Quality Control Project

RICHARD M. RYAN

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior advertising professional with extensive experience in leading integrated operation and delivery. Masterful

at driving total agency integration through 360 program development. Exceptional ability to manage the integrated

project/program management process including: scoping, resourcing, and ensuring quality and client satisfaction from

development through delivery is achieved without fail. Partner with account management/marketing to establish

program guidelines and ensure effective execution against client commitments including appointing discipline

specialists required to complete all integrated projects. At ease conceptualizing and acting on continuous improvement

in efficiency within a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Multi-years experience in client facing hands-on

production oriented environments.

WORK EXPERIENCE

WKP-SPIER, New York, NY 2003-2009

Director, Program Management

Accounts - Kraft Foods, Bulova, Maine Tourism, Random House, The Park Helmsley Hotel, The Pierre Hotels,

Taj Hotel, Penguin, Viking, Hyperion, Berkley, Broadway

• Responsible for integrated delivery operations including Interactive, Web, Broadcast, Print, Art Buying.

• Accountable for a team of 20 project/program managers and production artists (including freelance).

• Manage the internal logistics of projects, including creation of estimates (web site design, photography, broadcast

production, collateral, DM, print), creation of timelines, resource allocation, job routing and reviews, submissions and

monitoring of financials throughout the job.

• Work with finance to fine-tune contracts and input towards agency revenue.

• Partner with agency leadership to facilitate agency growth.

• Build solid Client and Vendor equity.

• Monitor quality control and digital asset management to ensure highest standards.

• Implement new technologies and procedures to streamline operational efficiency.

• Significant knowledge of web development, email/rich media technologies and print production process.

• Significant knowledge of interactive process including strategy, creative, information architecture and content

engineering.

• Production lead for high visibility Client facing projects.

INTERACTIVE MARKETING GROUP, Allendale, NJ 1999-2003

Senior Director, Multimedia Production

Accounts – Sony, W.L. Gore-Gortex, Air France, Chase Banking, Lucent, Minolta, Ricoh, Sharp, Timex, Toshiba,

Untied Way, Verizon, Xerox

• Responsible for the successful execution of development projects from inception to release across all aspects of

production and leading teams toward the highest levels efficiency and quality.

• Accountable for a team of 15 project managers/production artists.

• Managed the internal logistics of all jobs, including creation of estimates, timelines, resource allocation, job routing

and reviews, submissions and monitoring of financials throughout the job.

• Supervised all phases from initial scheduling, estimating, reviewing projects with creative and account services,

quality control development, prepress, printing, delivery and financial follow through.

• Partnered with discipline leads to set up project process, define scope, cost and time parameters, then supervised or

managed their production.

• Functioned on two levels, supervised teams and produced high visibility Interactive, Web, Print, Broadcast, POS,

Collateral projects.

• Created/managed in-house photography, hi-end retouching suites and was lead photo retoucher.

• Photographed product shots for use on/off line.

• Significant knowledge of web development, email and rich media technologies.

• Significant knowledge of interactive process including strategy, creative, information architecture, content,

engineering.

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J. WALTER THOMPSON, New York, NY 1996-1999

Senior Partner, Electronic Production Services

Accounts - Kodak, Unilever, Lipton, DeBeers, Kraft, Wall Street Journal, Merrill Lynch, Clairol, Rolex, U.S. Marines

• Managed delivery production, traffic, billing, presentation, animatic and retouching suites.

• Accountable for a staff of 18 project managers, production artists, traffic managers, billing coordinators.

• Supervised all phases from initial scheduling, estimating, reviewing project scope with department leads, quality

control development, prepress, printing, delivery and financial follow through.

• Managed department project schedules identifying dependencies, critical paths, risk assessment and resolving

scheduling conflicts.

• Used problem-solving abilities to analyze clients' needs and develop strategies tailored to their business.

• Partnered with discipline leads to set up the project process and define scope, cost and time parameters then

supervised or managed their production.

• Created/supervised day-to-day operations for in-house retouching and animatic suites.

DEUTSCH, New York, NY 1992-1996

Senior Manager, Studio Production

Accounts - IKEA East/West, Prudential, Swatch

• Supervised a staff of 12 production and studio artists.

• Partnered with cross-functional department heads to ensure suitable teams were assigned to each project, manage

resources appropriately and coordinate needed materials for the production of given tactics, then managed their

production.

• Supervised all phases from initial scheduling, estimating, reviewing projects with department leads, quality control

development, prepress, printing, delivery and financial follow through.

• Created, then supervised in-house output services maintained as a profit center.

NW AYER, New York 1990-1992

Assistant Studio Manager

BERTEK, FT Lee, New Jersey 1986-1990

Art Director

SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite 4 (Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator), Quark, MS Project, HTML, Microsoft

Office Suite, and other visual programs.

EDUCATION

NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Fine Art

PRATT INSTITUTE Post-graduate

PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL AFFILIATIONS

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ADVERTISING AGENCIES (4As) – 2004-2007

NEW JERSEY SHADE TREE COMMISSION

BERGEN COUNTY/CLOSTER ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION

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