Karrisa Olsen Email & Phone Number

• Lead end-to-end creative processes including tools, workflow, and corresponding documentation• Field creative requests to ensure all requirements are clear and actionable• Manage team resourcing and day-to-day task prioritization• Cultivate and manage relationships with cross-functional team members, along with external partners and agencies when necessary• Oversee all projects by defining clear scope, timelines, and stakeholders, tracking progress and providing deliverables on-time• Educate company-wide on effective creative brief development• Drive project conclusions and implement process improvements through cross-functional collaboration• Serve as the backbone of the creative team, maintaining awareness of bandwidth, priorities, and operations to support the team effectively• Keep digital asset system organized and updated

Greater Philadelphia Area

Core: Manage resource allocation across agency and forecast pipeline. Directly collaborate cross-functionally on process improvement and implementation. Define project approach and plans upon signature. Oversee and support all active brand and website projects to monitor health, budget, risk and success.HR: Direct report of all project managers. Implement processes for performance management including weekly 1:1 reports. Mitigate internal team dynamics and conflict. Participate in evolution of company policies, procedures, business model, and brand.Account & Business Development: Lead scope and estimation process for project proposals. Draft and approve change orders. Participate in new business meetings and pitches. Identify and strategize around organic growth opportunitiesOperational: Monitor time tracking sheets. Review and approve invoices. Report monthly financial projections to CEO.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Served as main point of contact for client• Defined project scopes and schedules while focusing on regular and timely delivery to our clients.• Resourced practitioners for projects and tracking ongoing resource forecasting• Organized and lead project status/working meetings and distributed progress reports on projects across diverse groups of stakeholders.• Assisted in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work, and leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work.• Defined and managed a project management process and championed ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for project management.• Acted as a constant resource for projects, handling any issues that arise before they get to the practitioners.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Managed day-to-day account operations for several spirit/beverage brands including project management, brand planning, product development, client communications and budget tracking.• Monitored project workflow across internal sales, public relations, events, social media, photo and creative teams.• Prepared creative briefs and work closely with designers and production manager to successfully produce all collateral within timeline and scope. • Oversaw packaging of production files for product labels, marketing collateral, OOH, and digital ads• Lead strategic plans around new product releases, and worked with sales managers/brand ambassadors to develop and execute seasonal sales programs and incentives• Participated in business development and collaborative partnerships.• Coordinated and sent e-mail marketing campaigns via MailChimp• Assisted with business of several retail operations affiliated with distilleries

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Evaluated photographers for membership• Assisted with shoot production• Coordinated and lead portfolio events at major agencies, magazines and corporations across the country• Acted as consultant for hire focused on photog portfolio edits, marketing list building, blog writing and bio writing• Updated member profiles and internal database daily• Managed weekly stock requests sent to 1000+ commercial clients• Cultivated relationships with clients via marketing cold calls• Regularly wrote articles for company blog

Greater New York City Area

• Helped with pre- and post-production of photo shoots; location scouting, invoices, image delivery• Assisted on set at photo shoots• Scanned tear sheets and prints for archives• Maintained studio environment

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted in book promotion and deliveries• Scanned, organized, and archived prints