Project Manager

Marketing By Design LLC, Beverly, MA
January 2017 – April 2018

• Manage branding, marketing and packaging design projects for clients such as Greencore USA, Natrol, and High Liner Foods
• Answer initial broad questions about potential projects
• Set up initial account meetings to identify job needs, budget, etc.
• Schedule kickoff meetings with all parties involved, upon approval of budget and brief
• Answer inquiries related to jobs in progress
• Procure and manage vendors as needed
• Manage project budgets, timelines and proofs to ensure projects are on track
• Manage studio traffic to ensure designers/production artists time is used effectively
• Submit billing on a monthly basis
• Other duties and special projects as required

Traffic Coordinator/Project Manager

Cone Communications, Boston, MA
May 2013 – October 2016

• Managed design projects for clients such as Target, UPS and Bayer
• Managed Cone’s website update project on Squarespace and helped with design and content creation
• Ran weekly department meetings and daily task meetings with designers
• Answered initial broad questions about potential projects
• Procured freelance designers/production vendors as needed and managed correspondence
• Set up meetings to identify job needs, budget, etc.
• Scheduled kickoff meetings with all parties involved, upon approval of budget/timeline/brief
• Answered inquiries related to jobs in progress
• Managed project budgets, timeline and proofs to ensure projects are on track
• Managed all design projects, keeping track of proofs, feedback, timeline and budget
• Submitted invoices for completed work to finance on a monthly basis
• Obtained stock images/video/music for account staff as needed
• Helped manage projects for the Digital Experience team, including managing vendors
• Helped Business Development team with special projects on Act-On and Salesforce software

Office Administrator

Cone Communications, Boston, MA
November 2009 – May 2013

• Initial point of contact for customers and visitors via telephone and in person
• Successfully created a daily ‘GPS’ email to alert all employees to who was out of the office and for how long
• Ordered office supplies, Maintain inventory, track cost center charges
• Answered phones multi-line switchboard and direct incoming calls appropriately
• Helped Creative Department with administrative duties and submitted billing to Finance Department
• Received and distributed internal/external mail and packages
• Informed appropriate persons when appointments have arrived
• Maintained interns schedule, seating arrangements, laptop distribution, passwords
• Assisted account teams with marketing projects, information gathering, excel tracking of surveys and contest entries
• Assisted finance department with monthly travel bill, tracking and matching purchase orders to flight invoices
• Assisted departments with bulk customer based mailings
• Other duties and special projects as required

Education

Bridgewater State College, B.A. History, 2007

Skills

• Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook
• Basecamp, Active Collab and Trello project management systems
• Act-On Marketing Automation and Salesforce CRM