Resume
Although I started my career as a designer, while working at Mess, I transitioned to a producer. Since changing positions, I have come to realize I am naturally wired for keeping projects organized, but I think my previous experience as a designer has helped me better understand the needs of my team. I am now acting as a scrum master and a project manager, while occasionally adopting the role of product owner when it is needed.
Experience
Huge
Senior Project Manager / 2021 - 2024
Team leader and primary point of contact for clients
Scope creation and budget management
Organizing roadmap and project plans
Responsible for identifying issue/risks and forming mitigation plans
Provide status updates, gather feedback and understand requirements
Primary decision maker for establishing processes and optimizing the team to be more efficient
Adage Technologies
Scrum Master & Project Manager / 2016 - Current
Team Coaching by helping the team remove impediments and keep moving their work forward
Hosting Agile Rituals which included hosting standups, sprint planning, retrospectives and team backlog grooming meetings
Oversee two Scrum teams and lead in all Scrum competencies
Client Coordination by meeting and communicating with clients to plan projects, provide status updates, gather feedback and understand requirements
Managed project organization by gathering estimates, drafting SOWs, creating backlogs and roadmaps
Planning sprints, gathering metrics and creating sprint reports to ensure my team is aligned and on track
Backlog grooming by adding acceptance criteria, requirements and additional information needed to make a story easy for any team member to start working
MESS
Project Manager & Producer / 2013-2016
Client coordination by meeting and communicating with clients to plan projects
Provide status updates, gather feedback and understand requirements
Project organization done by gathering estimates, ticket tracking, drafting SOWs, creating backlogs and road maps, planning sprints, gathering metrics and creating sprint reports
Scheduling the project to ensure a timely finish
Budget tracking and management day to day to meet project deadlines
Oversaw agile team management throughout my team
Designer / 2011 - 2013
Web design using tools like Sketch and Adobe Creative Suite
Social media design
Assisted in marketing tasks like digital signage, print ad design, editorial, web banners
Mobile app design for iOS/Android
Victory Records
New Media Intern / 2010
Print ad design and merchandise mock-ups
Developed web banners and social media design
CMH Magazine
Contract Freelance Designer / 2009-2010
Worked mainly on editorial design and print ad design
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design
BFA in Graphic Design / Minor in Drawing
Savannah, GA / 2005-2009
New Albany High School
High School Diploma
New Albany, OH / 2001-2005
Certifications
psm i certification
scrum.org
Professional Skills
project management
Atlassian
Coda
Smartsheet
Harvest
Basecamp
Attask
Team Gantt
Asana
design
Adobe Creative Suite
Sketch
Figma
Office
Microsoft Office
iWork
Google Suite
I’m always working on a lot of projects, but most of the time I’m baking.