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Seattle, Washington, United States

Architect and manage integrated, multitrack programs including:• Provide purpose, direction, and motivation to team.• Clarify and communicate program objectives and success criteria.• Program communications.• Estimations and staffing.• Scope management.• Develop and track integrated project plans.• Track and manage program issues.• Maintain program tracking, dashboards, and information systems.• Access and manage project risks.• Collaborate with clients via day-to-day project support.• Manage roadmap through prioritization exercises with team and client partners.• Work in capacity-based model to ensure team delivers on client priorities while not exceeding retained hours and flagging when tasks need to be backlogged due to capacity.• Manage third-party partner and/or vendor relationships.• Work with BU leadership to pursue, shape and sell client solutions.• Contribute to the ongoing development of the program management discipline and community.

San Luis Obispo, California

Worked closely with project managers and individual contributors to ensure project needs were fulfilled and priorities were honored.Managed, refined and optimized the marketing department’s internal processes to maximize success.Facilitated the efficient use of project management systems, productivity tools and processes to keep employees enabled and engaged.Empathized with employees’ ambitions to allocate resources to projects based on their skills and interests.Worked with management to set staffing priorities, hire and onboard employees and provide training to promote efficiency and process adoption.

San Luis Obispo, California

Managed the 5-person PMO through servant leadership, conscious evolution and strategic hiring, staffing and internal growth opportunities.Steered the department's transformation into a performative Agile Marketing operation, increasing employee engagement and speed-to-market.Collaborated with leadership to adapt a global integrated campaign framework following Mindbody's acquisition by Vista Equity Partners.Managed the production of thousands of assets for Mindbody's omni-channel, two-sided marketplace "flywheel" campaign.

San Luis Obispo, California

Developed detailed ways of working protocol and responsibility assignment matrices for the internal Creative and User Experience teams.Implemented a successful multi-year strategy to consolidate all marketing work within a single source of truth platform and unified delivery process.Engineered a marketing prioritization calculator that was later adopted by the global operations team for assessment of enterprise-wide initiatives.Managed production of Mindbody's annual client conference, BOLD, including on-site testimonial video production, event logistics and signage.

San Luis Obispo, California

Managed creative, video production and agile application development for iconic device releases in support of Samsung's in-store demo experience. Supported crisis mitigation efforts for the failed release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which had to be recalled twice due to battery issues.

San Luis Obispo, California

Managed creative and development of Samsung's NFC-enabled rewards program, generating 9M media impressions and 38K activations.Serviced project management, business development and day-to-day account management needs for the augmented reality start-up Magic Leap.Led the client team and managed day-to-day operations of BlackBerry's owned properties: BlackBerry.com and Rim.com.

San Luis Obispo, California

Coordinated email marketing for Samsung's customer loyalty program for device owners, Owner's Hub.Arranged a same-day chartered jet and armed security for a digital copy of Jay-Z's album Magna Carta Holy Grail.

Jacksonville, Arkansas

Art directed all facets of the credit union's brand identity, shareholder reports and marketing/advertising, including all paid, owned and earned media.Temporarily led the four-person marketing team for 6 months while the AVP/Marketing was on leave.

Jonesboro, Arkansas

Conceptualized and developed a performative, award-winning multichannel campaign for Ritter Communications.Optimized the process of updating the St. Bernards Healthcare's physician directory, which reduced turnaround time by 80%.Provided art direction for The Mall at Turtle Creek, including branding, advertising, and logo/identity work for multiple stores.