Lori A.

Experience

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  Aetna Health Plans

  Aug 1990 - Oct 1993

  Presentation Products Manager

  I was successively: Production Artist, Sr. Production Artist, Production Supervisor and then finally Presentation Products Manager during my employment with Aetna Health Plans.

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  Lee Hill & Associates

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1997

  Freelance Design & Prepress Consultant
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  FCB IMPACT (Promotions)

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2000

  Freelance Project Manager/Digital Prepress

  Managed and Produced compelling advertisements for a diverse group of clients including: Nestlé, Kemper Investments, and AT&T. • Created Project Management Processes for Digital Studios; including quote development, cost-tracking, edit and error tracking, and timelines for all digital services.• Created effective Training Manuals for Digital Studio team members: Production Artists, Color Retouching Artists, Presentation Artists, and Project Managers.

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  TargetCom

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Freelance Design & Prepress Consultant
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  Gordon Hanrahan

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Freelance Design & Prepress Consultant

  Designed and Produced engaging and effective advertisements for Unilever food brands including: Knorr, Lipton, Hellman's, BestFoods, and Wish-Bone; USA Rice Federation and GFS, Gordon Food Service.

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  DraftFCB

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  Digital Studio Project Manager

  Managed pre-press projects for the Account Segment Markets of the Kellogg’s/Keelber client. Produced promotional materials including: POP, in-store, and packaging. Assigned digital projects to full-time and freelance Production Artists and Proofreaders. Selected Achievements:• Scheduled and led pre-production meetings attended by Account, Creative and Print-purchasing partners. • Created cost estimates, schedules and timelines for promotional campaigns.• Provided daily project updates to team members at daily Status Meetings.• Revised estimates as needed, providing actual cost reports to Account partners and client weekly.• Successfully tracked and managed projects, resulting in 100% on-time delivery of press-ready materials.• Increased profitability of department and reduced reliance on freelance resources by cross-training full-time Production Artists assigned to other agency accounts. Show less

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  Schawk Retail Marketing

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2011

  Advertising Manager

  Managed diverse teams of Creative, Production and Account/Client Services professionals. Directed the development of print advertisements for national retail clients. Led in the analysis and improvement of complex digital processes and best-practice methods of operation.• Co-authorized complex Operational Processes that touched all aspects of ad workflow: Creative, Photography, Account Services, Traffic and Production.• Created successful Co-Management Model in response to reductions of the management team through resource-sharing and developing “management by job role” training and assessment methods.• Increased employee satisfaction and decreased error percentages by creating 3-Team Staff Model and modifying assignment overlap schedules. • Worked with a committee to reduce a 3-shift workforce to single-shift team, resulting in a significant reduction in overhead costs.• Decreased team overtime by 12% while maintaining a 99.2% accuracy rate during peak workload periods with a combination of meticulous hiring practices, partnered training programs, and workflow adjustments that reduced redundant efforts. Show less

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  GolinHarris

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Digital Project Manager - freelance

  Partnered with project team leads to execute strategic digital project plans. Monitored day-to-day activities of in-house and out-sourced project teams. Managed vendor relationships and assessed vendor costs & capabilities.Ensured that work progressed as planned. Managed schedules, budgets, assets, and overall project organization to ensure requirements and project deliverable dates were clearly communicated, understood and executed upon.

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  Energy BBDO

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Project Manager - freelance
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  Avenue Marketing & Communication

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2013

  Sr. Project Manager - freelance

  Managed a broad scope of integrated marketing projects, built project scopes, managed budgets, timelines and deadlines to ensure that all teams are on-task with regard to project milestones. Collaborated with team members and the Senior Leadership Team to create, assess and improve PM processes.

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  VSA Partners

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  Integrated Sr. Project Manager - freelance

  Responsible for ensuring multiple projects across brands and clients are delivered on-time and on-budget. Appropriately staffing projects, disseminating project information to all team members, supervising project managers, and coordinating project tasks and meetings. Current client assignments: P&G dotcom, College of American Pathologists, Dun & Bradstreet, Cargill and Sea Ray dotcom.

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  Remedy (rebranded to The Motion Agency)

  Dec 2013 - Oct 2017

  Sr. Project Manager

  Managed diverse client projects including: advertising for radio & television broadcast, print and video collateral materials, environmental graphics, digital advertising, websites, Remedy’s trade show booth and proprietary wellness conference. In this role I create all project timelines and resourcing / work plans.Selected Achievements:• Lead weekly agency-wide status meeting; manage internal and external agency-wide calendars• Manage the work plan & invoicing of freelance designers, writers and programmers (on and off-site)• Nurture and manage client relationships; lead all client status calls and serve as their primary agency contact• Develop mutually beneficial vendor partnerships; managing the bid process, agency communications, and installation processes Show less

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  Curiology

  Oct 2017 - Nov 2018

  Associate Director Project Management and Team Operations

  Key accomplishments in my role as Associate Director of Project Management and Team Operations:• Self-trained through Workfront’s online learning classes • Created customized training materials & desktop interface for the use of Levy’s requestors, creators and administrators— Provided access to 200+ locations; with 400+ active users within 6 months of the rollout.• Created Levy’s first anticipatory schedule that accurately predicted the volume of pre-season and season planning design needs for Levy’s locations (by sport, by season, and by location)• Determined the number of offshore employees needed by assessing the number of active contracts, SOW per location, and previous year’s work requests. • Interviewed, hired and managed the offshore production team— Created customized training materials for this team• Supervised Senior PM — Sr PM managed work assignments, project budgets and on-time delivery of all projects • Fully employed negotiation and conflict management skills Show less

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  Freelance

  Jan 2019 - now

  Freelance Project Management

  Available for short or long-term assignments in project management roles: Project Manager, Project Management Team Leader, Project Management Process Consultant.