Dawn Perkiss Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Remote

Portland, Oregon Area

Produces and project manages live-action video, animation, still photography, music videos, events and radio projects from bidding to pre-production to wrap. Experience managing domestic and international production companies. Consistently manages teams of up to 50 - 100 people.Additional skills include but are not limited to: estimating, project management and tracking in Resource Management, executing client and internal teams communications, project scheduling, creating workback… Show more Produces and project manages live-action video, animation, still photography, music videos, events and radio projects from bidding to pre-production to wrap. Experience managing domestic and international production companies. Consistently manages teams of up to 50 - 100 people.Additional skills include but are not limited to: estimating, project management and tracking in Resource Management, executing client and internal teams communications, project scheduling, creating workback project timelines, actualizing budgets, conducting weekly burn reports, managing team calendars and travel coordination. Leads internal teams in developing, auditing, and executing internal processes, playbooks/manuals, templates and file reorganizations in G Suite to ensure efficient workflows across company workstreams. Brands: Adidas, Amazon, American Family Insurance, AT&T, Banfield, Bissell, Buick, Columbia Sportswear, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, GoHealth, Honda, Kroger, LaCie, The Nature Conservancy, NFL, Nike, Nordstrom, OFRI, OHSU, Oracle, Portland State University, Ruby Receptionists, Softbank, Subaru, Toyota, Turtle Beach, Ursa Major, Wacom, Wildfang, Zoom+. Show less

Portland, Oregon, United States

Specializing in bidding, proposals, resourcing, project managing and wrapping all things production. Wizard in developing internal processes, project workback calendars, writing contracts, SOWs and managing vendor contracts. Provides support by running weekly burn reports, managing team’s time in Resource Management by Smartsheet, onboarding/offboarding new and existing team members, drafting new and auditing existing external and internal corporate communications, templates, decks and… Show more Specializing in bidding, proposals, resourcing, project managing and wrapping all things production. Wizard in developing internal processes, project workback calendars, writing contracts, SOWs and managing vendor contracts. Provides support by running weekly burn reports, managing team’s time in Resource Management by Smartsheet, onboarding/offboarding new and existing team members, drafting new and auditing existing external and internal corporate communications, templates, decks and cross-functional processes and workflows. Show less

Portland, Oregon Area

Clients included: adidas, Wacom, Nike, WildFang, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland State University, The Nature Conservancy, Mirth Provisions and Ruby Receptionists. As the full time staff Production Manager, Dawn specialized in managing the team's functionality of video, photography, radio productions and post-productions including live-action, editorial, motion graphics, and animation. Managed budgets ranging from $5K-$1MM within Oregon, across the US and… Show more Clients included: adidas, Wacom, Nike, WildFang, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland State University, The Nature Conservancy, Mirth Provisions and Ruby Receptionists. As the full time staff Production Manager, Dawn specialized in managing the team's functionality of video, photography, radio productions and post-productions including live-action, editorial, motion graphics, and animation. Managed budgets ranging from $5K-$1MM within Oregon, across the US and Internationally. Controlled all facets of production and post-production projects from pre-pro through wrap. Hired, supervised and mentored coordinators, PA’s and interns. On-boarded and managed contracts for freelance post-production staff. Tracked and managed licensing and contract renewals, negotiated crew/equipment/vendor contracts, created estimates, handled PO’s and invoices. Handled casting, travel/logistics, and managed extensive film permitting. Implemented new internal processes and file structures to ensure seamless production wraps. Show less

Oregon City, Oregon

Clients included: Nike, Wacom, Laika, LaCie, Boyd's Coffee, Celluon, Xerox, and ODOT. Specialized in:Project Management – Managed projects from initiation through completion. Developed and maintained project timelines/calendars. Created jobs while sustaining constant workflow organization. Facilitated communication between creative agencies, client, producer and director. Regularly assisted with location scouting, casting, booking crew, obtaining permits and all releases/contracts… Show more Clients included: Nike, Wacom, Laika, LaCie, Boyd's Coffee, Celluon, Xerox, and ODOT. Specialized in:Project Management – Managed projects from initiation through completion. Developed and maintained project timelines/calendars. Created jobs while sustaining constant workflow organization. Facilitated communication between creative agencies, client, producer and director. Regularly assisted with location scouting, casting, booking crew, obtaining permits and all releases/contracts. Budgeting – Negotiated rates and equipment pricing with crew and vendors while keeping costs on track within project budgets. Maintained and tracked budgets through HotBudget program. Implemented new PO and invoice processes. Corporate Communications – Participated in client/team meetings. Served as final QC for client media agreements. Created all pre-pro books, wrap books, call sheets, location maps, release forms, permits, and all pertinent information for production crew, talent and clients. Post Producing – Served as liaison and QC between client and artists by balancing client’s expectations/needs with the team’s resources/time, while ensuring deadlines and deliverables are always consistent, accurate and on time. Show less

Portland, Oregon Area

Managed over 600 client and tax projects simultaneously, facilitated annual budgeting reports, accounts payables/receivables, negotiated vendor contracts, and was responsible for corporate written communications.Project Management – Managed individual returns from project initiation through completion, client distribution, monitored the status of hundreds of returns simultaneously and supported partners to ensure their projects met milestone deadlines and were completed on time… Show more Managed over 600 client and tax projects simultaneously, facilitated annual budgeting reports, accounts payables/receivables, negotiated vendor contracts, and was responsible for corporate written communications.Project Management – Managed individual returns from project initiation through completion, client distribution, monitored the status of hundreds of returns simultaneously and supported partners to ensure their projects met milestone deadlines and were completed on time. Entrusted with confidential client information, prepared final documents for clients and served as liaison for partners. Monitored corporate contracts, managed contract renewals and negotiated new terms. Entrusted with overseeing firm’s education renewals and managed CPE requirements for accountants.Corporate Communications – Responsible for writing corporate communications to clients, on behalf of partners. Proofread and edited partner written communications, sometimes serving as ghost writer. Served as final quality control checkpoint and ensure communication is compliant to firm standards. CRM / Contact Management – Managed over 600 accounts in firm’s CRM tool. Set up new clients, kept accounts updated, and audit contacts for current and complete information. Updated CRM tool with client communications and document distributions. Budgeting – Coordinated and reconciled firm’s invoices, processed and paid all corporate expenses. Renegotiated contracts with company’s suppliers resulting in expenses coming in under budget, including a 40% reduction for one individual supplier. Coordinated and submitted billings for five partners, managed all bookkeeping activities for three private clients. Show less

Filmed 2008 Emmy-award winning documentary in three states, worked closely withdirector of photography, devised lighting plan, operated dolly and jib, and handled cameraequipment