Did you know the perfect creative project manager is an ex-art director with 20+ years experience?Looking for someone who can translate between creatives, clients, the production team, and external vendors?Want a creative problem-solver with a compulsion for organization and details?(Keep reading)After working as an art director for over 20+ years, I knew I wanted to use a different part of my brain and hone different skills. While at large agencies, I collaborated with cross-functional teams and designed for large complex projects like an annual reports, cookbooks (aka guidelines), and integrated campaigns. I feel in love with processes, systems, guidelines, and collaboration. And for the last 5 years, I have focused on managing projects instead of designing for them. While working at a startup, for a couple of entrepreneurs and as a freelancer, I got a taste of leadership, true accountability, and ownership. I learned a lot more, faster—pivoting, problem solving, picking up new skills, and recognizing potential risks became core to my responsibilities.My skills come from decades of on the job experience.✅  Understanding clients needs✅  Writing proposals, selling services✅  Presenting concepts to clients✅  Collaborating with writers, photographers, and other creatives✅  Hours with prepress and digital printers✅  Working with web developers, editors, and retouchers✅  Developing integrated campaigns✅  Helping to produce social media contentWhen I was asked to become the Marketing Program Manager for a startup, I jumped at the chance to use my innate talents and skills for organizing and planning.✅  Sourced, vetted, and hired external vendors and contractors✅  Wrangling resources✅  Translating btw designers, clients, and vendors ✅  Developing timelines and budgets✅  Prioritized projects and tasks✅  Led internal meetings✅  Coached and trained junior members of the team✅  Improved client onboarding processes✅  Spearheaded marketing projectsA self-motivated, proactive critical thinker, I look for ways to improve all aspects of the business through better customer experiences and more efficient and effective processes and systems. Finally, having been a remote worker for over a decade, I understand the need for clear and concise communication, structured meetings and reporting. Details in emails and contracts matter, clear project briefs matter, spoken expectations matter, and everything is figure-out-able. 

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