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Alisa Robards

Project Manager, Print And Creative Production
Palatine,Illinois

Summary

Organized Print and Creative Production Manager with exceptional dedication to thorough leadership and streamlining processes. Adept at long-term budget management. Successful at leading by example and delegation with extensive knowledge of various project management programs and organizational systems. Committed to cutting costs and raising profits with fantastic customer service skills.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Management, Print and Creative Production

Self Employed Contractor/Consultant
Palatine, United States
09.2019 - Current
  • Work with clients to gather and define requirements, establish scopes and manage project milestones.

Creative Services Manager

AMITA Health
Elk Grove Village, IL
08.2018 - 09.2019

As an extension to Ops Manager for Presence Health,

  • Managed creative and print production for 15 Chicago hospitals and 250 Skilled Nursing Facilities, handling over 800 jobs/month.
  • Hired, developed and managed creative services team of internal employees and freelancers.
  • Planned and submitted budgets for Creative Services department worth over $2mm.
  • Tracked cost and savings of patient campaigns to optimize department planning and initiatives.

Operations Manager, Printing and Graphic Services

Presence Health
Chicago, IL
10.1989 - 08.2019
  • Worked in matrix management environment with oversight of creative and print production, operations, inside sales, department finance, human resources, safety and compliance.
  • Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, and support sustainability objectives.
  • Advanced productivity KPIs by leading training on procedures and best practices.
  • Implemented project tracking system and worked with team to create customized system for improved tracking and logging of work issues.
  • Reduced process bottlenecks with implementation of JIRA project management, allowing customer service, creative and print production operators to manage their own work as necessary.
  • Research, budgeted and installed Digital Asset Management System to standardize the brand and manage and store digital content. Savings realized in first 5 years was $1.3MM.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication

California State University - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
08.1977 - 05.1981

Certification

PMP Certification Training - in preparation for PMP Exam Summer 2022

Timeline

PMP Certification Training - in preparation for PMP Exam Summer 2022

02-2022

Project Management, Print and Creative Production

Self Employed Contractor/Consultant
09.2019 - Current

Creative Services Manager

AMITA Health
08.2018 - 09.2019

Operations Manager, Printing and Graphic Services

Presence Health
10.1989 - 08.2019

Bachelor of Arts - Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication

California State University - Los Angeles
08.1977 - 05.1981

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