Philip Hovanessian

Mobile Producer / Project Manager at Walt Disney Imagineering

ab9wj2@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Driven, self-starting and innovative Project Manager with proven track record of advancement & success.

- Five years of experience in Project Management, with proven ability to create customized company or

department wide project workflows project plans.

- Five years of demonstrated excellence in simultaneously managing multiple clients and projects, of every

scope and duration from single day to multi-year efforts, with budgets from $1,000 to $2,500,000.

- Three years of experience in project managing I.T., B2B, B2C, global enterprise training, software

implementation projects and managing the SDLC, U/X, U/I, & visual design for web-based computer software

products, mobile applications, e-Commerce websites and social media outlets. - Four years of experience in

project management, copy production, visual design management, development, QA testing and production of

interactive, media, and print products.

- Proven knowledge of managing project finances, project accounting, scheduling, forecasting, budgeting,

expensing and negotiating.

- Two years of experience in the engineering and implementation of project management workflows for

companies and departments that have not had prior exposure to project management.

Rapidly promoted and entrusted with steadily increased responsibilities across multiple industries for skillfully

managing human & financial resources as well as propensity for initiating positive changes within workflows

and organizations.

Professional Strengths: Project Management ~ I.T. and SDLC ~ Content Production ~ Project Accounting ~

Resourcing ~ Budgeting ~ Time Management and Tracking ~ Forecasting ~ Process Innovation ~ Digital

Asset Management ~ Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator ~ Managed Copy, Design and Web

Development Teams ~ Designed Content for Interactive Products ~ Mobile Software for iOS and Android ~

Advertising, Marketing, and Interactive Production Experience ~ Content Management

Experience

Mobile Producer / Project Manager at Walt Disney Imagineering

May 2013 - Present (5 months)

- Successfully engineered and created production process for interactive design and development for all NGE

(Next Gen Experience) CXP (Customer Experience) mobile and responsive content, leading to increased

visibility and accountability at all team levels for project tasks and features.

- Reduced risk in project timelines by identifying bottlenecks in team availability and predicting issues during

design and development phases where possible, while working with cross functional teams to ensure on-time

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delivery of Disney-quality interactive content.

- Managed multiple in-house and external teams for the creation of native mobile/tablet applications and

responsive websites, and provided oversight during the creative, design, development, QA, and integration

into the existing MDX (My Disney Experience) mobile /tablet application throughout the full SDLC.

- In-depth involvement, tracking and management of day-to-day tasks on all project to allow for early

identification and resolution of potential challenges and provided weekly status reports and regular updates to

leadership and executive team.

- Drove, organized, and coordinated the deliverables, dependencies, features, schedules, scopes, contracts and

on-time delivery of all team projects.

Project Manager (Consultant) at Autodesk

June 2012 - May 2013 (1 year)

- Successfully managed training, project consulting, development, business & management consulting,

licensing, and implementation projects for 15 clients, including IBM, USDA, Honeywell, and JE Dunn, with

a total budget of over $2.5 million spread over multi-year project schedules.

- Established and maintained project revenue schedules for dozens of individual projects, utilizing SAP,

Tenrox, SFDC, MS Project, and MS Excel to track multiple projects and their associated margins, expenses,

and overall hours.

- Reported all revenue and time for projects to accounting and assisted in the transition of a department wide

data migration from Excel tracking sheets to Tenrox.

- Effectively lead and managed internal and external resources to meet project objectives, with the result of

assisting in the generation of over $6.5 million of actual and forecasted revenue over 15 multi-year projects.

- Created dozens of service order, task order, and sub-contractor contract documents, and also properly

defined project resources with the assistance and buy-in of sales, legal, finance, and delivery team members.

- Served as primary point of contact for all active projects and assumed total responsibility for managing all

projects through full project cycle.

- Identified and analyzed risks and develop mitigation plans according to internal standards and customer

expectations. Presented project status to Autodesk and customer management and executives.

