Senior Project Manager

• Apr 2023 - Present

Senior Project Manager

• Jun 2022 - Nov 2022

Project Manager, Education Content Strategy and Portfolio Management

• Jun 2020 - May 2022

Senior Project Manager

• Oct 2018 - Jun 2020

Project Manager

• Jul 2011 - Sep 2018

Managing department deliverables across multiple functional teams across Riverside, HMH, and external vendors for major large-scale contracts. Achieving operational plans/goals/results within an approved operating budget. • Insuring high customer satisfaction with the Riverside and HMH services while simultaneously delivering those services on-time and within budget. • Managing multiple state contracts and diocesan programs utilizing and maintaining project lifecycle best practices. • Overseeing contract and vendor/client satisfaction through face-to-face, phone, and e-mail communication on a daily basis. • Guiding colleagues and co-workers to meet program and organizational goals. • Working across the organization to enable the departments to work together with a common goal of delivering promised goods and services to our clients. • Providing project management expertise to Riverside to allow team members to focus on main milestone tasks to be completed within the project life cycle. • Invoicing of all external clients using SAP for all billing, credits and invoicing. Show less

Freelance Project Manager

• Feb 2011 - Jul 2011

Contract work for various clients helping them with project management tasks for budgeting, time management, risk assessment, and quality review. Contract work for various clients helping them with project management tasks for budgeting, time management, risk assessment, and quality review.

Project Manager

• Feb 2010 - Feb 2011

Responsible for managing various corrugated packaging projects to ensure on-time and within budget completion. • Communicated project status and issues to internal staff members on a daily basis. • Monitored the performance of external vendor sources and provided feedback to upper management on lessons learned and which vendors should be placed on Preferred Vendor Listing. • Sent RFQ’s for bidding on packaging products for various clients. • Managed costs, expedited invoices, and forecasted sales in SAP system to track overhead costs. • Coordinated production of printed corrugated packaging products and sub-components with RRD’s three other internal plants in Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin. • Monitored progress of jobs throughout production, conferring with manufacturing operations on counts and final runs, and ensured that final product met customer requirements and Company standards. • Facilitated kick-off meetings and status meetings with internal staff and vendors to ensure my projects stayed on track Show less

Production Coordinator

• Feb 2007 - Aug 2009

Coordinate production services for multiple projects with internal staff and outside suppliers. Responsible for managing various print production projects to ensure completion within time constraints and within budget. • Monitored the performance of production sources and provided input for further training, as needed. • Led weekly project status meetings with external vendors and recommended viable solutions to internal team members • Developed and reviewed bid packages, purchase orders, processing invoices and assisted in the selection of external vendors resulting in selecting the most qualified company with the best pricing. • Managed costs to ensure budgetary requirements. • Served as a liaison between production sources and design, art/photo, editorial, and manufacturing departments to establish processes and to ensure that project goals were met. Show less

DTP Coordinator

• Jan 1999 - Feb 2007

Managed annual design budget of $250,000 for printing and mailing projects. Controlled budgets for all print and online publishing projects. Functioned as liaison for Marketing, Account Services and Production Departments. • Created and executed master project schedules for all incoming projects using Filemaker Pro. • Maintained external communications with outside editors for future publications upcoming the next calendar year to allow adequate production time to complete each project. • Performed layout, print production, mailing and distribution of various publications to all section members. Projects entailed a print budget of $5,000-$10,000 with a 2-3 week turnaround time. Show less

Document Forms Designer

• Nov 1998 - Nov 1999

Designed various forms for mailings and advertisements using Elixir software • Converted existing file formats from MAC to PC, scanned images for printing purposes and maintained archive system. • Created company logos using Quark and Illustrator on a Macintosh platform. Designed various forms for mailings and advertisements using Elixir software • Converted existing file formats from MAC to PC, scanned images for printing purposes and maintained archive system. • Created company logos using Quark and Illustrator on a Macintosh platform.

Ad Traffic Manager

• Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

Tracked ads for various petroleum, candy, transportation and computer magazines. • Assisted designers with specific information for ad builds to provide crucial input on how the layout should be constructed and presented to external clients. • Stored ads for future Department needs, and provided specific data to invoice clients for advertising costs. Tracked ads for various petroleum, candy, transportation and computer magazines. • Assisted designers with specific information for ad builds to provide crucial input on how the layout should be constructed and presented to external clients. • Stored ads for future Department needs, and provided specific data to invoice clients for advertising costs.

Desktop Publications Designer

• Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

Responsible for designing book covers, spines and binders, scanning artwork, creating monthly newsletters and books. • Managed processes which improved efficiency within departmental work flow and which resulted in quicker turnaround time to complete layout projects from start to finish. • Created new templates for various printed products to improve its overall appearance and style. Responsible for designing book covers, spines and binders, scanning artwork, creating monthly newsletters and books. • Managed processes which improved efficiency within departmental work flow and which resulted in quicker turnaround time to complete layout projects from start to finish. • Created new templates for various printed products to improve its overall appearance and style.