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Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon, United States

Working with clients to identify opportunities for transformative growth and meaningful change through strategic business development, partner relations, change management, marketing strategies, planning, and brand positioning. With a wealth of experience in marketing, advertising, and various creative fields, I specialize in guiding complex projects and turning challenges into opportunities for an organization.3/Thirds | Portland, OR

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon, United States

New Business - managed new business initiatives encompassing RFP crafting, pitch refinement, extensive client prospecting, and coordination of internal and external communications.TEDxPortland - Orchestrated collaboration between the TEDxPortland and Thesis teams for event years 11 & 12. Directed the production of the event book design from conceptualization through development to final hand-off to the printer, ensuring a flawless execution.

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Oversee aggressive 4 - 6 week implementation plans for customer communications and content development from kick-off to deployment, empowering and enabling enterprise customers through the GuideSpark Communicate Cloud experience (software platform developed and owned by Tivian). Work directly with cross functional internal teams including: Creative Production, Communication Strategy, Technical Services, Product Development and Engineering. Customer book included over $5M ARR of the company’s most strategic customers, including: Adobe, Ford, Oracle, Radisson Hotels, Delta Dental, and others.

Portland, Oregon Area

Oversee aggressive 4 - 6 week implementation plans for customer communications and content development from kick-off to deployment, empowering and enabling enterprise customers through the GuideSpark Communicate Cloud experience (software platform developed and owned by Tivian). Work directly with cross functional internal teams including: Creative Production, Communication Strategy, Technical Services, Product Development and Engineering. Customer book included over $5M ARR of the company’s most strategic customers, including: Adobe, Ford, Oracle, Radisson Hotels, Delta Dental, and others.

Portland, Oregon

Produced and deployed content for large and small customers covering topics such as Performance Management. Compensation Training, and HR Benefits Education. Tasked with handling the company’s largest and most business-critical account relationships, resulting in long-term retention of over 30 years combined.

Portland, Oregon Area

Launched a successful Indiegogo campaign for a baby product called Ellie. Managed the creation of all materials created for the campaign including videos, paid and earned media, photo shoots and Indiegogo site development. Orchestrated 2 tradeshows for promotion of the Ellie product from creative concept to managing the tradeshow materials creation including interfacing with a variety of vendors and service providers.

Portland, Oregon

Managing all aspects of production for multiple interactive programs, websites and print/digital materials from start to finish for a number of clients including Microsoft, Intel, Carl Zeiss Vision and HP. Often called upon to work with internal teams to lead production efforts for new business pitches. Partnering with Account Management to manage timelines, project plans, budgets and scope of work. Responsible for tracking project costs as well as estimating and managing change orders. Has acted as a client-facing Producer/Project Manager when needed. Plans and orchestrates company events including annual golf tournament, summer family picnic, Halloween party, holiday parties and other events contributing to the overall vibe and personality of the agency.

Portland, Oregon

Project manager for a full creative campaign for Herbal Essences brand and products.

San Francisco

Worked on a variety of projects for both Google & Cisco.

San Francisco Bay Area

Goodby, Silverstein & Partners - 9/5/12-10/26/12

San Francisco

Managed all aspects of production for a children’s video game site refresh and micro-site design and launch for E3 conference. Created statements of work and change order documents for various elements within project. Partnered with Account Management and Program Directors to manage timelines, project plans, budgets and scopes of work. Responsible for tracking project costs as well as estimating and managing change orders. Acted as a client-facing Senior Project Manager. Monitored team progress and communicated project status to stakeholders in and outside of the company. Ensured quality, on time and on budget delivery of project.

Managed all aspects of production for multiple animation, video and interactive programs from start to finish. Partnered with Account Management to manage timelines, project plans, budget and scope of work. Responsible for tracking project costs as well as estimating and managing change orders. Acted as a client-facing Producer/Account Manager on multiple programs. Monitored team progress and communicated project status to stakeholders in and outside of the company. Ensured quality, on time and on budget delivery of all projects.

Art directing award winning animations and managing teams of animators and motion graphics artists. Compositing of 3D animation and creation of motion graphics for award winning pharmaceutical animations.

I worked on a variety of tasks including: storyboard image prep, photoshop tasks, and compositing task on a few commercials.

College bi-weekly newspaper. In charge of ad design and page layout.

Mfa, Visual Effects

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Graphic Design

Bfa, Graphic Design