- Forecast project revenue schedules, margins, and internal/external project resource hours for dozens of

individual projects.

- Encouraged open communication among account, operations, delivery, consultant, legal, sub-contractor, &

other project team members, and lead project review meetings.

- Participated in internal group to revise & enhance the quality of department project management standards

& practices.

Content Producer (Consultant) at Sephora

December 2011 - April 2012 (5 months)

www.sephora.com

- Responsible for production, project management, quality assurance, and on time delivery of all digital assets

for the sephora.com homepage(gateway), high-traffic merchandising areas, and large-sized critical web-based

promotions.

- Simultaneously managed the production of assets and promotions for both the classic Sephora.com webpage

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and the new version of the Sephora.com website (2.0), scheduled to be released in April of 2012.

- Developed creative briefs and project strategies with the cooperation of the e-commerce team,

merchandising department, promotions department, and the senior leadership of Sephora.com.

- Worked directly with merchandising, promotions, senior management, copy, design, development, quality

assurance, and IT teams to ensure consistently open channels communications during all phases of project

execution.

- Project managed the complete life cycle of weekly updates to 5 – 10 high traffic/visibility areas of the

Sephora.com website, from inception through QA and deployment, with the result of consistently maintaining

a high standard of quality, flexibility and on-time deployment to business partners throughout e-commerce

department.

Project Manager (Consultant) at Electronic Arts

July 2011 - November 2011 (5 months)

www.ea.com, www.origin.com

- Created and implemented department-wide project management workflow utilizing software and best

practices to build a process from the ground up, specifically designed to suit department needs. Led to

increased accountability, project clarity, efficiency, and also helped to bridge communication gaps between

departments

- Continuously innovated renovations with the input and cooperation of various groups to workflow

processes, such as a consolidated, tiered ticketing process for high fidelity titles, resulting in increased

quality/quantity of assets and a vast decrease in the overall number of work requests, churn, last minute

changes and total work time per title.

- Responsible for project management of user interface and visual design for Origin online software, E.A.’s

primere direct download software.

- Project managed visual design content, including assets such as banners and landing pages, for ea.com and

origin.com

- Project managed the production, visual and user interface designers, responsible for all visual/interaction

content on www.ea.com, www.origin.com, and the Origin client software.

Project Manager (Consultant) at Dolby Laboratories

March 2011 - July 2011 (5 months)

- Project managed and supported Program Management activities, such as creating schedules, timelines and

presentations for multiple projects.

- Created and implemented project management workflow for program management activities, utilizing

software and best practices to create a process from the ground up, specifically designed to suit department

needs.

- Assumed role of Events Manager after company turnover, managed two, week-long events, and

successfully trained replacement. Conducted post- mortem of company meetings with internal stake holders,

resulting in comprehensive and positive changes.

- Conducted market research analysis for cutting edge wireless programs and creation of large Power Point

presentations to client audiences.

- Coordinated activities between multiple departments, including finance, sales, legal, marketing, and patent

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operations.

- Led initiative to streamline internal processes and increase internal efficiency, resulting in greater

company-wide accountability and project tracking.

Assistant Editor (Project/Product Manager) at Cengage Learning

June 2010 - February 2011 (9 months)

- Developed strategy for marketing, production, and implementation of media and print products.

- Created dual-purpose market seeding campaigns to generate interest in order to lock in sales and gather

market feedback for product improvement.

- Led initiative to streamline media products, significantly increasing functionality and brand recognition.

- Project managed over 60 individual projects and a total budget of $1,000,000 with over 100 vendors.

- Created and verified interactive and print content to assist in generation of over $70,000,000 annually.

- Conducted market research and analyze competitive products in order to assist authors in manuscript

preparation to develop a viable and attractive product premise.

- Received a “Far Exceeds” rating on ‘09 - '10 performance review.

