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BEN BANNISTER
Senior Project Manager
Folsom,CA
Summary
Senior project manager with close to ten years of agency experience guiding partnerships from creation to completion. Proven ability to foster cross-functional collaboration among clients and team members, ensuring project success. Detail-oriented, and a conscious communicator. Works hard to ensure the work is done and done right, the client is satisfied, and that the partnership is fostered with every interaction.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Rightpoint
Chicago, IL
04.2023 - 02.2025
- Managed a team of three data analysts across multiple high-profile initiatives for a Fortune 100 energy company.
- Established and maintained project plans, executed bi-weekly sprints, and worked with internal and external stakeholders toward key deliverables.
- Facilitated weekly communication with the client to report on project status and recent accomplishments.
- Employed project management software to monitor progress and manage resources.
Senior Project Manager
Ignyte
San Diego, CA
05.2022 - 02.2023
- Supervised all active web and brand projects agency-wide, engaging with cross-functional teams and managing resources across multiple departments to achieve successful outcomes for complex initiatives.
- Maintained project timelines, controlled budget expenditures, reached essential milestones, and nurtured client relationships.
- Facilitated comprehensive rebranding processes—covering research, brand positioning, naming, visual identity, and website design, development, and launch—to deliver against project scope and ensure client satisfaction.
- Liaised between senior management, project team members and clients to ensure effective communication throughout the duration of the project.
- Established and maintained relationships with third-party contractors and vendors.
- Collaborated with clients to gather requirements and expectations.
Project Manager
Envoy
San Diego, CA
04.2015 - 05.2022
- Cultivated robust client relationships with top-level executives at industry-leading companies through brand and innovation initiatives, ensuring partnership satisfaction and project success.
- Shepherded strategic partnerships from inception to completion by coordinating with cross-functional teams to execute and deliver on the established scope.
- Collaborated with senior leadership to formulate statements of work, encompassing detailed work plans, schedules, and deliverables.
- Implemented successful process improvement initiative aimed at increasing efficiency within the organization and provided training sessions to staff on new processes or systems related to projects.
- Oversaw internal resource management and project health through budgeting and allocation of hours for team members, conducting weekly reviews of project margins.
- Maintained quality standards of final deliverables to clients via detailed briefing, auditing, and proofing processes for content, documents, and presentations.
- Partnered with senior management for accurate monitoring of revenue recognition and invoicing.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA06-2008
Skills
- Project management
- Client relationship management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Scope development and management
- Resource coordination
- Verbal and written communication
Software
Jira
Microsoft Project
Microsoft 365
Google Suite
Wordpress
Slack
Mac OSX
Windows
References
- Melissa Paris, Associate Director, Rightpoint, mparis@rightpoint.com
- Brian Lischer, CEO, Ignyte, brian@ignytebrands.com
- Shawn Parr, Managing Director, Envoy, shawn@weareenvoy.com
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Rightpoint
04.2023 - 02.2025
Senior Project Manager
Ignyte
05.2022 - 02.2023
Project Manager
Envoy
04.2015 - 05.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Seattle Pacific University
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