Project Manager Sales

Jill Christman

Senior professional with **+ years of experience creating, managing, as well as marketing creative interactive

solutions. Experience includes leadership roles as General Manager, Project Manager, Marketing Director, Creative

Director, and Sales Manager in diverse fields including health care, publishing, information technology, and creative

agencies.

• Professional experience spanning sales, marketing, design, and IT business units, provide unique abilities to

understand and meet client needs.

• Proven ability to assemble multi-skilled teams, and direct large-scale, complex projects for success.

• Experience managing projects throughout entire life cycle, including: analysis, requirements, timeline, cost

estimating, resourcing, delivery, and project close-out.

• Ability to convert broad ideas and business objectives into project requirements.

• Able to interact with senior management and key stakeholders to align strategic objectives and elicit

requirements.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and team leadership skills.

• Brand and Marketing Manager able to develop, and direct product marketing efforts.

• Skilled in variety of computer programs: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign.

• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, Publisher; Quark; various CMS packages.

• Experienced leading projects utilizing CMS, CSS, HTML, XML, JS, PHP, DNN, SharePoint and more.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ByAllMeans (BAM) Interactive

Project Manager 8/08 - Present

BAM is a design firm specializing in interactive solutions that incorporate branding, creative design, information

architecture and the user experience. Big-picture approach and proven methodology ensures high-value solutions that

are fully integrated with other marketing channels and achieve business goals.

• Scientific Lighting Product, Inc (SLP): Project lead for design and development of a new public website

built a CMS platform and other multi channel marketing materials for manufacturing company.

• Ameren: Project manager for public awareness videos. Worked with a 3-D animator to create concept, story

boards and produce 3 videos for the public website.

• Primix: Developed the marketing plan for an international manufacturing company leading to new corporate

identity design and creation of other sales collateral and investor’s presentation. Project manager of

development team using CSS to design and develop new public website utilizing .net CMS.

Mobile Armor, Inc.

Marketing Director 12/07 - 5/08

An industry leader in the development of data security solutions, Mobile Armor immediately needed new product

descriptions, marketing materials and public website to meet fast moving market conditions. Rapidly responded to

these challenges and also drove new lead generation efforts through high-visibility trade shows and adoption of

Salesforce.com for field agents.

• Develop detailed 2008 marketing strategy and budget to align with corporate strategic objectives.

• Developed key vendor partnerships to support marketing plan

• Led development team for new corporate website built using CMS on a SharePoint platform utilizing CSS to

control the style and design of the site.

• Worked closely with CFO to develop investor communications and presentations.

• Wrote corporate press releases and coordinate release.

• Developed budget to drive tactical marketing efforts.

Obermoeller, Inc.

Sales Director and Project Manager 1/07 - 11/07

Obermoeller is an established full-service design agency that needed to develop more integrated

solutions, combining traditional and digital communications. Defined expanded service offerings to develop new

clients and extend services to existing clients.

• Managed accounts and business development for medium to large businesses.

• Identified, qualified and developed sales strategies and opportunities.

• Developed integrated marketing strategies for existing client base.

• Managed key corporate for new clients projects.

• Assembled project teams and managed projects.

Ellevate

Principal 6/03 - 1/07

Ellevate provided services to effectively address all aspects of a company’s image in the marketplace including

emotional branding, identity, interior design, PR, advertising, video and multimedia production, and internet design

and development. Created new service offering called Strategic Creative Approach that included marketplace research

resulting in defining client’s goals, needs and budget.

• Sandberg Phoenix and VonGontard: Conducted marketing research for a large downtown St. Louis law

firm resulting in a new strategy for their new public website. Wrote 123 staff biographies, created a new

corporate brochure, announcements, press releases, and event invitations.

• MiSource: Developed and implemented a strategic marketing plan for this credit reporting company, helping

to increase their revenues by 50% over 2 quarters. Utilized my knowledge of CSS to manage the developers

to produce two new websites using CMS build on a Share Point platform.

• The Pollack Group: Researched and implemented a search engine strategy that helped the client move the

public website to the top of the major search engines causing more exposure which lead to 30% more

business.

The Snap Group

Sales Manager and Project Manager 6/02 - 6/03

Snap is an established full-service design and advertising firm.

• Responsible for key account management including identification, qualification and development of sales

opportunities. Developed selling strategy for new client base, defined project pricing and create proposals.

• GH Tool and Mold: managed the client through the strategy, design and development of a new public

website built using CMS on a SharePoint platform and sales collateral. Worked with the developers to utilize

CSS in the programming of the site.

• New Ground Resources: Account manager to develop a portal showcase and sales tool for all of the bank

and credit union properties they have developed.

Quilogy (now Aspect)

General Manager of Interactive 1/99 – 6/02

Was the General Manager for the Interactive group at Quilogy, a national Microsoft-centric systems integrator. The

interactive group provided central digital design and website services for all corporate business units and customers.

• Built the department starting with 5 members to a staff of 17 representing diverse skill sets including project

managers, designers, developers, writers, and media producers.

• Strategically developed new service offerings to increase revenues and competitive edge.

• Responsible for annual budget, P&L, business development, client presentations, internal and external

marketing, operations, expense reports, timesheets, etc.

• Directed Project Managers to ensure quality of work.

• Managed developers to utilize the best solution when developing custom websites for our clients.

• Afni: Delivered a full strategy analysis which leads to a website redesign and additional functionality to the

public website that led to increase business. This site was built using CMS and built on a SharePoint

platform. Managed the new website development team, to utilize CSS to control design.

• David Sherman: Developed several product websites for alcohol distributor giving them the opportunity to

reach larger markets, which enhanced sales by 27%.

• New Ground Resources: Managed the design of a public website for, a large design/build company

specializing in banks and credit unions. This site had a large CMS so the client could edit areas as they did

more business.

• City of Memphis: Directed the team that developed the city’s public website that helped them saves

thousands of dollars in costs by putting many public services on the website. This site was built using CMS

on a SharePoint platform.

• The Budd Company: Managed the sales process to win, develop and launch the website for a division of

ThyssenKrupp, in Detroit, Michigan.

Famous-Barr (now Macy’s)

Director of ROP (Circulation and advertising) 1/98 - 1/99

• Managed 7-member ROP staff responsible for design and production of newspaper advertising for 3 divisions

of May Company Department Stores.

• Developed marketing and advertising strategies.

• Coordinated special community/philanthropic projects.

• Managed weekly newspaper advertising in 32 markets for 45 stores.

• Provided creative direction for photography and layouts.

• Managed the direct mail campaigns for special projects.

Mosby Year Book, Inc. (now Reed Elsevier)

Design Manager 5/89 - 12/98

• Worked with marketing to develop product campaigns for key publications.

• Managed all projects from planning, design, and production to press.

• Supervised print workload with outside vendors to produce graphics and film.

Continuing Education:

PMP certification (will complete January 2011)

Executive Management Training: Quilogy, Inc.

Helping Clients Succeed (Sales Process and Techniques): Mahan Khalsa

Honors and Awards:

Arrow Award for University of Illinois Foundation Website

Bronze Quill for Quilogy Rebranding Project

• Strathmore Paper Award, First Place for Olmstead: Molecular Science Marketing Brochure

•

Contact this candidate