Project Management Associate Producer

James David Edelstein, PMP

724-***-**** ************@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-edelstein/

Work Experience

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER 2K GAMES 2020 - 2024

NOTABLE PROJECTS: WWE 2K BATTLEGROUNDS, PGA 2K21, WWE 2K22, PGA 2K23, LEGO 2K DRIVE, TOPSPIN 2K25, UNANNOUNCED 2K TITLES

● Drove completion of project deliverables including planning, executing, monitoring, and closing, ensuring alignment with business goals.

● Led teams of multiple stakeholders, including engineers, artists, animators, marketing, legal, QA, and partnerships, across multiple projects.

● Created and maintained schedules, including the master schedules of multiple projects.

● Worked with stakeholders to define project scope and deliverables.

● Identified and mitigated risks that would have impacted project outcome and budget.

● Delivered presentations on project status and provided data backed recommendations to senior leadership.

● Contributed to the delivery of 22 products, and over 50 patches during my tenure.

● Identified legal concerns and worked with Take 2 legal department and dev teams to address and resolve.

● Responsible for ensuring the preparation and release of games, products, downloadable content, and patches were released on time and without issues.

● Provided feedback and direction on all game builds, optimizing product success. A result of this was a Metacritic score increase from 43 to 76 for WWE 2K22 from WWE 2K20.

● Developed trusted relationships and worked with major brands like PGA, WWE, and LEGO on various titles.

● Created and contributed to new workflows that were adopted company wide, and authored and implemented a new strategic project planning process, that yielded $5 million in savings and continues to save money for the company.

● Oversaw budgets of $8-10 million and ensured prompt payment of invoices through the finance department.

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING 2018 - 2020

● Worked across the Marvel Global Portfolio on multiple projects. This included “Avengers Campus” and “WEB Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure”, a $250 million venture.

● Maintained a database of digital assets, and actively tracked them throughout production, for traditional and interactive media, to ensure on time completion and delivery of work.

● Ensured successful asset delivery between project team and vendors.

● Facilitated twice weekly review sessions with Art Director and Animation Supervisor.

● Liaison between visual media team and other Walt Disney Imagineering departments.

● Organized and maintained a schedule of meetings and the mock-up space of the attraction.

● Assisted in the development of production schedules.

● Worked closely with producers to organize and assign duties to project teams.

● Trained and mentored three interns, all of whom were subsequently hired on full time.

● Directed team members in the absence of the producer or senior leadership.

● Produced a new change management process, expediting and streamlining the procedure. This process was adopted by the entire portfolio.

● Led integration meetings with other Walt Disney Imagineering divisions, to ensure all aspects of the project would work well and function together.

Technical Skills

● PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRACKING & DOCUMENTATION: Shotgun, Jira, Confluence, Trello, Miro

● PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGIES: Scrum, Waterfall, Agile, Kanban

● MICROSOFT 365 SUITE

● VIDEO EDITING: Adobe Premiere Pro

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Education

Bachelor of Science in Communications Ohio University

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