Sr. Project Manager

• Apr 2022 - Present

Project Manager

• May 2019 - Mar 2022

Senior Project Manager

• Jul 2016 - May 2019

Project manager on internal creative agency serving 500 person company. Scope, resource, and manage production of projects for 18 person Corporate Marketing team. Production of assets including video, print, web, and localization of these assets.Training- Create knowledge base for project management, creative, and company-wide teams. - Create and conduct trainings covering internal processes, best practices, and usage of project management tools for 18 person creative team and over 50 project stakeholders. - Onboarding of four interns in the associate project management role as well as a full time associate project manager. Process and Organization- Act as main point of contact for all knowledge base within the Corporate Marketing team.- Create tools to better track and manage assets created within Corporate Marketing team - Improve upon and create new processes for project management team, including start-to-finish project process, archival process, and email communication process.- Research and implementation of new online project management tool, Teamwork Projects. Leadership and Team Management - Day-to-day management of Associate Project Manager and interns. This includes interviewing, training, direction, and and project prioritization. - Daily management of an 8 member creative team and their projects. Meet weekly to review workloads and check in daily on progress, provide direction, and adjust work as needed.- Management of up to 30 projects simultaneously, including scoping, resourcing, production, review, delivery, and archival. Vendor Management - Vendor management for company-wide localization needs. Troubleshoot, track spending, and continued process improvement.- Vendor management for website localization tool, Smartling. Manage localization within tool, including translation, review, QA, and publication. - Manage and track budget for Corporate Marketing team. Show less

Project Manager

• Jul 2014 - Jul 2016

Jr. Project Manager

• Aug 2012 - Jul 2014

Project Manager

• Aug 2010 - Aug 2012

- Project management on 7–13 titles simultaneously including high profile Mathematics, Engineering, and Life Sciences titles as well as projects involving up to 70+ authors - Responsible for end-to-end project lifecycle management including schedule creation, vendor selection and management, project costs, task delegation, and coordination between internal editorial, design, and marketing resources. - Production Department liaison for internal CMS support, answering and addressing technical queries from department members. - Member of a working group to create and implement new production process within Elsevier. Show less

Associate Production Editor

• Feb 2009 - Aug 2010

- Project management on 6–7 titles in various subject matters. Create and follow schedules, hire vendors and make sure deadlines are met. Communicate with authors and answer queries. Communicate internally with editorial, design, photo research, marketing, and manufacturing. Process invoices and provide feedback for vendor rating database.- Train and provide assistance to co-workers, share workloads, and mediate completion of shared work.- Coordinate production of Special Sales products, communicate with sales representatives and transfer their production requests to internal media services department, meeting quick deadlines and two-day turnarounds of products to printer. Show less

Production Assistant for Reprints and Special Projects

• Nov 2008 - Feb 2009

- Provide administrative support to Reprints Coordinator, maintain organization and daily updates within Reprints Database, communicate with editorial for reprint corrections, instruct on use and process of Reprints Database. Field inquiries from manufacturing and printers. Locate and track archiving of company products. - Coordinate production of Special Sales products, communicate with sales representatives and transfer their production requests to media services within company, meeting quick deadlines and two-day turnarounds of products to printer. - Manage database of 20-30 current reprinting titles in various subject matters, coordinate making corrections internally with media services and also with outside vendors. - Project management on 3-4 titles, hire vendors, create and following schedules, make sure deadlines are met, communicate with editorial, design, marketing, and manufacturing. Process invoices and provide feedback for vendor rating database. Show less

Administrative Assistant

• Sep 2007 - Nov 2008

- Provide administrative support to 88 person company, manage executive schedules, maintain detailed records and assist in accounting and human resources departments. - Provide support with editing and submission of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposals for engineering department. - Manage over 50 company SBIR government contract awards. Assist in drafting, negotiations, and contract maintenance. - Director of Workforce Training Program for office efficiency. Arrange classes for co-workers and oversee smooth administration of program. Show less