Katie Kimbrough Email and Phone Number

Discipline lead for the Annex, responsible for building a Project Management team; working with creative, production, analytics teams to ensure processes and best practices are established and seeking financial and process efficiencies over time.• Oversees overall budget (s) for the fiscal year.• Handles conversations with the client as it pertains to scope creep, budget allocation, payment and overages.• Manages resourcing through Pulse allocations and weekly department meetings.• Maintains PM lead on one account, and oversees all Annex accounts.

Supported 2 client teams to create and drive process and interview to hire project managers and account open positions.• Led daily standups, hotsheets distribution and team deliverables.• Responsible for trafficking media assets for Social, TV, and Radio.• Partnered with Strategist and Production to maintain annual content calendar.• Educates and on-boards new staff on best practices as needed.

Discipline lead for the agency, responsible for driving operational excellence in the National studio via direct oversight, review, recommendations and development of new processes to further enhance and grow the department and agency• Co-lead cross-agency task force to create a new Agency Process, including all naming, background, role and responsibilities and document library to cohesively launch and train existing employees and new hires• Developed and managed Studio Project Management team across the National studio (5 offices)• Lead taskforce of cross-departmental team to research and recommend PM software• Forecasting department revenue projections, expenses and staffing for the National studio • Oversight of 3rd party resource database (creative, design, illustration, editing, strategy & planning, etc.)

Supported CCO in creation and management of the MKTG National Studio – specifically responsible for Operations and Project Management team.• Development and Management of workflow between agency partners• Maintained responsibilities below as we developed the National Studio• Agency rebrand and NYC, headquarters, office relocation and design

Develop Project Management Model for the NY Creative Studio• Oversight of the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project• Ability to lead and develop a team, reported directly to SVP and work alongside all of CST, Finance and Production Dept.• Responsible for overseeing all Creative Concepting/Ideation, Design, and Video deliverables that came through NYC Studio office [1 of 6 main offices, NYC is headquarters]• Overseeing and managing a team of 20-25+ individuals, depending on freelancers in house• Resource and project planning throughout process, including design creative client review, project punch lists and deliverables charts and delivery• Vendor/Freelance partner onboarding, contracts, and billing

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. – Lead financial for all Sunovion brands and lead project manager for Latuda and Lunesta brands.BMO Harris – Lead financial manager.

Liaison between in-store creative and strategic partners on several Walmart businesses, developing and maintaining all project coordination and implementation from strategy, through creative concept, to final in-store signing execution.

Collaborated with a multifunctional team of eight people to deliver integrated shopper marketing campaigns for key brands such as Pantene, Nice ‘n Easy, Herbal Essences, and Fekkai.