Project Manager - Business Vendor Manager

• Feb 2020 - Present

Project Manager

• Jun 2019 - Oct 2019

• Developed financial reports based on previous portfolios and directed project budget meetings for the PMO to set project budgets for internal and external stakeholders to stay within 5% budget variance for project costing $660k and less. • Identified and established client expectations communicating project scope across multiple channels to various stakeholders to guarantee the success and delivery on the project’s quality. • Maintained project portfolio details recording all aspects of communicating costs and assets with various internal and external stakeholders to stay within scope and adhering to both hard and flexible deadlines. • Led a variety of meetings to ensure the success and understanding of each stakeholder for every project, meetings ranged from 1:1 coaching/development opportunities to interdepartmental presentations to maintain quality continuity and project scope. • Collaborated with stakeholders and reviewed project portfolios to identify risks and previous solutions that were used to handle issues when beginning and following through to end with each project implementing a complete swot analysis. • Identified departmental and individual needs and procured equipment and software that was necessary for the success of each stakeholder and each department to successfully complete all tasks as required per project. • Managed the integration of assets, stakeholders and the handoff of deliverables to ensure quality control and to prevent any interruption in the workflow. • Created daily reports and managed/updated tech sheets, equipment information, style guide database and vendor list as necessary • Updated managers and department heads with stakeholder’s performance

Project Manager: Specialist 1

• Nov 2013 - Jun 2019

• Managed production team and quality output • Work individually with each stakeholder to build performance goals • Followed up with stake holders daily to ensure timely delivery of project assets • Maintained open communication with stakeholders across departments optimizing time sensitive deliverables to guarantee the success of each project • Worked with purchasing manager to stay under budget and maintain supplies for production • Collaborate with customer service to ensure 100% customer satisfaction and maintain brand accuracy • Manage tech sheets, equipment information, style guide database and vendor list • Create spreadsheets on department productivity, record waste and resources expensed • Train new employees on products, procedures, machines and production software. • Cross train employees changing roles on new software and practices • Organized meetings and communicated with team on production timelines • Created daily reports and delivered end of project update to clients • Collaborated with stakeholders and clients to identify project expectations and constraints • Updated managers and department heads with stakeholder’s performance • Offered recommendations and SWOT analysis with each project • Followed up with external vendors to ensure brand guidelines and correct printed materials for each respective project

Remote Project Manager

• Nov 2011 - Nov 2013

• Organized and communicated remotely with a team of remote contractors to fill the needs for art, audio, programming and animation • Strive to consistently improve the operational process by evaluating existing procedures and applying new ideas by holding online team workshops • Collected and analyzed feedback and reviews from contractors recording the effectiveness of team collaboration and productivity • Developed templates and documents that helped contractors maximize their highest quality of output while delivering assets in a timely manner not compromising the quality • Led objective driven meetings and brainstorming sessions for effective problem solving while assigning weekly and daily task for required app assets • Compiled performance reports and spreadsheets creating a database to established and track contractors KPIs and set goals for improvements as necessary • Tracked project development through Jira and emailed team daily with project updates addressing new developments along with correcting risks to game development • Reviewing the output of all contractors monitoring performance and building vendor relationships