I’ve been managing complex integrated projects (digital, print, video, motion graphics, broadcast, and events) for over a decade. Listed below are some of the methodologies and software utilized to deliver successful initiatives on time and within budget.
Software
Project Management: JIRA, Confluence, Monday, Smartsheets, Basecamp, MS Project, Asana, Clubhouse, custom ticketing IT solutions, and more
CMS Systems: WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, Sharepoint, DotCMS, OpenCMS, Shopify, Magento, Wix, SqaureSpace, Medium, and even some custom legacy systems you’ve never heard about
Email and CRM: Constant Contact, Salesforce, MailChimp, Hubspot, and Campaign Monitor
Social Media: Hootsuite, Sprinklr, and native interfaces
Localization: Trados, Transperfect, SDL, and custom CAT tools
General: MS Office (Word, XSL, Powerpoint), Google (Sheets, Dox, Slides) etc.
Adobe: Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterAffects, Premiere
Project Management
- Initiating: identify stakeholders, analyze data, conduct discovery workshops, establish objectives and goals, produce statements of work, lead kickoff meetings, and share documentation repositories
- Planning: produce project plans, finalize deliverables and schedules, input user stories, gain consensus on communication plans with stakeholders, and adjust critical path as needed
- Executing: conduct production meetings and team reviews, interface with third party vendors as needed, meet milestones, present ongoing and delivered work to stakeholders, obtain approvals, communicate project status across array of stakeholders
- Monitoring: identify scope creep, maintain burn-down reports, adjust critical path, communicate risks, review P&L, and adjust project documentation and share
- Closing aka delivery: complete UAT, lead project retrospectives, produce and deliver final invoices, throw an amazing launch event, and identify opportunities for new projects (a project managers work is never really done)
- And throughout all processes I negotiate and set expectations with clients and various stakeholders across diverse ecosystems with diplomacy, humor, and attention to details