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Jen Gesimondo

Scrum Master
51 S. Remsen Ave., Wappingers Falls,NY

Summary

Senior Production and Project Manager with 15+ years of experience in project management and cross-functional team leadership. Skilled in task prioritization and risk management, aiming to leverage expertise as a Scrum Master to enhance team success and organizational efficiency.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Regional Production Manager - Operations

Radancy
New York, NY
01.2011 - 03.2025
  • Oversaw the entire project life cycle with emphasis on timeline adherence, budget management, and resource optimization.
  • Coordinated cross-department collaboration among customer success, creative, digital, employer branding, and finance teams to optimize project execution.
  • Utilized data from website traffic to understand usage patterns, and identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Developed Scopes of Work (SOWs) on all print, digital, marketing, and career sites projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with project requirements and goals.
  • Streamlined communication processes to improve team efficiency by fostering Agile principles of adaptability, flexibility, and self-management.
  • Held daily Scrum meetings, promoting transparent communication, quality control, and fostering a collaborative environment.
  • Facilitated retrospectives in hybrid Waterfall and Agile environment to enhance team productivity.
  • Removed obstacles and streamlined workflows for customer success teams, resulting in a higher volume of SOWs produced, and creative assets completed in the time frame provided.
  • Negotiated competitive rates for freelance talent, and secured approvals from stakeholders as needed.
  • Promoted communication between departments to ensure project alignment, and resolved conflicts among personnel within the department when needed.
  • Created a company-wide SOP, documented system, planning criteria, and procedures for Radancy's creative operations.
  • Guided and coached cross-functional teams in Radancy workflows and processes.
  • Coordinated with the legal team regarding stock license protections, and communicated details to relevant departments.
  • Issued POs, reconciled invoices, and managed the project budget for internal and external work.
  • Managed external vendors to support the creative team, ensuring budget, timing, and efficiency were adhered to.

Senior Account Executive - Midwest Relationship Manager

Corbis/Veer
Chicago, IL
01.2008 - 01.2009
  • Cultivated client relationships, enhancing retention, and satisfaction.
  • Championed innovative sales strategies to uncover revenue opportunities.
  • The #1 salesperson in the company for Q1/Q2 grew the top 30% of clients from Q4 2008 to Q1 2009, for an average growth rate of 84%.
  • Built strong relationships with an established commercial (ad agency) account base, while ensuring client satisfaction in partnership with Account Managers.
  • Managed the sales process from pre-sale to post-sale, including prospecting, meetings, proposals, and closing, to achieve quota.
  • Developed in-depth knowledge of intellectual property licensing, negotiations, and effective prospecting.

Creative Services Manager - Midwest Region

Bagby and Company
Chicago, IL
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • Managed creative asset workflows, ensuring timely project completion.
  • Negotiated licensing agreements to optimize resource usage.
  • Populated the internal CMS with assets, and hired talent to record radio/TV spots for clients.
  • Responsible for traffic management, asset management, art buying, and hiring talent.

Production Manager - NY Metro area

Professional Sports Publications
New York, NY
01.2003 - 01.2007
  • Edited content, designed book covers, managed production schedules and final proofs, and retouched photos within 10 or more sports magazines per season.
  • Trained new hires.
  • Acted as a liaison between the sports teams, designers, and printers to ensure that client needs were met.
  • Managed employees within lateral departments that assisted in the production of assigned sports magazines.

Education

B.A - Print Journalism/Mass Communications

University of South Carolina
Columbia, S.C.

Skills

  • Agile and Scrum Methodology
  • Proficient in Jira, Workbook, Google Workspace and Microsoft Office
  • Strong leadership and communication skills
  • Team coaching and training
  • Process Improvements
  • High attention to detail
  • Flexibility
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Project Planning
  • Stakeholder Management

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline

Regional Production Manager - Operations

Radancy
01.2011 - 03.2025

Senior Account Executive - Midwest Relationship Manager

Corbis/Veer
01.2008 - 01.2009

Creative Services Manager - Midwest Region

Bagby and Company
01.2007 - 01.2008

Production Manager - NY Metro area

Professional Sports Publications
01.2003 - 01.2007

B.A - Print Journalism/Mass Communications

University of South Carolina

Affiliations

- Scrum Master (SM) - Six Sigma Global Institute

- Scrum Essentials Microcredential - Scrum Alliance

- Certified NASM Pilates Instructor

Other

Co-founded The Fashion Journal magazine. Promoted emerging designers within design communities in NY/Chicago/London. Created lasting relationships within the design community. Acquired designers to feature within the magazine, scheduled interviews/photo shoots, placed editorial within magazine and kept financial records for company account. Event hosting/sponsorship. New York Fashion Week media invite. Procured advertising for magazine to fund printing, shipping, and distribution. Wrote press releases, email blasts and on occasion, designer feature articles.

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