GKA AdvertisingProduction Manager
Aug. 2012 - Oct. 2013Washington D.C. Metro AreaManaging all web and print production at GKA Advertising, a 25-person full service firm in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area serving clients across multiple east coast states. Overseeing all day-to-day agency production activities and lead teams in the execution and delivery of multiple concurrent campaigns. ➞ Directed and supervised a team of graphic designers, web developers and copywriters in the execution and delivery of marketing materials and campaigns across digital, web and print media. ➞ Synchronized multiple projects of various scale and complexity with deliverables that included corporate websites, landing pages, banners, ad blocks, pop-ups, email and social media campaigns, advertisements for publications, corporate marketing collateral, promotional products, displays and event items.
➞ Identified need and implemented project management system resulting in company-wide access to documents, improved communication within the organization and with clients, and truncated delivery timeframes.
➞ Completed quality assurance for all deliverables. Managed vendors, negotiated new contracts and re-negotiated existing contracts to control spend.