Chris P. Makely

Experience

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  Realtime Media

  May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Project Management Intern

  • Provided Quality Assurance (QA) for websites approaching the launch date• Assisted in background research and generating Sales Leads for the Sales Department• Handled daily operations of the organization

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  Aqua America

  Mar 2010 - Feb 2013

  Sub-Contractor

  • Operate up to 7 wastewater treatment plants• Obtain and test water samples to conform to DEP permit levels• Responsible for clean water going into public waterways• Maintain daily housekeeping duties

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  Realtime Media

  Jun 2010 - Sept 2014

  • Manage production for the leading online promotions agency, including 65 total programs and up to 13 simultaneously• Communication liaison working cross-functionally with Sales, Creative, Web Development, Executive Management, Public Relations, third party vendors and external clients.• Track team hours and production costs to ensure that programs come in under budget• Work directly with clients to manage expectations, milestones and deliverables• Manage internal production teams, which consists of Creative, Programming, QA, IT and Fulfillment• Draft Statement of Work contracts for each program• Create results and analytics reports at the completion of each program for client presentation Show less • Steadily and consistently increased responsibilities over the course of 33 months• Handled all aspects of fulfillment including processing of all legally required paperwork, procurement of all prizes, shipping, tracking, and verifying prize delivery for promotion winners• Managed all fulfillment activities for 150 promotions and up to 15 simultaneously• Interfaced with clients, project managers, and business development team to coordinate prize fulfillment programs• Wrote Official Rules and Terms & Conditions for various Sweepstakes, Instant Win Games and Contests• Maintained vendor relationships Show less

  • Project Manager

    Apr 2013 - Sept 2014

  • Associate Project Manager

    Jun 2010 - Apr 2013
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  The Archer Group

  Sept 2014 - Apr 2015

  Project Manager

  • Manage production for a leading digital agency, specializing in strategy and brand development• Work closely with Client Service team and department leads during project estimation process• Consolidate hour budgets and production costs, from all departments, into formal estimate/scope of work for client presentation• Allocate project resources and manage internal production teams, consisting of User Experience, Creative, Front End Development, Back End Development, QA, IT, Social Media, Metrics & Analytics and Business Analyst• Administer internal resources weekly schedules and individual workloads• Work closely with Client Service team to manage all client expectations, milestones and deliverables• Track all internal team hours and production costs to ensure that projects are launched under budget• Operate the Archer Content team, whose emphasis was the company’s social media and industry presence • Review Statement of Work contracts for each project• Create Post Project Reports at the launch of each website, detailing the budget breakdown per department, for presentation to management team Show less

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  CDM Princeton

  Aug 2015 - Mar 2018

  Project Manager

  • Plan and define project scopes across multiple brands for a leading global healthcare agency specializing in oncology and rare diseases• Managed a $2 million brand budget and successfully launched over 175 print and digital tactics (with an average of 25 run simultaneously), each ranging from $30,000 to $250,000• Developed project schedule for multi-functional brand teams across nine departments which is reviewed with upper management and staff to verify resource allocation• Analyze project timelines and resource workloads to shift priorities as needed and generate daily hotsheet of tasks as well as operate weekly status check-ins• Traffic all projects through each department for reviews, revisions and approvals• Partner with Account Management to develop scope and cost estimates for Statement of Work as well as manage client expectations, milestones, and deliverables through the project lifecycle• Responsible for formal project submissions to Medical Legal Regulatory (MLR) Review and FDA Review, which are both required for project launches• Created and launched the corporate identity for the first U.S. subsidiary of one of the largest conglomerates in South Korea by gaining a full understanding of the client’s needs• Established a workflow process for the Veeva Vault submission platform for our Korean subsidiary client and trained their senior leadership who were new to the submission process• Train and mentor new team members by educating them on policy and procedures, familiarizing them with the company’s core values, and sharing best demonstrated practices • Participated in a leadership training program based on Fred Kofman’s award winning book Conscious Business over the course of 12 months Show less

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  MRM

  Mar 2018 - now

  • Manage $6 million annual budget across up to seven brands for a Top 10 global pharmaceutical company, specializing in vaccines. This included leading the launch of a new vaccine product in 2025. • Develop and review project schedules for multi-functional brand teams, as well as external partners • Review weekly resource allocation for Creative departments to assist with shifting priorities as needed• Lead daily status meetings across all departments and distribute daily hotsheet of tasks• Monitor financial health of each individual project, as well as overall brand scopes, and distribute report to Leadership and various external stakeholders• Partner with Account Management to develop annual scopes and generate cost estimates for Change Orders• Manage client expectations, milestones, and deliverables through the project lifecycle• Assist Project Management to traffic projects through each department for reviews, revisions and approvals • Prepare and review formal project submissions to Promotional Review Team (PRT) and FDA Review, which are both required for project launches• Supervise team of full-time direct reports and freelancers• Train and mentor direct reports and new team members by educating them on policy and procedures, familiarizing them with the company’s core values, and sharing best demonstrated practices Show less • Managed up to $5 million annual budgets across up to nine brands; successfully launched over 200 print and digital tactics yearly for a Top 10 global pharmaceutical company, specializing in vaccines• Developed and reviewed project schedules for multi-functional brand teams across ten or more departments • Participated in weekly resource allocation for Creative departments to shift priorities as needed and generate daily hotsheet of tasks as well as operate daily status check-ins• Partnered with Account Management to develop scope and cost estimates for Statement of Work as well as manage client expectations, milestones, and deliverables through the project lifecycle• Trafficked projects through each department for reviews, revisions and approvals • Prepared formal project submissions to Promotional Review Team (PRT) and FDA Review, which are both required for project launches• Established a workflow process for Veeva Vault submissions and trained new employees or client teams • Supervised team of direct reports, most of which were junior employees that were either new to the role or industry• Trained and mentored direct reports and new team members by educating them on policy and procedures, familiarizing them with the company’s core values, and sharing best demonstrated practices • Participated in an internal mentorship program Show less

  • Associate Director, Project Management

    Jun 2024 - now

  • Senior Project Manager

    Mar 2018 - May 2024