alex montanaro

Developed project plans and marketing material orders for franchise and corporate locations. Compiled redemption reports and analyzed competitive pricing to report to brand managers. Coordinated, activated and processed local store marketing (LSM) and promotional materials (FSI’s/DMI’s) for three brands. Managed franchisees’ quarterly budgets and expenses for marketing materials. Oversaw graphic design of marketing materials, reviewed proofs and assisted in social media posts.

Managed company website and assisted with the Google Adwords campaign through outside agency. Managed and developed email marketing campaigns. Developed marketing materials, including sales presentations, advertisements and special promotions for sales representatives.

Managed a variety of projects and served as a liaison between clients and creative team. Oversaw projects within the therapeutics and cell processing divisions on a global scale. Assured projects were released on time while running through an extensive quality assurance process with an average of nine reviewers from three countries. Successfully marketed six protocols on the therapeutics division in multiple global regions. Participated in campaign budget planning and managed a majority of third party advertising projects. Utilized technology and software to track results, measure campaign performance and provide project development status.

As the Digital Producer, I maintained, strengthened, and grew relationships with key clients through management of medium to large digital projects, through constant communication and exceptional planning and organization. I was responsible for leading and managing the efforts of a cross-functional creative team to effectively deliver upon contracted deliverables and client expectations. Furthermore, I was responsible for the Creative teams schedules and control project activities toward defined scope and objectives by applying creative and strategic thinking, technical project management skills to satisfy project requirements. I conducted and led kick-off and status meetings regularly with clients and the internal team, ensure thorough communication with all stakeholders at all stages of every project. I am passionate about delivering the best creative, while findings ways of producing it that it does not jeopardize schedule and budget.

Four Winds Interactive (FWI) is the industry-leader for enterprise visual communications software. As a Project Manager, I was primarily responsible for managing the quality delivery of Four Winds Interactive’s Professional Services. I drove the delivery of FWI’s Professional Services implementations according to the agreed upon scope, budget and timeline — all while ensuring the highest degree of customer satisfaction. From project initiation through to completion, I was responsible for the construction, presentation and signoffs of key deliverables such as project kickoffs, project plans, project change requests, status and risk reports. I also facilitated collaborative sessions at various stages of the project lifecycle. I was responsible for the setting and management of customer expectations, in regards to project scope, the FWI delivery model, stakeholder roles and responsibilities, timelines, time tracking, escalation, communication and risk management plans.