Experience

Roger Christian & Company

• Production/Traffic Manager

  • Jul 2014 - Present



BK&A Advertising

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President, Account Services

  • Apr 2000 - May 2014

  Vice President, Account Services • Manage all agency projects from inception through completion, working with all agency disciplines, to ensure projects are delivered accurately, on time, and within budget.• Supervise approved client media schedules including insertion order trafficking and billing.• Review and approve time reports and vendor charges for preparation of client invoices.• Continually improve the process and help implement new workflows.

• Production / Traffic Manager

  • May 1985 - May 2014

  Production Manager / Traffic Manager• Proactively communicate with account and creative teams while managing requests (design, copy, digital and print) and ensuring standards are met or exceeded, keeping within approved parameters.• Lead weekly Production Status Meeting to facilitate productivity by effectively communicating project status and needs to all appropriate team members.• Maintain and enforce project timelines across all channels (print, digital, and broadcast), including determining project specifications, identifying resources, obtaining estimates, scheduling, and overseeing production.• Track project progress and delegate tasks and responsibilities.• Communicate daily priorities with creative/media/AEs and adjust schedules as needed.• Schedule and manage internal review and approvals for all projects.• Responsible for formal sign-off on all projects.• QC all finished collateral, print, and digital media.• Work with vendors from proposal to production to billing.• Supervise, schedule and purchase all printing from initiation through delivery, including vendor selection, cost negotiation, press checks, invoice reconciliation, final billing.• Coordinate set-up and graphic production of custom client booths at major trade events.

• Account Executive Assitant

  • Dec 1984 - May 1985

  Account Executive Assistant • Provide administrative assistance as needed to team of four Account Executives; research client industry for competitive analysis; maintain electronic as well as paper files for all elements of each project; type/proofread/edit copy draft; prepare files for transfer to creative department; maintain client sample files; maintain and distribute news releases to trade media.• Assist with media schedule creation and maintenance; confirm print ads run as scheduled.