Experience

McGarrah Jessee

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Creative Resource Manager

  • Mar 2009 - Present



GSD&M Advertising

• Broadcast Liaison, Occasional Associate Producer

  • Oct 2005 - Mar 2009

  • Hire, negotiate rates, manage all Freelancer Producers for our department and serve as their "liaison" at the agency. • Produce for agency projects and other clients.• Serve as a production assistant to the Freelancer producers, helping them with everything from bidding, estimating, scheduling, awarding, to the completion, wrap-up and closing of the job. • Supervise and maintain all record retention for every production project from beginning of job to the end.• Arrange and book all production travel during interim period of 6 months prior to the rollout of new travel system, as well as train and implement the new travel system with department and freelance producers once it was in place. • Oversee and maintain the broadcast servers and all forms associated with production. • Basically manage anything and everything. Show less

• Broadcast Coordinator

  • Dec 2001 - Oct 2005

  • Managed the day-to-day internal operations of the broadcast department.• Assisted the Director of the department with all administrative needs.• Support Freelance Producers throughout the entire production process.



Lyon Advertising

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• V.P. Operations and Account/ New Business Executive

  • Oct 2001 - Dec 2001

  • Managed the development, implementation, and measurement of sales and marketing program business plans for potential new business opportunities.• Managed operations of internal workflow systems including internal and external communications with clients, studio artists, and creative teams.

• Operations Manger and New Business Executive

  • Jan 2001 - Oct 2001

  • Hired on to develop, design, and implement the first internal traffic workflow system for retention and organization for the small agency. • Collaborated and developed corporate development initiatives for potential new clients.• Managed the day-to-day workflow throughout the agency. • Collaborated on the development of the first internal assets management software designed for the company.



GSD&M Advertising

• Traffic Supervisor

  • Jul 1998 - Jul 2000

  • Supervised, mentored, and counseled department of 15 employees accounting for 50% of daily responsibility, as well as continued day-to-day responsibilities as Traffic Manager.• Managed entire process of TV, Radio and Print Ad development for Client, from strategic development to Client approval to final production.• Responsible for all hiring decisions within the department that carried an average turnover of 6 people per year.• Continuous management of entire departments workload, including both annual distribution and daily maintenance of accounts.• Solely responsible for reviewing and implementing annual reviews and employee raises. Show less

• Assistant Traffic Supervisor

  • Sep 1996 - Jul 1998

  • Assisted Traffic supervisor in all aspects of managing a department of 15 employees and 6 interns accounting for 30% of daily responsibility, as well as continued day-to-day responsibilities as Traffic Manager.• Responsible for the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring of all Traffic interns, including scheduling, training, and maintaining their daily activities. • Wrote evaluations of each intern’s performance to be submitted at the end of the semester to their university for college credit. • Aided the Supervisor with interviewing and hiring for the department. Show less



GSD&M

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Traffic Manager

  • Jan 1996 - Jul 1998

  • Managed time, information and resources (including people) for every job on assigned account. • Assisted in providing quality assurance for Client by ensuring everything was proofed and internally approved. • Solely responsible for coordination and dissemination of all pertinent information between each department, including Account Service, Creative, Media, Broadcast and Print Production, to ensure that nothing “falls through the cracks.” • Maintained daily and weekly status reports to ensure all team members were aware of timelines and project status. Show less