Managed a multitude of projects simultaneously that live under the Baseball/Softball and all minor league Team Sports (Basketball, Football, Volleyball, etc.)
Assigned projects, timelines and to do’s to a team of 7 creatives, in order to meet marketing deadlines for launches, events and releases
Worked closely with the Art Director, Creative Team and Marketing Managers to identify any operational challenges and solving for them
Drove operational success by adhering to best practices for campaign setup, delivery, and streamlining the workflow
Developed relationships with the marketers to better understand the each departments needs and KPI’s
Creative Project Manager - Chicago, IL
Wilson Sporting Goods
https://www.wilson.com/
Client served: Edward Jones
Overseeing various types of mid- to large-scale integrated brand and marketing projects from initial concept to delivery within established scope timing, budget, and quality expectations
Planning, facilitating and supporting all aspects of the project delivery including strategic and creative development, review and approval processes
Developing, implementing and maintaining processes and procedures that drive greater efficiency and quality of work
Maintaining an awareness of potential interdependencies with other projects and their impact
Clients served: Kabbage
Managing the creative and development team in their process to drive forward project work
Creating account-specific scrum process documents inclusive of the creative and development process, along with the required stakeholder approval process
Utilizing Microsoft Planner and Workfront heavily, in order to keep track of requests from 90+ marketers, averaging about 60+ projects/requests quarterly
Leading weekly creative standup meetings to align on project status, next steps and any blockers
Received the Global Advertising & Brand Management Inclusive Leadership Trailblazer Award (April 2023)
Clients served: Kraft Heinz Company, McDonalds
Managed the internal workflow and daily client interactions - inclusive of budgets, scheduling legal, resourcing, content reviews and campaign/evergreen workstreams
Led a team of creative resources (copywriters, designers, strategists) that focused on trending and cultural moments to promote brand presence
Utilized insights to gain a deeper understanding understanding of how content is performing and how to better align with the brand’s KPI’s
Clients served: Bolthouse Farms, The Bouqs, Live Nation, NBCUniversal
Managed all resourcing across assigned clients for strategy, creative and production and aligned with internal resource manager
Developed internal and external timelines to ensure project deadlines are achieved and the brief objective is met
Collaborated with peers on process improvement within internal project management department
Facilitated any client communications regarding briefings, feedback, updates to the internal project team
Clients served: NBA, Office Depot, Bridgestone, Ford, Pfizer
Liaison between creatives, strategists, production managers, community managers and media associates to
ensure live content on social channels to fulfill campaign requirements
Obtained information from the client for each social/digital campaign to translate into a brief, create
budget/estimates and develop timelines
Facilitated the launch of 360-brand campaigns and apps, along with evergreen email, social and display campaigns for Facebook, Instagram, Google+, Twitter and Pinterest
Clients served: Chick-fil-A, Delta, TGI Fridays and John Frieda
Coordinated internal resources from all departments inclusive of Analytics, Creative, Media, Production and
Strategy, to ensure executions of social campaigns through completion for channels (Facebook, Instagram,
LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, Snapchat)
Engaged in quarterly conversations with platform reps to discuss updates and best practices on social
channels
Managed $8+ million budgets, reviewed invoices for accuracy and developed project scopes and objectives
Routed final digital and social assets to media teams to ensure live content on channels
Provided administrative support to field managers, by creating budgets, invoices, billing, obtaining insurance documents and completing capital expenditure requests
Developed RFP’s by assembling information requested by customers, such as objectives, outcomes, deliverables, staffing and budget
Monitored operations to meet customer expectations and company goals
Designed customer perception surveys to seek valuable feedback in order to improve business processes