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Vallejo, Ca, Us

San Francisco Bay Area

Michael Gerard + Associates is a consultant agency that specializes in the medical congress space by optimizing the presence of our partners while executing a global strategy. We apply 35+ years of experience, from both the corporate and agency side, to help companies achieve their congress goals.

San Francisco Bay Area

Providing project consultation and producing leadership to agencies and production companies. Support includes software development, creative direction, video production, copywriting, and technical support. Clients and projects have included: NASM, Astra-Zeneca, Microsoft, BetterUp, and ICANN.

Mclean, Va

Develop, initiate, and manage project plans, while maintaining project scope, client deliverables and strict deadline. Compose creative briefs and communicate directly with clients to manage expectations, timeline, and project development. Run daily standup meetings with cross-functional teams to ensure that all team members are updated on project milestones, decisions, status, mitigation, and delivery. Provide regular project status updates, identifying any potential risks with solutions, and communicate on a routine basis to Creative Director and Stakeholders.Creative lead and producer of 10+ digital experiences for the National Comedy Center.• Highlight Include: The George Carlin Archives - CMS driven interactive that showcased the personal archives of George Carlin. Designed to replicate Carlin’s own method of archiving his personal notes, joke scribblings, and photos. Assets exceeded over 3,000 individual items.• Laugh Battle – Utilizing Microsoft’s facial recognition technology, players compete to see who can make the other player laugh when told a joke. Facial recognition software registers when a player laughs and then automatically scores the point. Program is CMS driven and uses RFID technology to deliver custom jokes based on that visitor’s profile.

Alameda, Ca

Fulfilled key role in all aspects of projects from planning, including budgeting and timelines creation, to implementation in a timely, efficient and collaborative manner. Played a key role in managing business aspects of projects (cost estimation, invoicing) while also supporting company's business strategy and performance goals (finance, customer satisfaction, business growth). Piloted new business activities with in-person client meetings and presentations, RFP/RFI proposals, and SOWs. Managed and coordinated all aspects of the project, including the budget, schedule, operational needs, procedures, Client Standards, sustainability design, QA/QC program requirements, and on-site setup and support. Creative Highlights:• Enstilar Challenge (Concept/Project Lead): Wii-Kinect experience that promoted Leo Pharmaceutical’s innovative psoriasis medication delivery system. Worked with fabricators, engineers, designers, and programmers to develop experience that allowed visitor to “spray” their answers to disease and product-related questions using a modified physical product.• EMD Serono’s Touchless Pipeline (Concept/Project Lead): Originated touchless experience to support EMD Serono’s messaging as an “an innovative leader” while showcasing company’s oncology pipeline. Visitor interacted using simple hand gestures.• Electronic Data Literature Kiosk (Project Lead): Badge-scanning kiosk utilizing backend, data-driven CMS solution for electronic literature delivery system used at US and International exhibit and medical congresses. Features client-managed backend; remote file storage and delivery; data collecting and reporting; and templated email delivery of content to end-user.

Philadelphia, Boston, And San Francisco

Creative Lead & Production Manager on 200+ projects of varying degrees of multimedia complexity, to include small interactive programs to large-scale, multi-user, multi-station networked environments. Deciphered business requirements into actionable design requirements for creative team execution. Led cross-functional teams (design, animation, development, content etc.) to manage key portfolio accounts and other strategic solutions while delivering exceptional digital experiences. Partnered with Account Manager to negotiate and manage client concerns, project change request and project risks. Produced 30+ live-action, animated, and 3D videos covering wide-range of subject matter and complexity to involve KOL interviews, patient videos, product demos, and molecular animations. Creative Highlights:• Afinitor Train Animation (Director): Restructuring 2D animation to emulate former agency’s Flash animation; used various tools and animation techniques to deliver fast-paced, stunning, and impactful animation to announce new treatment in fight against cancer. • Ruxolitinib Patient Video (DP & Final Editor): Partnered with Head of Communications in Europe on internal-only patient video for Ruxolitinib brand; completed all Director of Photography and Lead Editor initiatives on project described by European President of Novartis Oncology as the best patient video I have ever seen. • The Intendis “Formula Won” Racing Challenge (Concept/Project Lead): Worked in tandem with large team of designers and programmers to provide true Forumula-1 arcade style game with racing seats, steering wheel, brakes, and accelerator; Winner of 2011 Bronze Telly Award. • Effexor 360° Experience (Producer, Co-Director, Editor): Devised 9-screen, 360° video presentation that followed lives of 9 patients, highlighting acute experience and final treatment from depression. Other Highlights: