Project Manager

Olaide O. Daramola

202-***-**** ******@*****.***

Career Summary

Experienced Project Management Professional, with expertise in diverse business and technical platforms, operating fluently in both local and international arenas. Bringing 10+ years’ experience defining project tasks and deliverables, developing time, cost, and resource estimates, and ensuring that project activities are aligned with organization’s objectives.

Knowledge & Expertise

In-depth knowledge of IT best practices and market trend;

Able to manage and complete multiple projects to achieve meaningful and timely outcomes;

Skilled in managing small or large teams to ensure best solutions for business needs;

Highly adaptable and able to work in a fast paced priority driven environment

In-depth knowledge in monitoring and evaluation techniques used in measuring program success, Hootsuite in digital positions;

Strong Communication skills

Experience in budgeting and reporting

Strong powerpoint and presentation skills

Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail in following procedures;

Strong team player with the ability to build and maintain good rapport with both internal and external customers to handle situations with confidence and tact;

Good ability to make decisions using data and business knowledge;

Flexible, adaptable with the demonstrated ability to work under pressure in a fast paced environment. Professional Experience

Intellectual Concepts Atlanta, GA

Senior Project Coordinator February 2017 – Present

Conduct project kick-off meetings, defined project objectives and scope, tracked risks, assumptions, and managed detailed project schedules using Microsoft Project.

Coordinate supportive services between departments through organized weekly meetings.

Develop and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external project stakeholders.

Conduct regular meetings, facilitate communications, ensure coordination, and cooperation among team members.

Plan and facilitate project review meetings to expedite requirements and resolution of project issues.

Guides the team on resource requirements, methodologies, tasks, dependencies, deliverables, risks, and other issues through the life of the project.

Establish customer expectations of project scope, deliverables, procedures for project communications and dissemination of information for team members.

Prepare presentations for management utilizing presentation software and tools.

Participate in specification preparation, contract preparation and administration for the purchase of commodities and services of a highly technical nature.

Prepare bids by developing specifications, bid format, vendor lists and usage data.

Facilitate bidders conference, engage stakeholders for vendor selection Intellectual Concepts Atlanta, GA

Client Services Coordinator January 2016 – January 2017

Produced and managed documents related to client projects, calls, meetings, product specifications, special initiatives and follow up.

Provided data analysis on client-specific data

Reviewed and analyzed program profitability and recommends corrective course of action under Client Service Associate and Manager

Served as liaison between clients, outside vendors, and internal departments to coordinate efficacious business partnerships.

Served as the primary client point of contact for day to day, and project issues WebAd Company Accra, Ghana

Project/Technical Lead June 2014 – December 2015

Assisted the senior program manager in directing the project life cycle by assisting in development of comprehensive Media/Communication project plans to include both long and short-range goals and milestones.

Designed, managed and delivered the strategy and execution for digital marketing and engagement - including content marketing, digital advertising, organic search, paid search, and social media.

Designed and developed campaigns, and led efforts in content development that result in higher engagement and lead generation.

Arik Air Lagos, Nigeria

Project Coordinator January 2011 – May 2014

Worked closely with the Marketing Director, end users, utilized performance metric data to ensure projects continually met and improve service performance responsiveness with the customer community.

Performed administrative duties, managed communication between internal and external customers.

Managed, planned, and support project requirements for Dubai & Abidjan route launch

Refined, executed, and owned the co-brand strategy.

Developed and managed a co-brand sales pipeline with key internal business stakeholders.

Utilized a consultative sales approach to lead/facilitate all co-brand business development activities with merchants and issuers: prospecting, lead development and active selling for profitable new co-brand opportunities.

Led negotiations with co-brand partners to deliver mutually beneficial agreements.

Prepared and presented monthly reports to the Marketing department relative to digital marketing efforts and metrics.

Shell Oil Company Lagos, Nigeria

Project Management Intern October 2009 - 2010

Planned & implemented Sea Eagle re-entry project.

I.T. support: installed software, set-up and updating of computing, phones & technical equipment.

Team member as Communication coordinator for projects. Coordinate all formal & informal communication. Performed administrative duties

JEM Engineering Laurel MD

Systems Engineer / Proposal’s Manager November 2006 – October 2007

Defined market positioning & communications strategies.

Created strategies and contingency plans during all phases of the proposal process.

Team Member working with senior engineers to manage timescales and ensure client satisfaction. Technical Skills

Microsoft Office Suite: MS Suite of Tools (Project, Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), SharePoint, WordPress Education and Certification

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology & Multimedia Middlesex University, London UK, Aug 2005

Google Analytics, AdWords & Tag Manager Training Workshops Lunametrics.com Washington DC, USA,2014

PMP® TRAINING 35 hours of Project Management Education PMSTUDY Training Online (Sep 2016). o SCHEDULED PMP EXAM- August 2018

Community Service

Weekly Volunteer English Teacher to Afghanistan Refugees in Landover, MD Fellow -EXCEL Leadership and Empowerment Institute, Greenbelt, MD Toys for Lagos – Project manage yearly toy drive for less privileged children in Nigeria

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