Manages, develops and mentors a team of 5 project managers across multiple portfolios. Collaborates with Finance (monthly) to review client revenue, profitability and forecasting for budget management, vendor management, full project and retainer scoping for $5M+ businesses. Develops relationships with department heads in order to foster collaboration and institute process, along with being a key participant in the development and implementation of agency processes. Ensures best practices and standards are understood and followed throughout the project and applies lesson learned from previous projects (constantly evolving). Creates and maintains business scopes of work in conjunction with Account, Strategy, Creative, Production, Media and Finance leads over the project lifecycle. Lead day-to-day project manager on CKE Restaurants and People Location Services (PLS) for fully intregrated campaigns; from business development to final delivery. Manages account SOW’s, project estimates/hours and assists in identifying areas of efficiencies. Ensures a positive, collaborative work environment for the team.

Managed multiple integrated, multi-track projects simultaneously and investigated and understood project priorities in the context of agency and client expectations across the DISH account. Set project quality and performance standards for each campaign. Assessed and managed risk within, and across multiple projects. Led team status once a week with Account, Creative, Production and Media departments, prioritizing tasks and deliverables for each project for the team. Developed and maintained all client timelines. Determined creative resources needed based on project needs. Partnered with Media and vendors to gather functional and technical specifications for individual Media buys, as well as manage the creative and development phases of complex display builds. Trafficked digital display and online video through Media departments for final delivery. Worked closely with account and creative to institute process on a team that had little to none; with several processes becoming the standard of the agency. Contributed to overall agency in suggesting areas for improvement within process, culture and talent management.

Fostered communication during all project phases to all agency teams (Account, Strategy, UX, Creative, Studio, Production and Media). Served as primary lead for digital executions only, including product launches, social, landing pages, display, sweepstakes, websites and email deployments; from concept development through post-launch assessment. Developed and maintained project estimates and Statements of Work on all out of scope projects. Responsible for working with vendors or other Havas networks to vet out, bid, manage scope and communication for out-of-pocket costs. Conducted daily status meetings and distributed the hotsheet for all active and upcoming projects. Collaborated on the allocations and resourcing needs of client project workloads, prioritizing deliverables based on agency and client expectations.

Lead project manager for top tier accounts, serving as the primary liaison for client relations; managing expectations, day-to-day contact and budget. Facilitated daily communication with in-house teams; working with web development, interactive and creative departments to prioritize tasks, manage scope and keep projects on track. Additional responsibilities include client invoicing, populating site content, project research and brainstorming strategic ideas for brand campaigns.Clients include: Viacom (MTV, VH1, BET), UC San Diego ArtPower!, Disney, Wisconsin Lottery

Supervised multiple advertising projects and accounts; coordinating and executing materials for print, broadcast, digital and outdoor projects from conception to completion. Oversaw the development and communication of estimates, production schedules and deliverables. Maintained detailed weekly status reports through daily progress meetings where project workflow was reported and discussed – ensuring that teams were on track to deliver materials on time and within budget. Key concentration focused on managing the working relationship of agency and client, and conveying project vision and needs to internal teams and vendors.Clients include: Olga’s Kitchen, Morely-Sanders, Omni Hospitality