Project Manager Management

Kevin Butler

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http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinrobertbutler

Summary

Over twenty years experience in the implementation of technology solutions

for advertising agencies, retailers and creative teams. Uniquely qualified

to utilize technical expertise to improve an organization's ability to

deliver technology-driven solutions. Proven expertise in defining client

business and technical requirements to develop these into successful

products and program implementations. Detail-oriented, self-starter with

good time management skills who is comfortable talking to a group of users

or the CEO.

Experience

Independent Consultant Chicago, IL 2009 - Present

Business Analyst, Website Developer

Maintaining my professional and technical edge and knowledge while I seek

new and interesting opportunities. Focusing on meeting and exceeding client

expectations while doing work that is both fun and rewarding. Partnering

with local charities to give them a presence on the web and get their

message to a wider audience.

. Initiated, designed and developed a Wordpress blog for a local

elementary school's PTO organization. Worked with members of the PTO

and school administration to gather requirements and build a site that

they were happy with and that would be able to be administered by

them. This site gave the school much more exposure to the district,

parents and saved them approximately 1 ream of paper per week.

. Contracted by Razorfish to fill a Business Analyst role. Worked

with the team to help define deliverables, project scope, and client

requirements from project initiation thru the presentation to the

client. Aided in setting the vision for future phases of the project.

Schawk Retail Marketing (Formerly Ambrosi) Chicago, IL 1999 - Dec. 2008

Business Systems Analyst

Focused on business requirements definition, workflow-design, and

implementation of Enterprise-class systems to support Creative,

Photography, and Advertising Production departments. Provided support for

Marketing Automation, Digital Asset Management, Campaign and Job

management, Photo Studio and Sample/Merchandise Management, for Ambrosi

locations in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and Atlanta by sharing

unique body of industry knowledge with users, enabling them to do their

jobs more efficiently and cost-effectively.

. Spearheaded implementation of an Enterprise DAM System (Xinet).

Process included: Gathering Business Requirements, Defining Workflow

and Prototyping build for each business line. Upon completion, tested

with select users, feedback gathered influenced changes to final

build.

. Co-authored review of all Enterprise systems as part of IT

Solutions Group. Review was created by breaking down the business into

its core silos, finding vendors that fit that space and vetting them

using defined requirements. Once completed, team presented findings

along with two-year implementation schedule for all four agency sites.

. Lead implementation of an internally developed Asset Management

System for new office in San Francisco. Process included: Gathering

Business Requirements, Defining Workflow and working with system

engineers to develop working prototype. Coordinated server

installation and application testing and training as well as providing

on-site application support for initial ramp-up.

. Participated in a corporate-wide initiative to map out

requirements for next-generation job costing and job management

system. Chosen to represent agency because of unique understanding of

Creative and Production roles, available technology, and how Finance

department acquired billing information and applied costs to

assignments.

Project Manager

Responsibilities include but not limited to: Business Requirements

Definition, Project Planning, Resource Planning and Allocation. Responsible

for project deadlines and staying on or under budget. Primary focus of

projects were IT related but often had overlap with additional teams such

as Creative or Finance.

. Member of a team tasked with shutting down 3 facilities (Omaha

NE, Crystal Lake IL, Troy MI) due to company reorganization and

streamlining. Primary responsibilities included documenting all

workflows and knowledge that might be lost once all facilities were

closed.

. Gathered requirements from client and internal staff. Using

information gathered, leveraged an internal Proprietary Asset

Management System to serve an automated image viewing and commenting

system that client was able to use to review and approve images.

. Worked with Finance Team to gather requirements to define and

design modifications to an existing but un-implemented job costing

system. Worked with engineers to establish compliance measures for all

data. Responsible for overseeing budget and coordinating efforts with

external contractors for programming.

. Acted as Agency Technical Lead and Main Client Liaison,

assisting in pitch that won agency its first web-site assignment.

Gathered requirements and created initial design draft of new

collaborative tool used for project to proof images and associated

metadata. Coordinated two outside vendors to develop and implement

this tool, lead agency to earning Sears Partnership in Progress

award.

Project Coordinator

Reporting to Director of IT, managed projects directly related to

department, making them successful while having a very limited resources

and budget.

. Worked with New York office to establish policies and

procedures to make work-sharing between facilities easier. Mapped

current workflow between two facilities and lead collaborative

analysis to find failpoints. Lead teams in creating a more streamlined

workflow.

. Acted as agency technical lead and main client liaison.

Assisted President and Creative Team in formulating pitch. Managed

design and construction of a data-tracking tool that was used by

client to proof images.

Technical Trainer

Developed course curriculum and training documentation for technical

training department, primarily geared toward teaching user how print jobs

are handled on press. Created documentation for internally developed

applications and databases. Effectively taught users of varying skill

levels and motivation.

Meridian Advertising Troy, MI 1993 - 1999

Electronic Artist

Electronically created page documents for print advertising. Served as IT

resource and workflow expert and was part of team that helped agency gain

ISO 9002 Certification.

. Served as an IT resource before agency required a full-time IT

staff. Thereafter, served as an IT liaison for production teams, often

assisting IT in researching and implementing new technology as well as

training employees.

Kmart Corporate Headquarters Troy, MI 1987- 1993

Systems Graphics Operator

Electronically created Kmart circular, ROP's, national magazine ads and

specialty print pieces.

Keyliner

Manually created Kmart circular, ROP's, national magazine ads and specialty

print pieces.

Education

Advanced knowledge of Quark Xpress, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator,

Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Xinet, DalimDialogue, Word, Excel and Powerpoint,

HTML, CSS, PHP and jQuery. Working knowledge of DalimTwist,, MySQL and XML.

Associate Degree in Graphic and Commercial Art from Macomb County Community

College.

Memberships

XUG - Xinet Usersgroup

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