Project Manager Quality Assurance

EMILY HARRINGTON

**** *. ******* **. #**, Denver, Colorado 80231

303-***-**** ***********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Crown Partners • Denver, Colorado, November 2006 to May 2009

Marketing Manager

Created and managed marketing campaigns, collateral, web content, product launches and events for

mid-sized software and services company based in Dayton, Ohio

• Worked directly with ad agencies, freelance artists and writers, and internal staff to create, track and

follow up on print and online campaigns

• Responsible for creative development, writing and tracking of print, web and advertising projects

• Managed tradeshow planning, presence and publicity at three large (10,000 attendee+) tradeshows

per year and numerous smaller user group meetings

Horse Media Group • Louisville, Colorado, July 2004 to November 2006

Advertising Production Manager

Managed advertising and production schedules for publisher of several national equine magazines

(Perfect Horse, Trail Rider, Spin-to-Win)

• Designed, implemented and fine-tuned production processes for rapidly growing publishing company

• Scheduled and tracked 300+ ad submissions per month

• Assisted clients with copy development, design development and production of ads

• Performed pre-flight of camera-ready submissions and proofing of all ads

PeopleSoft/J.D. Edwards • Denver, Colorado, July 1995 to October 2003

Manager of Creative Services 2000-2003

Oversaw in-house creative services activities for Fortune 500 business software company

• Coordinated and facilitated design development, writing and customer relations for all types of

deliverables, including print, web, multimedia, merchandise and advertising

• Served as creative consultant and project manager to field offices and other corporate departments

(software development, training, human resources) when creative assistance was needed

• Communicated creative and brand initiatives company wide, as well as hosted weekly creative team

meetings

• Worked directly with ad agencies, freelance artists and writers and internal designers to execute

marketing campaigns, as well as maintain and propagate the brand

Manager of Multimedia/Video 1997-2000

Managed team of multimedia and video artists in the creation of marketing cd-rom and

web deliverables

Production Artist 1996-1997

Performed layout of collateral, direct mail and miscellaneous print pieces

Traffic and Fulfillment Coordinator 1995-1996

Coordinated the layout, translation and printing of foreign language collateral, managed domestic and

international fulfillment of collateral, videotapes, audiotapes and article reprints

Jacobs Engineering • Denver, Colorado, January to June 1995

Technical Editor/Proposal Coordinator

Edited, proofed, and coordinated large proposals (1000+ pages) for environmental engineering firm

and served as liaison between production management, typesetting and engineering departments

MacTemps/Quark Inc. • Denver, Colorado, September to December 1994

Quality Assurance Tester

Tested multi-language software products, compiled bug reports and assisted with resolution of

quality issues

Pageworks+TriDesign • Denver, Colorado, January 1993 to September 1994

Advertising Production Manager/Advertising Artist

Maintained schedule and tracking information for ad agency art department. Served as liaison

between art team and account reps. Served as project manager and layout artist on several

publications, brochures and miscellaneous print pieces. Worked with printing, packaging and service

bureaus to procure and produce collateral, annual reports, direct mail and ads.

EagleDirect • Denver, Colorado, May 1988 to January 1993

Creative Services Manager 1989-1993

Supervised staff of designers and typesetters in the production of newsletters, brochures, technical

manuals, ads and direct mail pieces

Desktop Publishing Specialist 1988-1989

Typeset and desktop published collateral, newsletters, magazines and miscellaneous print pieces

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

Multi-Media Design Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Spring 1996

Beginning and Intermediate HTML Colorado Free University, Summer 1996

The Dale Carnegie Course Dale Carnegie Training, Spring 2001

Systems Thinking J.D. Edwards Training Department, Summer 2002

Effective Project Management J.D. Edwards Training Department, Fall 2002

Franklin Covey Time Management J.D. Edwards Training Department, Spring 2003

AIIM Content Management Seminar AIIM Events, Spring 2007

ExactTarget Seminar ExactTarget Events, Summer 2008

SalesForce.com Cloud Computing Seminar SalesForce.com Events, Fall 2008

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