SUMMARY

Senior digital project manager with proven ability to manage teams and operate in fast-paced, pressure-filled environments. Consistently drive schedules in order to deliver quality results on time and within budget. Successful in motivating and leading cross-functional teams to achieve measurable goals. Strong technical expertise.

WORK EXPERIENCE

RINEY
Senior Project Manager September 2011 – Present

• Clients: LG Electronics, PayPal, U.S. Cellular, and Scion.
• Collaborate with clients, account team, creative leads, and media companies to accurately define the scope, schedule, and resource requirements of multichannel campaigns.
• Manage stakeholder expectations by maintaining consistent communication flow, both internally and externally.
• Ensure individual projects are mapping to defined goals, milestones, and budgets.
• Work closely with internal finance leads to forecast project revenue; track internal and external expenses and assess changes in scope that could potentially impact the final budget.
• Lead Project Manager across all PayPal and Scion projects, responsible for online advertising, social media experiences, mobile and website development projects.

MRM Worldwide
Senior Project Manager (Freelance) October 2010 – September 2011

• Clients: Intel, GM, and ASUS Republic of Gamers.
• Managed multiple integrated advertising campaigns, as well as complex website development campaigns.
• Lead Project Manager for GM, collaborating with MRM Detroit offices on deployment of multiple websites.
• Lead Project Manager for ASUS, delivering CGI and live action broadcast spots for the ASUS G73JW and VX7 series of high-end gaming laptops, integrating final deliverables into interactive flash components on ASUS Republic of Gamers site. Collaborated with multinational ASUS client team on rollout of global assets.
• Responsible for project schedules, estimates, resource plans, status reports, and scopes based on budget, timing, and technical considerations.

• Clients: UBS Financial, LG Electronics, and PayPal.
• Managed interdisciplinary teams from concept to delivery in the execution of complex interactive advertising campaigns.
• Selection and management of third-party vendors for social media, sweepstakes promotions, and SMS integration for the LG Mobile Voice of Fashion campaign.
• Produced and coordinated photo and video shoots for both PayPal and LG. Tasks included vendor selection, location scouting, talent search and approvals, legal compliance, and day-to-day shoot management.
• Identified and mitigated project risks and maintained communication across all internal and client stakeholders.
• Creation of project schedules, cost estimates, resource plans, status reports, and scopes based on budget, timeline, and technology considerations.

• Client: Juniper Networks.
• Maintained daily client communication with Juniper Networks regarding project scope, status, and schedule.
• Project management of online deliverables, including interactive games, rich media banners, iPhone applications, online instructional videos, and emails.
• Oversaw rollout of new brand guidelines for Juniper Networks across all launch deliverables.
• Selected and managed independent contractors and third-party vendors for online assets.

• Clients: Microsoft, HP, Modern Amusement, and TOMS Shoes.
• Responsible for supervising the development and delivery of multiple interactive projects. Projects included campaign websites, Silverlight experiences, rich media and Flash banners, and email templates.
• Collaborated with upper management and media team to develop tagging implementation and testing process.
• Responsible for the rollout of internal server migration and defining agency-wide project folder structure.
• Partnered closely with project team members, including creative directors, copywriters, interactive developers, account directors, art buyers, quality assurance, finance, technology partners and third-party media vendors through all phases of the project life cycle.

• Clients: Intel, MGM, HALL Wines, and agámi Systems.
• Managed development of custom websites, content management systems, email marketing campaigns, and interactive banner campaigns.
• Maintained project timelines and communication between clients, art directors, designers, and developers.
• HTML/CSS and Flash/Actionscript development and coding intranet sites, websites using a custom CMS system, Flash banners, Flash sites and rich media banners.

Sonoma Outfitters
Web Designer January 2003 - May 2004

Wine Sense (Sonoma State Wine Club)
Board Member/Web Designer July 2004 – January 2008

Sonoma Film Institute
Web Design and Maintenance August 2003 - October 2009


VASA Design Studios
(UCLA grant) Assistant Designer PT August 1999 - September 2000

UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging
(Scientific Visualization Group) Intern January 2000 - April 2000

UCLA Graduate Science Journal
Graphic Designer 1999 - 2000

UCLA Daily Bruin (UCLA Daily Newspaper)
Advertising Production PT January 1999 – November 1999

SKILLS

EDUCATION

Sonoma State University
MBA, Department of Business and Economics (2006)

University of California, Los Angeles
BA, School of Arts and Architecture, Department of Design|Media Arts (2000)

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