Erika Alexander Email & Phone Number

Memphis, TN, US

New York, New York, United States

Freelance Senior Project Manager for American Express and Samsung

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• End-to-end Executive Production, Line Production on set, and Project Management of brand partnerships and new original series, distributed through YouTube and supported by content across digital social platforms and.
• Oversaw and led the Integrated Production team
• Worked alongside the Creative team to develop and deliver content, write scripts, and creative direction/approval on series look/feel
• Pitched new series and brand campaign ideas
• Created and reconciled production budgets
• Past clients included large-scale scopes with entertainment and media industry companies such as: Big Machine Label Group, Bitcoin Magazine, and two seasons of Amazon Music Live for Amazon Music

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Leads and manages internal cross-functional teams during the project lifecycle for: Commercial Partnerships with brands, Internal Brand and Marketing projects (this includes brand creative, social content, digital.
• End to end producing and project management of brand partnerships and new original series, distributed through YouTube and supported by content across digitalplatforms
• Partnerships with brands to be activated within and/or across Made In Network operated channels(brand integrations)
• Oversees and leads the Production team to create dozens of episodes and supporting content
• Works hand in hand with the Creative team to develop and deliver content, episodes, and all supporting creative campaign elements
• Manages all project-specific coordination between Production, Creative, and Strategy teams

Greater New York City Area

• Established strong relationship with internal account team and external clients in order to deliver complex projects and programs
• Developed and managed all project documentation including: estimates, statement of work documents, schedules and projects plans
• Managed resource allocation on an on-going, weekly basis as well as monitored project burn rate and budget
• Acted as liaison between agency teams, including: development, creative, media, strategy, analytics and account management
• Collaborated and managed workflows between internal and external team members to ensure that all project deliverables are completed on time and within budget
• Monitored project status and proactively identified problems both before and as they arise

Greater New York City Area

• Co-leads day and evening activities throughout New York City for groups of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities on a volunteer basis for the non-profit organization Sprouthttp://gosprout.org/

Greater New York City Area

Contributing writer for Please Kill Me Online. I focus on American pop culture, the history of subcultures, and interviews.

Greater New York City Area

• Coordinated all integrated (digital and print) development across disciplines, and ensured continuity of project vision and development plan; encourages creative multi-disciplinary collaboration
• Chief contact for all internal or vendor project-level communications, including resources, technical and media vendors and client IT groups
• Prepared delivery of integrated budget, schedule, and development plan for entire development effort; was responsible for definition, articulation, and coordination of all deliverables
• Responsible for assisting Account Executive/Supervisor in authoring and obtaining client sign-off on all contractual documents (SOW, Change Orders, etc.)
• Worked closely with Account team to prepare for all medical, legal, and regulatory submissions
• Performed weekly financial reviews and reconciliations

Greater New York City Area

• Created timelines for print and digital tactics, including social media
• Created scopes of work and estimates
• Managed creative team workflow using Workfront, ProofHQ and JIRA
• Hit challenging deadlines for artwork and creative deliveries

Greater New York City Area

• Created timelines for print and digital tactics
• Acted as a liaison between the creative team and the account manager, and identified and defined requirements, scope and objectives
• Assigned tasks to internal teams and assisted with schedule management
• Made sure that clients’ needs were met as projects evolve
• Helped prepare and adhere to budgets
• Analyzed risks and opportunities

Greater New York City Area

• Managed the day-to-day operational aspects of all print tactics. This included: opening jobs, creating and maintaining schedules, updating the job status in FileMaker, generating job jackets, securing extensions.
• Communicated the status of projects in both daily and weekly status meetings to the production and creative teams
• Established and fostered positive working relationships with CBS/Showtime's partners. Works closely with the Proofreader, Writers, Designers, Production, Account Services, the Studio and Partners to help facilitate.
• Flagged potential problems, addressed concerns and provides innovative solutions in a timely fashion

New York, New York

• Coordinated all premium item releases and press kits
• Managed and delivered all VOD and DTO digital assets for original programming
• Filed invoices for project management, off-air content and production
• Contributed creative and branding concepts for press kits and marketing strategies
• Corresponded with marketing team for outside partnerships and out-of-home media buys
• Used discretion for multiple high-profile clients

New York, New York

• Greeted and accommodated all guests
• Acted as a representative of the firm

New York, New York

• Answered company phones, remained courteous and respectful when dealing with a high volume of calls and challenging client relations
• Greeted and welcome all guests with a positive demeanor
• Used discretion for multiple high-profile clients
• Organized petty cash and use Excel spreadsheets
• Managed the flow of art deliveries to the loading dock

Brooklyn, NY

• Managed Lesley Dill’s daily schedule and calendar
• Answered emails on behalf of Ms. Dill and acted as a liaison for the studio
• Organized and catalogued works and took inventory of supplies
• Fabricated small metal sculptures and detailed hand-sewing of sculptures

Brooklyn, NY

• Created color ways for merchandise that would later be sold to public
• Designed graphics and clothing patterns using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
• Researched creative branding for future seasons, projected consumer need
• Assisted with event planning for collaborations and sponsorships
• Wrote copy for social media accounts

New York, New York

• Light art handling duties such as wrapping works
• Organized office and front desk space
• Assisted with editing press releases and artist bios
• Catalogued and stored a collection of over two-hundred drawings in art database
• Performed administrative duties