Senior Digital Experience Project Manager

• May 2022 - Present

Project Manager

• Jan 2020 - May 2022

Bringing 4D motion simulation rides, VR attractions and flying theatre projects to life, here at Sim-Ex iWerks, I have been blessed with the opportunity to own some of the most exciting projects! As a PM, I keep the customer teams engaged and satisfied. I coordinate with the internal project teams including lead technicians from mechanical and software engineering; control systems engineering; production, architectural and audio / visual departments as well as third-party vendors, contractors, consultants and onsite personnel. I am responsible for interpreting detailed technical correspondence and hardware and software specifications.Here's what else I do: Adherence to established Technology and Operations Department procedures along with Project Management deliverables and practices. Monitoring project spending, soft-costs and participation in regular cost review processes, in addition to supporting the Sales Team to define project scope, schedule and proposed costs.

Digital Project Manager

• Jul 2018 - Jan 2020

Awarded Provincial Sign Systems their first indoor digital signage project for Mattel Canada celebrating Barbie's 60th Birthday.Project Manager for both indoor and outdoor LED digital and static signage for clients across Canada.Assigned active accounts or projects to track and coordinate. Working closely with Sales and other departments including Design, Production, Installation and Shipping.Coordinates, manages and tracks orders from first contact through to installation, including quotes, purchase orders, generating in-house work orders, drawing request orders, arranging surveys, permits, tracking production, arranging shipping, confirming sign installation and preparing draft invoicing once projects are complete.Follow up on all daily events, issues, changes, and requests, by customer or sales.Assist with tenders, create quotes, generate work orders, maintain active project files, track scheduling, issuing draft invoices to accounting. Review drawings and ensure that the latest revisions are included with the most updated/revised order, as referenced by an identification number.Ensure quality customer service by maintaining prompt responses, meeting agreed timelines and with continuous and effective communication.Liaison between salesman, customer, and Provincial Sign Systems departments including Production, Shipping, Installation , Service, and Sales.Responsible for tracking and logging job e-mails, invoices (costs from subcontractors) and all relevant information in each file for invoice processing.

Senior Project Manager

• Mar 2018 - Jun 2018

Developed and maintained working relationships with clients, understanding their specific needs and expectationsLead project status meetings with internal and external stakeholders, reporting on the progress of projectsCommunicated and worked with sub-contractorsIdentified risks and escalated where appropriatePrepared project status reports and minutes after meetings in a timely mannerControlled and verified project scopeUpdated and adjusted project schedules utilizing MS ProjectOrganized, managed and updated the project document repositoryLiaised and coordinated with Purchasing Coordinator to deal and managed the inflow and outflow of hardware for projectsProperly documented changes in projects by following change control procedures and maintaining a change control logReviewed reports of financial levels with team members on a daily, weekly and monthly basisReviewed monthly targets with teamAllocated coverage for workloadManaged day to day workload and assisting where neededDeveloped career plans for individual employees with 6 month and yearly reviewsProblem solving, strategic and organizational skillsConducted weekly department meetings with staff to set out weekly and monthly goalsParticipated in weekly manager’s meetings and addressing, and reporting on priorities of the week

Senior Manager, Digital Media

• Jul 2014 - Mar 2018

Account Manager / Producer

• Mar 2012 - Jul 2014

Best Buy and Manulife are my biggest clients, overseeing their in-store digital media network across the country. From QC'ing media before distribution to managing playlists, ensuring that the correct content airs at the right location and the right time. Weekly, monthly and sometimes daily content updates as well as managing content creative from third party vendors, ensuring that projects are delivered well, on-time and on-budget. Enjoying the world of digital media!

VFX Coordinator / Manager

• Sep 2010 - Feb 2012

Working as part of the film production team to implement viable VFX solutions, developing project plans and delivery schedules to ensure deadlines are met, coordinating animators, compositors and internal production staff to ensure efficient workflow, serving as liaison between clients and studio, working closely with editorial, managing and logging incoming elements, footage, data, notes, overseeing outputs and client deliveries, maintaining project databases, helping coordinate onset during visual effects shoots and specific duties to be determined on a project by project basis.

Production Coordinator

• May 2010 - Sep 2010

Keeping an array of talented artists and production staff on schedule, as I manage daily Cinesync sessions and we work through the day's deadlines. Keeping an array of talented artists and production staff on schedule, as I manage daily Cinesync sessions and we work through the day's deadlines.

Commercial Producer

• Sep 2007 - Mar 2010

Producing at one of Canada’s biggest post-production facility, duties as the main Commercial Producer included: preparing quotes through ScheduAll upon receiving boards from clients after assessing services required to finish the campaign, providing tests and written treatments by the artists to include as a pitch in order to be awarded the project, preparing a post-production schedule for each commercial which allows the client and my artists to stay on track in order to meet deadlines, managing the day-to-day supervised online sessions with clients, preparing Inferno artists, coordinator and assistant with elements received the day before the session begins, establishing deliverables and versions required at the end of each commercial, posting WIPs through our Interdubs system, following up with conference calls between my creative teams and the client, managing the budget throughout the project to ensure project was delivered on budget and on time; managing team of 6 full-time artists and up to 15 freelancers. Produced Cinema and DCP release of various commercials at Technicolor, liaising with the DI and Lab departments until project reached completion

Program/Production Coordinator

• Jun 2007 - Sep 2007

Coordination and scheduling of Production Edit suites and editors; managing daily editorial time and work flow to ensure smooth operation; Generate monthly reports of edit time used per network; Creation of promo/commercial ideas and content, Script writing; On-site shoot Coordinator; Liaise with production team concerning equipment needs – Camera rentals; Regular liaison with Traffic Department and Master Control for programming needs; Submission of all in-house promos and out of house commercials to Telecaster for approvals

Production Coordinator

• Jan 2007 - Jun 2007

Scheduling and assigning of animation projects and overall assistance to the Animation Supervisor and Producer of Monster Warriors (22 episodes), airing on YTV: updating VFX Manager, production diaries, assigning compositing and lighting tasks, writing for website, downloading latest cuts from FTP site, ensuring client notes are addressed in animation, managing traffic flow of shots delivered to and from Post, ensuring VFX delivery deadlines are met – managed staff of 30 artists, delivering 100 shots per week

Producer/Production Coordinator

• Nov 2003 - Sep 2006

Producer of exclusive TLN events and numerous Italian community events in addition to Dinner & A Movie type interstitials - writing scripts for segments, directing crew in studio shoots Producer of exclusive TLN events and numerous Italian community events in addition to Dinner & A Movie type interstitials - writing scripts for segments, directing crew in studio shoots