Project Manager Management

RICHARD SPIEGEL *********@*****.*** - 201-***-****

Summary: Digital media operations professional

with 10 years of experience. Proven ability to manage cross

discipline projects, multiple simultaneous projects, large

budgets, diverse teams and offshore vendors. Reputation as a go-

to project manager for projects needing to be brought back on

track, projects with unrealistic deadlines and projects

requiring client interaction. Excellent written and oral

communications skills; proven leadership ability, solutions

mindset. Consistently ranked at top of peer group.

Professional Experience:

DraftFCB Healthcare, New York, New York

November 2009 - Present

Senior Project Manager

DraftFCB Healthcare is an award winning healthcare

advertising agency with both digital and traditional

capabilities.

Day to day management of digital project for Cephalon's

wakefulness drug NUVIGIL.

Responsible for scoping, estimating and executing all digital

projects.

Manage and direct the creative resources required to

successfully meet project schedules and deliverables.

Organize, prioritize and execute multiple simultaneous

projects.

Work closely with the client to ensure all project

objectives/deliverables are met.

Enfatico, Austin, Texas

September 2008 - October 2009

Senior Project Manager

Enfatico is a global, multidisciplinary marketing services

agency offering an integrated suite of cross-channel

capabilities all under one roof.

Responsibilities:

Day to day management of Dell's Small and Medium Business

email campaigns.

Manage Dell's digital consumer site merchandising banner

campaigns and custom landing pages, from inception through

implementation.

Work closely with key client representatives to ensure a

clear understanding of project deliverables, scope and timing.

Manage and direct the creative resources required to

successfully meet project schedules and deliverables.

Organize, prioritize and execute multiple simultaneous

projects.

Work closely with the client to ensure all project

objectives/deliverables are met.

Notable Accomplishments:

Lead project manager for Dell's highly successful

Black Friday consumer electronics and accessories campaign resulting in

revenues significantly above forecast.

Instrumental in launching Dell's first Days of Deals

campaign in China resulting in revenues significantly above forecast.

Lead project manager for Dell's highly successful

President's Day consumer electronics and accessories campaign resulting

in their biggest single revenue day (other than holiday) since August of

'07.

Eye Mall Media (USA), LLC, Austin, Texas

November 2006 - April 2008

General Manager

Eye is a global out of home marketing and advertising company based in

Sydney Australia. In the US market Eye is focused on the mall

advertising/marketing segment with an array of signage technologies

from traditional backlit directories and scrolling signs to cutting

edge digital signage.

Responsibilities:

Member of Eye's North American Senior Management Team

reporting directly to Eye's Chief Executive Officer (North America);

member of Eye's global leadership team.

Participate in the management of Key customer accounts.

Responsible for the overall direction of internal projects

from requirements gathering and planning to P&L and status reporting.

Staff development and mentorship.

Responsible for managing all aspects of Eye's national

digital signage network from deployment and installation to content

creation and campaign scheduling.

Manage and negotiate all vendor contracts and relationships.

Notable Accomplishments:

Lead architect for Eye's digital signage platform..

Reduction of operating costs for field services by

over 50%.

API Systems, Inc, Denville, New Jersey

April 2005 - October 2006

Director

API's Visual Incite Group provides comprehensive interactive

services.

Responsibilities:

Member of API's senior management team reporting directly to

the Chief Operating Officer.

Project manager for API's digital media client projects from

inception through completion.

Collaborate with clients to identify needs and business

objectives.

Manage client relationships and new business opportunities.

Manage diverse creative and technical teams on the

implementation and delivery of digital media services.

Negotiate contracts with vendors.

Hire and manage contractors based on project requirements.

Requirements gathering and creation of RFP response

documents.

Responsible for the ground up formation of API's digital

signage services business "Visual Incite".

Notable Accomplishments/Customer Accounts:

Project lead for a beta custom digital media

communications, education and learning platform for Pfizer.

Eye Mall Media (USA), Premier Retail Networks,

Pfizer, Destiny USA, Verizon Communications, Securities and Exchange

Commission

Global Media Services, New York, NY

November 2003 - March 2005

Director, Media Services

Global Media Services is a boutique digital media/interactive services

agency.

Responsibilities:

Principal client services lead reporting directly to GMS's

Chief Executive Officer.

Account management; responsible for strengthening

relationships and generating new business opportunities with new and

existing clients.

Program Manager for key client projects, leading multi-

disciplinary teams of creative, technical and implementation

specialists along with external vendors and service providers.

Directly responsible for the on-time, on-budget delivery of

interactive services.

Collaborate with clients to identify needs and business

objectives.

Provide project status reporting to executive management and

to the client.

Oversee the architecture and implementation of custom digital

media solutions for clients.

Notable Accomplishments/Customer Accounts:

Project lead and chief digital media solutions

architect for the "Race Director" a live streaming pay per view ecommerce

site for the 2005 Champ Car World Series.

Pfizer, Champ Car World Series, Toyota Atlantic

Championship, Trans-am Series, Comcast, Catalyst Media Group

Nine Systems Corporation, Hoboken, NJ

October 2002 - October 2003

Director, Business Development

Nine Systems Corporation is a leading digital media content delivery

company offering both managed and professional services.

Responsibilities:

Development of new interactive digital media business

opportunities.

Manage customer relationships in the areas of streaming

media, content delivery, live streaming events, satellite downlink

services, encoding services, digital rights management, corporate

communications, and synchronized multimedia.

Account management of new and existing clients.

Requirements gathering and creation of RFP response

documents.

Digital Island/Cable and Wireless (Media Services), NY, NY

June 2000 - August 2002

Director, Encoding Services

Digital Island's Media Services Group was responsible for providing

digital media, interactive and professional services; creating and

implementing custom solutions for Digital Island's clients.

Responsibilities:

Member of Digital Island's Media Services management team

reporting to the CMO (Chief Media Officer).

Strategic account management and principal program manager

for media service clients requiring custom interactive solutions.

Serve as principal client contact (post sale) to lead client

discovery sessions, make strategic recommendations and drive the

implementation of their solutions.

Staff development and mentorship of technology teams in NY,

LA and Tokyo.

Responsible for a $6.5M budget.

Technical contributor to RFP response documents.

Support business development as a digital media subject

matter expert.

Notable Accomplishments/Customer Accounts:

Project lead and chief architect for Digital Island's

three media services production centers in NY, LA and Tokyo. Facilities

featured as the cover story in NETWORK magazine fall 2001.

Project lead and chief architect for numerous

streaming video automation projects for clients such as ESPN, Reuters,

Universal Music, Johnson and Johnson, Mercedes Benz USA, MSN and more...

Five Star Productions, Delray Beach, FL

May 1999 - June 2000

Streaming Media Engineer

Five Star Productions is a full service television production company

also providing digital and multimedia services.

Responsibilities:

Supervise a three member team.

Encoding Five Star's entire video library into streaming

media formats.

Set up streaming servers for content delivery.

Oversee video logging activities for all raw camera footage.

Notable Accomplishments:

Integral in launching Five Star's video streaming

company VStar on Demand.

Speaking Engagements:

Streaming Media Conferences - spoke on compression technology and Streaming

production techniques.

Anystream Training Seminars - spoke on Agility's ability to streamline

operational workflow while reducing overhead.

The Strategy Institutes, Digital Signage Conference Circuit - spoke on the

intersection of business and technology.

Periodical:

Network Magazine, Cover Story Winter 2001

EDUCATION:

Lehigh University

Bethlehem PA

Full Sail University Winter Park

FL

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