Katherine Loomis
Associate Director of Project Management at Curious Plot- Claim this Profile
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Shanna Quintero, SCRUM MASTER, SIX SIGMA, PMP
Kate is a great asset to any team. She is cool under pressure and a true problem solver. Kate's positivity and humor uplift any team. Her patience and relationship skills bond even the most difficult of relationships which become a big advantage when motivating teams through change and/or to increase productivity. It was such a pleasure to work with Kate and would recommend her to any team.
Shanna Quintero, SCRUM MASTER, SIX SIGMA, PMP
Kate is a great asset to any team. She is cool under pressure and a true problem solver. Kate's positivity and humor uplift any team. Her patience and relationship skills bond even the most difficult of relationships which become a big advantage when motivating teams through change and/or to increase productivity. It was such a pleasure to work with Kate and would recommend her to any team.
Shanna Quintero, SCRUM MASTER, SIX SIGMA, PMP
Kate is a great asset to any team. She is cool under pressure and a true problem solver. Kate's positivity and humor uplift any team. Her patience and relationship skills bond even the most difficult of relationships which become a big advantage when motivating teams through change and/or to increase productivity. It was such a pleasure to work with Kate and would recommend her to any team.
Shanna Quintero, SCRUM MASTER, SIX SIGMA, PMP
Kate is a great asset to any team. She is cool under pressure and a true problem solver. Kate's positivity and humor uplift any team. Her patience and relationship skills bond even the most difficult of relationships which become a big advantage when motivating teams through change and/or to increase productivity. It was such a pleasure to work with Kate and would recommend her to any team.
Credentials
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Project Management Certificate
University of Minnesota -
Water Safety Instructor
American Red Cross
Experience
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Curious Plot
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United States
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Advertising Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Associate Director of Project Management
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Nov 2021 - Present
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Senior Project Manager
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Oct 2018 - Dec 2021
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Project Manager
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Aug 2016 - Oct 2018
• Serve as project’s main point of contact and be knowledgeable on all aspects of the project.• Collaborate with internal creative and functional resources, internal and external contractors and outside vendors to determine project needs and timing and budget. • Attend weekly account status meetings. • Maintains and distributes weekly status reports to monitor hours and assist account team in managing project profitability.• Ensures that creative briefs and fee estimates have gone through proper approval channels both internally and with the client before engaging resources.• Generates accurate timelines and resource plans for each project and ensure milestones are met and progress is communicated . • Schedules internal meetings for project kick-offs, creative reviews, and team checkpoints.• Follows proper routing and approval processes for each phase of the project. • Gathers specifications to generate estimates.• Manages the online file system/PM System documentation for each project including all estimates, schedules, change orders, PDFs, etc.• Properly closes projects in the PM System and ensures that samples are obtained.• Assists accounting on obtaining approval of invoices• Records time daily to appropriate project in the existing PM system• Other duties as assigned
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FLM+
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United States
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Marketing and Advertising
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Client Relationship Team Leader
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Jul 2015 - Aug 2016
• Coordinate the day-to-day activities for each client team assigned • Assist or complete and distribute Action Reports for every client touch point and/or internal status meeting • Manage client project activities • Maintains master calendar of client activities • Maintains comprehensive client contact database • Plans, develops and executes on assigned project work as appropriate • Reviews project outputs and work for quality • Supports accountabilities for CRTL and other team members • Participates in internal and external client team meetings as possible and practical • Assists CRTL and Account Supervisor in working with resource management team to identify, secure and budget appropriate resources • Serves on multiple client teams
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Aquatics Coordinator
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Apr 2014 - Jun 2015
• Supervise and answer participant questions • Set up and track registrations for each Learn-To-Swim session • Conduct regular in-service trainings and staff meetings • Create Learn-To-Swim instructor schedules • Evaluate instructors regularly and provide constructive feedback • Assist instructors with lesson planning • Communicate regularly with parents and guardians of lesson participants • Fill in as a substitute instructor when needed • Track and organize lesson participant report cards for each session
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FLM+
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United States
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Marketing and Advertising
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1 - 100 Employee
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Communications Intern
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May 2014 - Aug 2014
• Created company social media calendar for different platforms • Developed account coordination experience • Assisted with special events for clients • Focused on press release writing and copywriting • Wrote blog posts and magazine articles for soybean associations • Attained email management skills in a professional business setting • Created company social media calendar for different platforms • Developed account coordination experience • Assisted with special events for clients • Focused on press release writing and copywriting • Wrote blog posts and magazine articles for soybean associations • Attained email management skills in a professional business setting
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North American International Livestock Exposition
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Louisville, Kentucky Area
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Content Writer
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Nov 2013 - Nov 2013
• Assisted with public and media relations department • Performed interviews with exposition participants • Attained email management skills in a professional business setting • Focused on news writing and feature writing • Assisted with public and media relations department • Performed interviews with exposition participants • Attained email management skills in a professional business setting • Focused on news writing and feature writing
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Education
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Agricultural Communication/Journalism -
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Project Management Certificate -
Minooka Community High School