Laura Hennessy

Experience

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  Educational Multimedia Group

  Sept 1998 - Sept 2000

  Media developer

  During my time as a media developer tasks included the development, testing and maintaining of elearning products.

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  MindLeaders

  Sept 2000 - Nov 2012

  Roles and Responsibilities:• Costing and implementing project budgets and schedules successfully• Allocating time and resources efficiently and effectively• Organising and chairing formal meetings with team and stakeholders• Liaising and negotiating with external clients and outsource partners• Working effectively across functional teams (Instructional Design, Graphic Design Media Developers, Product Testers) to plan and achieve the best project outcomes• Establishing clear and consistent communications to keep all stakeholders informed of progress and changes to timelines• Anticipating obstacles to project completion and developing contingency plans to address them, taking necessary corrective action when necessary• Monitoring project detail to ensure work is performed accurately and thoroughly• Ensuring project documentation is completed in good time Show less As project coordinator I was point of contact on many products for issues relating to processes and standards. I also managed some of the day to day tasks for projects on behalf of the project managers such as tracking progress, maintaining and implementing schedules.As a senior media developer my role consisted of developing, maintaining and occasionally testing MindLeaders products. I worked on many projects, using a range of development tools and across a variety of platforms. Some of the applications I used on a daily basis were Authorware, Flash, XML, SoundForge and CapturePro. Show less

  • Project manager

    Apr 2011 - Nov 2012

  • Project Coordinator / Senior Media Developer

    Sept 2000 - Apr 2011
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  SureSkills

  Jan 2013 - Mar 2013

  Project Manager

  Roles and Responsibilities:• Set up of project documentation including schedules, resources, team management• Allocating time and resources efficiently and effectively• Organising and chairing formal meetings with team and stakeholders• Liaising and negotiating with external clients and outsource partners• Working effectively across functional teams to plan and achieve the best project outcomes• Monitoring project detail to ensure work is performed accurately and thoroughly Show less

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  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  Jun 2013 - now

  Project Coordinator

  Here at HMH I have been involved in the various stages of production.From project set up, including scope input, SOW set up, LOA set up, invoice processing, through project management, including vendor management, scheduling, tracking assets through the development cycle, status updates, change management, and milestone management and into project release using various documentations and processes.I am also involved in documenting various processes in the development cycle.Roles and Responsibilities:• Work with the project manager to verify, define, plan and sign off scope before moving forward• File input management, vendor engagement, and documentation standardisation around inputs reporting• Take ownership of assigned activities and/or elements of work in a specific project• Working with external 3rd parties on their activities to ensure successful delivery• Develop and control work schedule and time management to ensure on time and accurate delivery• Report risks and issues that may occur, and use relevant escalation tools and processes to manage these risks to closure• Manage all the communications, planning and information for assigned activities • Liaise between internal functional departments to collate, document, store and report into project management on the results to support critical decision making on the project• Organizing Meetings, taking of Minutes, sending out agendas, providing project status updates Show less