I'm a digital project manager/producer based in London, UK with over fourteen years interactive experience including hands on creative and technical skills. I am also a certified ScrumMaster and PRINCE2 practitioner.

My competitive advantage of having hands on experience means I am able to communicate faster and easier to teams, understand and solve issues quicker and have a fully rounded control of multiple facets within interactive production process. As a digital project manager/producer I have developed a rich understanding of creative and technical processes with a strong head for methodically managing projects.

Project management experience

  • Delivery of multiple projects on brief, on time and to the agreed budgets using appropriate methodologies to successful completion
  • End to end involvement throughout the project life-cycle from scoping to delivery, support and maintenance
  • Comfortable in client-facing situations and on-site engagements, controlling project processes and ensuring that projects are delivered within time and budget constraints whilst maintaining an eye for detail
  • Estimation of project costs, issues, risks, strategy, resourcing, milestones, financial reconciliation reporting and budgeting for each project
  • Management of teams of up to 25 FTEs including visual designers, interaction designers, art directors, copywriters, planners, business analysts, information architects, quality assurance, software developers and database administrators
  • Proven track record in interactive media, reporting to clients and dealing with the management of all online processes
  • Coordination of assets for user journeys, QA testing requirements and UAT scripts

Digital project delivery

  • Large consumer-facing and e-commerce websites
  • Campaign-focused micro sites
  • Global website, micro site and online advertising localisation
  • Rich media banner advertising
  • eCRM campaigns
  • Email campaigns; tracking briefs for analytics
  • Social media campaigns
  • Complex technical builds using Java EJBs/Struts, Microsoft .NET, variations of the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP, Python) and Adobe RIA technologies
  • Adobe Flash and AJAX widgets
  • Content management systems
  • Mobile multimedia formats: MMS and SMS
  • Digital outdoor including London Underground displays
  • High definition (HD) video, video shoots, set builds, castings, digital post production, green screen and rotoscoping
  • Touch screen kiosks
  • Software development
  • Copy writing including tone of voice generation and product terminology
  • Content production and design
  • User generated content (UGC), editing and curation
  • Iterative and incremental delivery using automated testing and deployment for continuous integration (CI)
  • Management of pay-per-click (PPC) advertising campaigns

Locations

I've worked in and around London and New York at the biggest and oldest names in the traditional advertising world, through to integrated and cutting edge digital agencies and technology companies.

Clients

My client experience range from leading UK and international brands: the largest global names in automotive, consumer electronics, information technology, music, mobile, telecoms, FMCG, lifestyle, financial services, petrochemical and online gaming. Top 10 interactive agencies and internet start ups.

Project management methodologies

I use project management methodologies dependent to project requirements: from traditional waterfall to Agile.

Project management tools

  • Creation of Gantt chart time lines using Microsoft Project, OmniPlan and Merlin
  • Creation of site maps and user interface wire frames using Microsoft Visio, Adobe InDesign and OmniGraffle
  • Documentation of background, requirements, deliverables, milestones, budget, scope, start/end dates in statement of work (SOW) documents
  • Tracking of financials via spreadsheets and dedicated accounting software
  • Resourcing and management of teams and individuals
  • Generation of Scrum artefacts including Product backlogs, Sprint backlogs and burn down charts; set up and administration of wikis for documentation

Project budgets

I'm comfortable handling budgets ranging from single digit thousands to millions across different currencies following Sarbannes-Oxley (SOX) regulations.

Please contact me if you have a project or role you wish to discuss.