Shawn Dominique, CSM
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Summary of Qualifications
Experienced Project Management Consultant with desire to join a team fulltime to more effectively add value on a long term basis. Specialize in workflow implementation, managing 2-4 million-dollar scope of works, time/risk/resource management, and incorporation of process improvements with previous success in partnering with such high profile companies as Verizon, Pfizer, Novartis, US Census, AT&T, etc. Strong background in the use of JIRA, HIVE, Trello, Asana, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, Workfront, Box.com, and G Suite as well as both agile and waterfall methodologies, and proven effectiveness in meeting multiple deadlines in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
Core Competencies
Problem Solver
Change Management
Project Management
Leadership Skills
Communication Skills
Strategic Dev
Team Motivator & Trainer
Process Refinement
Budget Management
Conflict Management
Agile Methodologies
Scope Management
Scrum Management
Collaborator
Release Management
Professional Experience
Burrell Communications: Remote (Chicago, IL)November 2022 – Present
Production Manager (contractor)
Executes change, retouching, and animation requests with Studio department for both digital and print executions.
Formulates deliverable schedules based on media plans for both Out of Home Posters and Publication Print Ads.
Being accountable for obtaining or setting estimates with outside vendors, reconciling billing, and monitoring production costs for projects with 3rd party vendors
Manages workflow of daily project deliverables through use of Monday.com software.
Organizing the Art Buying creative library, including assets created and purchased, print ads, etc.
FCB Health: New York, NYAugust 2021 – April 2022
Senior Integrated Producer (contractor)
Communicate project status to teams and clients on a regular basis
Manage all task management and resourcing, utilizing project management platform (WorkFront), ensuring projects are up to date, tasks adequately assigned, and communication is clear and consistent
Responsible for enforcing objective quality criteria as well as proposing solutions on all digital/print projects.
Prepared release checklist. Scheduled release meetings.
Worked with release management for deployment purposes.
Havas Health4Brands Chelsea: New York, NYOctober 2016 December 2016
Senior Project Manager (contractor)November 2020 – August 2021
Managed large scale digital projects from conception to final delivery.
Assisted in the process training of team members.
Actively involved in preparation of a release by maintaining JIRA items, getting sign offs, getting approvals for test results.
Create timelines, maintain status reports, and liaise with team members on a daily basis.
Discussed release planning process with stake holders and senior developers.
Prepared Project Plan as per the features and information available.
Met with stakeholders to understand priorities and provide status.
Hearts and Science: New York, NYSeptember 2019 – December 2019 Strategist (contractor)
Introduced improvements to workflow/process through use of document creation and cross functional team collaboration.
Conducted team status meetings and set agenda for task-oriented discussion to meet client business requirements.
Spearheaded the implementation of project documentation including gantt charts, work stream identification, and project schedules with team leadership.
Heartbeat Ideas: New York, NYMay 2019 – August 2019
Senior Producer/Sr. Project Manager (contractor)
Consulted workflow of creative materials from conception to completion including coordination with all stakeholders.
Applied risk assessment with regards to timing and budget constraints on active high-profile projects. Maintained cross- functional lines of communication open to proactively mitigate potential issues.
Developed templates to better create project schedules, estimates, and status reports to improve cross functional team building and communication. These schedules assured project timeliness and scope adherence.
McCann Health (Creative Agency for Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca): New York, NYJanuary 2019 – May 2019 Senior Project Manager (contractor)
Worked on AstraZeneca and Lilly Launch brands, managing digital, print, and video projects from a process, budgetary, and workflow standpoint.
Liaised with department leads in creative, front-end development and shared resources to allocate hours/scheduling on a weekly basis.
Demonstrated best practices and developed new systems/processes/tools in effort to improve cross functional team efficiency.
Formulated timelines and gantt charts to align with project owner/sponsor expectations as well as any additional business requirements.
Supervised Project Coordination to ensure project status was accurately reported and deliverables were brought to completion in a timely fashion.
Omnicom Group (OMG/DAS agency groups): New York, NYOctober 2017 – October 2018 Senior Project Manager
Exercised risk management and process improvements by presenting solutions affecting time and budget for websites and email development.
Restructured and integrated improvements to internal server structures, status reports, and project schedule templates for Novartis and Bayer marketing materials, ultimately improving organization and team alignment.
Co-facilitated the creation of process manuals, in addition to the training of new collaborators, internal and external, on process and workflow.
Prepared release checklist. Scheduled release meetings.
Functioned as primary point of contact to handle contracts, invoices, and daily communication with third-party vendors as well as project sponsors.
Concentric Health Experience: New York, NYJanuary 2017 – September 2017 Project Manager
Collaborated with team members to forecast budgets, schedules and assumptions for projects including websites, email and banner development.
Commanded the full life cycle of projects from conception to completion including sitemaps, wireframes, UAT, QA testing, litmus testing, etc.
Generated and distributed weekly finance reports for Budget tracking and completing projects within 80% of budget.
Knowledge about Agile techniques like: User Stories, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing and Automated Testing.
Supports product owners to understand agile practices and principles.
Reviews agile framework training materials and adopts framework appropriately in scrum teams.
Agile Planning and Estimation
Facilitated and supported Scrum teams in agile environments.
*Experience from previous years is available upon request
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts in Communications, Minor in Business
State University of New York at Albany: Albany, NY - May 2005
Scrum Master Certification
Scrum Study
Completed - September 2019
PMP Certification
Stony Brook Course Completion – September 2020 Anticipated Certification – December 2022