1 recommendation available upon request

Senior Editorial Assistant at Cengage Learning

February 2010 - June 2010 (5 months)

- Created and oversaw a multi-departmental group with the objective of streamlining training procedures and

re-writing training manual.

- Trained all entry-level editorial employees and revised training guidelines, with the result of better

coordination between management and employees and the elimination of redundant/dated practices.

- Lead a multi-departmental effort to revise Editorial software guidelines, resulting in the potential

company-wide savings of hundreds of hours for Editorial Assistants on annual basis.

- Managed all above responsibilities simultaneously with the expected duties of an Editorial Assistant (listed

below).

Editorial Assistant (Jr. Project Manager) at Cengage Learning

February 2009 - February 2010 (1 year 1 month)

- Project managed the review process of textbooks within the Psychology department.

- Source and retain hundreds of reviewers (college professors - our primary customers), which lead to an

increased customer base.

- Liaise with sales team members in several large adoptions of Cengage titles, resulting in significant revenue

growth.

- Received a "Far Exceeds" rating on '08 - '09 performance review.

Project Manager at IW Group Inc. (in-language advertising agency)

August 2008 - February 2009 (7 months)

- Managed several teams of web developers, coordinators, translators, venders, and copywriters in the design,

development, and implementation of multi-tiered, web-based advertising campaigns to an Asian audience.

- Project managed teams of web developers who used Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, and other web-based

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software to create original content for clients with focus on several Asian cultures.

- Simultaneously managed seven - ten projects per quarter with the result of producing content that generated

repeat business in a heavily saturated market.

- Leveraged new search engine capabilities and increased hit rates for web ads by 5400% with the

implementation of innovative updates.

- Wore multiple "hats" and performed the duties of a Lead Copy Writer and Lead Designer.

- Presented to company executives and clients on a daily basis.

- Clients included Wal-Mart, PG&E, McDonalds, Fed Ex, Hyundai Motors, and the 2010 US Census.

1 recommendation available upon request

QA Tester at Electronic Arts

2008 - 2008 (less than a year)

Intern at Modal Designworks

March 2007 - September 2007 (7 months)

Intern at Flex The Innovation Lab

June 2006 - August 2006 (3 months)

Education

Arizona State University

Bachelor of Arts, Design Management

Arizona State University

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Design

Junipero Serra College Prepatory

KZV

Skills & Expertise

Web Project Management

Project Portfolio Management

Product Management

Visio

MS Project

Product Development

PMP

Basic CSS

Basic HTML

Interactive Advertising

Interactive project management

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Web Content Management

Producing Web Content

Photoshop

Illustrator

Adobe

Siebel

Salesforce.com

Project Management

Project Planning

Project Coordination

Workflow Management

Process Improvement

Process Engineering

Basecamp

JIRA

Microsoft Office

ATG Commerce

Project Accounting

Forecasting

SAP

Tenrox

CRM

Software Project Management

E-commerce

Business Process

Program Management

Market Research

Quality Assurance

User Experience

Leadership

Strategy

Management

Analysis

Dreamweaver

Vendor Management

Training

User Interface Design

Web Development

Advertising

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Philip Hovanessian

Mobile Producer / Project Manager at Walt Disney Imagineering

ab9wj2@r.postjobfree.com

2 people have recommended Philip

"Phil was the most helpful colleague in the office. Not only did he share his expertise and knowledge of the

industry, but he went above and beyond to reach out and make sure I was acclimating well when I began

working at Cengage. His management and multitasking skills were extraordinary, and he didn't hesitate to

assist with extra work, even though I was on a completely different team."

Zachary Crockett, E.A. - Publishing, Cengage Learning, worked with Philip at Cengage Learning

"Phil is a very productive person who was always client focused and broad-minded. He was a reliable,

independent and open minded strategist, and was an authentic pleasure to work with."

Tyler Quiel, Senior Interactive Manager, IW Group Inc., worked directly with Philip at IW Group Inc.

(in-language advertising agency)

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