Experience

IdeaBank Marketing

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Dec 2004 - Present

  Taking care of my team as well as clients through the complex process of web development is my current focus. This includes building relationships, keeping lines of communication flowing, organizing and documenting benchmarks along the way. Main duties include project planning, team scheduling, client services, estimates, post-project reporting, and billing. On occasion I also do a variety of creative work such as email marketing, HTML coding, logo design, and illustration. With a background in print design and web production, I have a broad understanding of the myriad of projects that flow through an agency. Project Manager: Lead department meetings, facilitate brainstorm sessions, develop schedules with timelines and gantt charts, provide regular project updates, and prioritize tasks. Administration: Create financial reports, review billing reports and finalize invoices with administrative team. Develop project and employee tracking reports. Human Resources: Created a 3-stage system for hiring new programmers. Wrote job descriptions, attended job fairs, advertised in various media, narrowed down applicants, coordinated and participated in all stages of the interview process. Manage PTO project schedules. Software Implementation: Researched and selected new program for project tracking and billing. Responsible for in-house setup and system implementation. Create training materials and provide in-house training. Attended conference taking additional training and offering ideas for updates.



UNL Deal Lab

• Multimedia Designer

  • Apr 2002 - Dec 2003

  Designed professional graphics and systems for projects ranging from web, print, to specialty advertising for faculty, staff, and outside clients. In charge of photography as well as directing photoshoots. Utilized knowledge of HTML, CSS2, XHTML and Flash Action scripting in creating websites and numerous online interactive games. Worked closely with programmers, designers and clients to create easy-to-manage sites. Employed tools such as CVS and DCL (project management software) in order to share work and track progress. Wrote training documentation and project scripts, as well as edited department newsletters and conference research papers. Coordinated weekly departmental meetings, presentations, project schedules, in-house conferences and project team efforts.



Prentiss Properties

• Multimedia Specialist

  • Oct 1997 - Nov 2001

  Created, coordinated, and maintained client-focused websites successfully promoting corporate objectives, capabilities and image. Developed architecture and applied strong design and technical skills to produce quality image pieces, working closely with corporate executives as well as those in other levels of the company. Enabled the company to bring marketing projects in-house which created a savings without sacrificing quality. Established "win-win" relationships with quality vendors. Devised and implemented a process to track projects and expenditures.



Huebner Petersen Adv

• United States
• Design Services

• Designer

  • 1993 - 1996

  Developed and created promotional materials for clients including logos, letterheads, billboards, and brochures. Coordinated all aspects of the projects from start to finish, working within the client's budget. Created new designs, or adapted existing logos for various specialty-advertising products. Developed and created promotional materials for clients including logos, letterheads, billboards, and brochures. Coordinated all aspects of the projects from start to finish, working within the client's budget. Created new designs, or adapted existing logos for various specialty-advertising products.