Heather Brown Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

St Louis, Missouri, Us

I serve as a judge for the annual Arch Grants Startup Competition that provides $75,000 non-dilutive funding to selected early-stage, innovative startup companies with the potential to scale and to make an impact in St. Louis, the country and the world.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Eight Bit Studios has been involved in viral marketing, enterprise web applications and the mobile space since December of 2008. High profile clients to date include Trident, Groupon, New Balance, and Hasbro. Work has been featured in The USA Today, BrandWeek, The Daily Beast, NYTimes tech blog, and multiple CSS design blogs. Mobile apps have been featured as "New & Noteworthy" in the Apple iTunes App Store.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

As a Managing Partner, I worked with the Executive Management team to: define and lead strategic financial planning and goal-setting initiatives, establish success metrics, and line up business partnerships to help achieve them.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

As Eight Bit's first Director of Project Management, I worked with leadership to define and build out the Project Management discipline. As part of the overall delivery team, our focus is always on how we can deliver the best products and results to our clients to help them achieve their business goals and push their strategy forward. I worked with our awesome project management team over the years to hone our project management skills, implement processes and remain agile in our thinking to be able to quickly adapt to a project's changing needs.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

I began as the only project manager and helped build the project management team from the ground-up. I managed projects large and small, including working with startups to help identify their MVP, roadmapping and strategies.

Chicago, Il, Us

Bughouse inspires creative play and learning in children while equipping parents with tools to raise amazing individuals. Through innovative digital toys and games, Bughouse fosters imagination, problem-solving, and joyful exploration, empowering kids to grow into curious, confident, and compassionate people.

As the only Project Manager at Earlybird, I oversaw all the ongoing projects with our clients. I worked closely with our internal and client teams to keep the digital projects on-time and within budget. * Developed risk management plans to foresee project risks as soon as possible and identify contingency plans with our teams and the clients* Created and maintained budget reporting at the project-level * Led and facilitated client meetings, including presentations, status calls and general client health checkins* Communicated project statistics with the Partner-team, including overall health of projects, status, strategies looking to be implemented and long-term roadmapping

Managed multiple projects including website redesigns, microsites, video, consumer website promotions and print collateral for clients such as Motorola, Oprah's Angel Network, Butterball, Kraft, Sears, Craftsman, Masterbrand and the University of Chicago.• Developed and maintained detailed project plans, timelines, and budgets, effectively managing resources and mitigating risks to deliver projects on time and within budget• Collaborated with and managed cross-functional teams including strategists, user experience designers, developers and senior leadership to ensure alignment with project strategic priorities• Led and defined project scope, goals and deliverables that support client’s goals in collaboration with senior management• Facilitated client meetings with clear communication and collaboration among stakeholders, including team members, clients, vendors, and senior leadership, to ensure project requirements and milestones were understood and met• Mentored and coached junior project managers and team members, fostering a culture of learning, growth, and accountability within the project team

Evanston, Il, Us

• Assisted the Center Manager with event and meeting logistics by setting goals, developing strategies, and executing ideas • Managed Constant Contact creation and distribution of email newsletters and analyzed on-click events from emails• Researched and selected relevant websites to advertise faculty jobs to increase visibility