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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Worked collaboratively across teams both internally and externally to deliver best in class projects. Create project plans, schedules, budgets and status reports while building strong relationships with clients. Delivering on promises daily and always striving toward better outcomes with each project and client. Keep client on scope while also listening to their North star statements. Balance friendly interpersonal relationships with strong tightly buttoned up process. Always striving for excellence while keeping up with latest industry trends and currently business practice learnings.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Works effectively across multiple business units to direct the delivery of projects/programs within cost, time and quality requirements. Provides direct supervision, support, training, and mentoring to project managers. Works with leadership in all functional areas on the continuous development/improvement of business processes to support cross-functional teams and to ensure that work is uniform, complete and managed appropriately. Serves as a liaison with Business Development for client presentations and proposal development. Assists in resource utilization, policy development, and implementation of goals.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Responsible for project planning, scope, quality control, resource management, scheduling, customer relationship management, and internal and external communications.Manage project deadlines and meet cost constraints. Work closely with Sales, Engineering, and Support teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications. Simultaneously manage multiple projects with differing and often conflicting priorities. Guide customers through the full cycle of site development, content preparation, and site or feature launch. Manage pivotal benchmarks and project financials. Assist in month-end revenue recognition for all Professional Services projects.Manage the onboarding and mentoring of newly hired Project Managers. Establish and document processes and program for onboarding and training within the PMO.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Manage multiple development projects simultaneously from initiation through final delivery including conception; facilitating and documenting meetings; collecting requirements; working with stakeholders; execution; benchmarking; monitoring; review; UAT; and deployment.Manage vendor relationship and ongoing projects with journal web content hosting vendor (HighWire Press) and the digital app vendor (GTxcel).Understand the journal products portfolio and how it intersects technically and interacts with the overall program road map.Provide daily production and bug support; gauge when to escalate internally and with HighWire Press.Coordinate and mediate daily between various departments, stakeholders, content provider (SPi), and HighWire Press.Handle project/account management across all departments pertaining to ongoing HighWire Press support and development work.Manage deadlines and expectations pertaining to the aforementioned vendor projects.Coordinate with Digital Media, Sales, Site Licensing, Marketing, and Editorial groups in scoping projects, tasks, workflows, and initiatives.Evaluate content updates for touch points and alignment with content strategy.Supervise and assign project and support work to Content Specialists leading to content updates and related bug fixes.Prepare and disseminate reports to Senior Management and necessary stakeholders outlining progress of development and bug fixes.Advise and work with Senior Management team on major business decisions such as: the recent RFI/RFP for the journal platform; contracts and SLA (Service Level Agreement); and SOW (Statement of Work).Investigate and offer tagging solutions leading to appropriate online display and increased revenue from downstream metadata delivery.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Assemble the weekly digital edition of Science and handle all corrections and enhancements including HTML coding of TOC material.Act as the primary liaison between digital edition vendor and Advertising Department for multimedia enhancements and special editions.Validate and correct XML for Science Translational Medicine and Science Signaling before submission to E-media.Run weekly Display Ad Enrichment Report using Temis/Luxid for targeted advertising and troubleshoot process failures.Create and document new workflows as needed and suggest process improvements to management.Troubleshoot and correct PDF, EPS and INDD files for use by the Art, Production, Advertising, and Marketing Departments.Correct color and format all images for use online and in print for the following Science, Science Translational Medicine, Signaling, and other AAAS publications.Produce large format color prints and contract proofs using advanced RIP technology and printers.Vet and test new software, OS, plug-ins, templates, and fonts prior to rollout in the live production environment.Keep abreast of new technologies and incorporate them into the production workflow.Calibrate and maintain printers, monitors, scanners, and software for complete color accuracy.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Assemble the weekly digital edition of Science and handle all corrections and enhancements including HTML coding of TOC material.Act as the primary liaison between digital edition vendor and Advertising Department for multimedia enhancements and special editions.Validate and correct XML for Science Translational Medicine and Science Signaling before submission to E-media.Run weekly Display Ad Enrichment Report using Temis/Luxid for targeted advertising and troubleshoot process failures.Create and document new workflows as needed and suggest process improvements to management.Troubleshoot and correct PDF, EPS and INDD files for use by the Art, Production, Advertising, and Marketing Departments.Correct color and format all images for use online and in print for the following Science, Science Translational Medicine, Signaling, and other AAAS publications.Produce large format color prints and contract proofs using advanced RIP technology and printers.Vet and test new software, OS, plug-ins, templates, and fonts prior to rollout in the live production environment.Keep abreast of new technologies and incorporate them into the production workflow.Calibrate and maintain printers, monitors, scanners, and software for complete color accuracy.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed all business operations including: marketing; writing job scope contracts; project management; client meetings; and billing.Produced and created the 400+ page APHA Annual Meeting Program distributed to over 13,000 attendees.Created and designed the AAPA Annual Meeting Program on an extremely condensed schedule.Designed and developed type, logos and specifications for identity and branding packages.Advised clients on appropriate formatting and layout for promotional materials.Produced monthly HTML email newsletters using Constant Contact and MailChimp.Prepared final digital files for large display panels installed at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee for Gallagher & Associates.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed both online and print projects from conception through delivery to both internal and external stakeholders.Served as the design lead for the Web Redesign Committee and participated in the design of all web content.Designed and managed the art direction of all printed materials for the Association, supervising 5 designers.Developed type, logos and specifications for Association branding.Advised staff through all stages of the design process to ensure accuracy and quality.Designed banner ads, house ads and recruitment ads for the Advertising Department.Coordinated production of all printed materials, including proofreading, and checking proofs for accuracy and quality.Secured competitive printing and/or design bids for all projects and monitored performance to ensure timeliness and quality.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

New York City And Washington D.C. Metro Area

Greater New York City Area

Ba, Philosophy And Women'S Studies

Activities and Societies: The Paper, Phi Sigma Tau Honor Society, Campus Ministry/Community Service, University Printshop, University.

Hs, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

Activities and Societies: Meriannal, Merion Mercy Singers, Chorale, Student Action, Merion Mercy Musical Theater (MMMT)