Lead multidisciplinary teams from project ideation through final execution and delivery. Ensure that scope of work (deliverables, budgets, milestones, deadlines, outcomes) for all projects are defined, communicated and executed; and identify bottlenecks, risks and blockers and solutions. Clients include THA Create design agency, Live Nation and Osmani Design; other clients are in the fields of entertainment, marketing and nonprofits.• Manage the production of digital awards campaigns to get eye-catching designs and targeted messages out to specific audiences.• Coordinate activities on multiple large, interconnected projects that stretch across internal teams and external clients. Focus on project delegation and program implementation.• Lead the full lifecycle of projects including managing digital services, creative services, marketing initiatives and content production. • Create timelines and review processes while handling internal communications and scheduling key benchmarks.

Responsible for managing large-scale integrated campaigns, designs for events (both digital and print, including packaging, OOH and more), digital services, brand identity development and management, mobile, email and marketing campaigns. Focus on program strategy, project scope and implementation.• Proven ability to manage multiple high-priority projects simultaneously. Successful experience with juggling several moving pieces concurrently while managing deliverables and assets and driving timelines in accordance with best practices.• Directed project management initiatives on time and on budget for all deliverables created for AFI’s Life Achievement Award, a flagship annual red-carpet gala event that raised more than $1M each year. Projects included digital, print, email, video, marketing and social elements. • Scheduled and managed more than 600 deliverables for annual AFI FEST and AFI DOCS international film festivals that generated 2.6 billion media impressions in 2010 and grew to more than 12 billion by 2019. Components included packaging, out-of-house, book design, website creation, digital updates, mobile apps, social media and video production.• Orchestrated and streamlined all design, marketing, ecommerce and editorial projects for AFI Movie Club, a program that resulted in a web traffic increase of 53%. The program resulted in becoming 22% of AFI’s page views. Average time on all webpages increased 19%.• Managed a website rebuild, redesign and launch from wireframing to UX through sprints to final QA, which ultimately increased average time on webpages by 50%.• Moved between Agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals. Instituted workflow management systems highlighting key benchmarks and responding to blockers; primary relationship owner for external teams and vendors.

Oversaw publication of print and digital products, aligning multimedia content strategies to maintain cohesive brand identity. Led teams across broad design, development, editorial and marketing disciplines. Developed new review processes to ensure stories stayed on message while meeting stakeholders’ requirements and adhering to budget.• Oversaw a web redesign and print relaunch that increased newsstand sales by 47% in six months. • Managed magazine production totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly.• Proposed ancillary projects to expand diversity of editorial offerings and revenue opportunities.

Organized production of short-term and long-term projects: assigned copy, scheduled editing, design, web development and internal approvals and coordinated production and press checks.• Initiated a house style guide and oversaw compliance with design and editorial guidelines and brand identity for entire publication portfolio, maintaining continuity across print and digital products.• Supervised team of 5 full-time editors and designers and more than 10 freelancers. • Established new workflow procedures and processes that increased the team’s efficiency by 25% within 4 months.• Promoted as part of a small, dedicated staff that relocated to LA; hired and trained an entirely new staff and built up a network of freelance contributors.

Used health and fitness expertise to concept coverline stories; responded to health and diet trends with responsible, balanced editorial that stayed true to the magazine’s mission. • Collected and distributed assets for all health and wellness editorial and designs. • Implemented production timelines for all materials in the Healthy Living group.