Katherine Blom

At Build in Amsterdam, we create award-winning Digital Flagship Stores that push boundaries in design and technology. As a Digital Project Manager, I lead a diverse portfolio of exceptional clients, ensuring projects are delivered to the highest quality standard. Key responsibilities: - Manage a broad portfolio of exceptional clients. - Build and grow key client relationships through trust and collaboration. - Manage projects end-to-end, from concept to completion, and beyond. - Oversee budgets, proposals, and resource scheduling with efficiency. - Lead multidisciplinary teams through challenges with agility and expertise. - Champion creative excellence while ensuring projects stay on time and within budget. - Continuously track performance and optimize operations for success.

Story of AMS does web and mobile app development for forward-thinking businesses. Key responsibilities: - Optimise operational processes and workflow in a start-up environment. - Improve communication, productivity and quality of digital output using agile methods. - Plan and resource all projects across a team of 25. - Prioritisation of workloads and projects. - Manage multi-disciplined project teams. - Facilitate project delivery from kick-off to completion. - Develop lasting clients relationships. - Expectation management. - Financial tracking across all projects. - Mentor junior team members.

Solution-driven creative production for a boutique animation and web-development studio in Amsterdam. Key responsibilities: - Introduce project management process and tools into a young business. - Manage creative digital projects from conception to delivery in context to time, budget and brief. - Pitch, plan and scope new web and motion projects. - Assist with concept generation. - Copywriting. - Team and resource management.

Facilitating and teaching yoga retreats and wellness holidays worldwide for an international crowd. Key responsibilities: - Source and book retreat venues globally. - Retreat program development, inc. concept, classes, workshops and activities. - Marketing and sales. - Content writing for Doyouyoga.com, MindBodyGreen, Elephant Journal amongst others. - Teach mixed groups of international students, adapting retreat content to audience as needed. - Hosting and managing complex group dynamics. - Retreat locations include Portugal, Italy, Barbados, UK, Spain, India and Bali. - Ayurvedic Chef at Vale de Moses, inc. writing/publishing a cookbook, 'Nourish.'

Delivery boundary-pushing projects with a smile. Key responsibilities: - Deliver ‘the impossible’ on time and to budget, from scoping to delivery. - Balance technical creativity and innovation within practical project limitations. - Manage and cheerlead the project team. - Maintain tight project documentation. - Projects ranged from complex, technical web builds to experiential events (combining digital technology with a physical event). Clients included Microsoft Xbox.

Managing an eclectic mix of advertising and campaign based projects for world-class clients. Key responsibilities: - Apply consistent best-practice process to a variety of projects including websites, video content, animations and advertising campaigns. - Manage large scale photo and video advertising shoots, from scripting, location scouting, talent selection through to post-production and delivery. - Manage the scope, planning and budget of each project within the boundaries of the brief. - Mitigate risks and issues. - Clients included McDonalds and Oxfam.

Entry into the digital agency world. Key responsibilities: - Client liaison. - Internal communication and team management, across small scale projects. - Work closely with Account Director to fulfil maintenance contracts for a range of clients.

Growing a local community of advocates for the Chrysler Jeep brand. Key responsibilities: - Develop and execute seasonal events, from concept to wrap up. - Source event venues and all necessary vendors. - Manage invitations and guest list, inc. local celebrities. - Manage all print/press, marketing and PR. - Maintain company website.