operating procedures (SOPs) which optimise resource utilisation.● Led £1.65m office refurbishment project in 2019, effecting cultural and collaborative environmental change; co-ordinates numerous internal and external stakeholders to deliver entirely reinvented creative environment.● Introduced robust time-management tools, which significantly improved the efficiency and accuracy of time-capture and ultimately has led to enhanced cost management and a revenue rise.● Merging traffic and resource management functions to common platform to optimise task assignments; reducing outsourced freelance costs by a double digit percentage.McCann Manchester is part of the multi-billion pound network of Interpublic Group agencies (IPG), specialising in creative marketing communications and content production (via its CRAFT studios subsidiary). Clients include Aldi, Smyths Toys, Magnet, Matalan, Miller Homes, HSL, to name a few.

I planned and implemented Splash Worldwide's continued West Coast growth and expansion, championing management initiatives including operational oversight and innovation. I streamlined organisational structures by consolidating duplicated functions, and I negotiated contracts and service-level agreements with clients, partners, and suppliers. I re-engineered legacy personnel procedures to improve team member motivation and retention.● Streamlined operational efficiencies, introducing best-practice processes within Project Management team to deliver department staff cost saving of 15%.● Directed IT/Solutions team in configuration of agency management tool which improved production efficiency and management oversight.Splash Worldwide is an independent, global creative production agency with offices in London, New York, Portland, Abu Dhabi, Berlin and Shanghai. Integrated services include creating, versioning, distributing and managing local and global marketing campaigns and content for clients.

London, Gb

I cultivated an effective relationship with the largest network client (HP Americas), managing client development and commercial oversight. I managed P&L and financial forecasting; I authored capital expenditure proposals.● Led process improvements, designing and implementing new client engagement practices, implementing continuous improvement metrics, and developing financial practices, reporting, and workflows, resulting in 15%+ cost savings.● Developed client relationships, enhancing clients' awareness of agency's specialist service offerings, leading to a double-digit increase in agency revenues.

Nyc , La, Us

I collaborated with diverse groups, setting up and implementing technology initiatives for production teams and agency creatives and managing the P&L cost center. I designed new financial reporting practices and implemented effective client engagement tactics, liaising with senior agency clients, inter-agency business owners, external clients, and third parties.● Drove business to improve profitability, retaining revenue that was being expended with third-party suppliers; retaining in excess of than $3.75m annually after first eighteen months of operation.● Planned, built, and developed internal agency management tool that increased production efficiency and oversight by upwards of 50%.● Integrated Venice Beach Editorial, A/V services, conventional Studio, Arthaus retouching, Pre-press Color Management all together under single agency entity within TBWA Los Angeles.

Recruited to Williams Lea from Seven Worldwide to introduce services around the creative studio division of Williams Lea, branded "Springboard". Also tasked with raising the profile of the legacy 'Enterprise Content Management' that had been exhaustively invested into by the group up until that time and had been deployed predominantly to support a "hub and spoke" satellite services model for other studio services dispersed around the UK.

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After Production operator and Technology Management roles within Seven Worldwide, Emerging Technology analysis was the natural career development phase before departing and moving to setting up and directing pre-press services at Williams Lea in London

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Btec Diploma, Graphic Design

3D Product Design

Diploma Level 2, Foundation Art & Design