Julia Merinov
San Mateo,CA
Summary
Hands-on Project Manager recognized for flawless execution and finding solutions to complex problems. Communicative and reliable professional polished in developing scopes and objectives and maintaining comprehensive project documentation. Commended for unexcelled record of completing critical projects on schedule and within budget.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Adobe
San Francisco, California
10.2021 - Current
- Manage multiple marketing communications projects by tracking and reporting on progress and status to team members and stakeholders for both Adobe.com and Discover Creative Cloud
- Build relationships and work closely with both outside vendors and internal partners to understand their needs and priorities, clarify objectives and clearly communicate plans; all while fostering a collaborative environment and promoting team harmony
- Develop, implement, and maintain processes that optimize and drive efficiency for Adobe.com and Discover Creative Cloud
- Negotiate, create and monitor project schedules and budgets in Workfront, Airtable, Jira, and Wrike to ensure deadlines are met and ensure Studio team is set for success
- Identify roles and responsibilities at project outset, to clearly understand and set expectations, while also ensuring a streamlined and efficient program delivery
- Proactively identify potential issues and problem solve with the extended team, while keeping all parties informed and tracking
- Organize, attend, and participate in meetings for both internal teams and vendors and then document and follow up on important actions and decisions from said meetings
- Manage Discover Creative Cloud Feature Enhancement and Bug Tracker in Airtable; ensure issues and enhancements are added to Jira and assigned to the appropriate team members
- Work hand in hand with the Operations team in creating and organizing process documents such as the Discover Publishing Process for both Regional and North American teams, Editor Vs
- Project Manager Roles on Discover Team, Discover Team Design Process, and the Discover Process Manual.
Project Manager
Sephora
San Francisco, California
08.2019 - 10.2021
- Build and maintain strong internal cross functional relationships with the program managers, creative, brand marketing, sampling, inventory planning and promotions teams
- Leader for packaging, print and kitting processes; clearly outlining any outstanding action items, providing deadlines to the cross-functional team
- Develop, implement, and maintain processes that optimize and drive efficiency for Sephora Beauty Insider and Sephora Favorites Kits programs; lead end to end production for both
- Serve as main line of communication between Sephora internal teams and vendors
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stores and external new and established vendors
- Partner with retail operations, store design and external partners to ensure new stores receive all fixtures and collateral on time
- Proactively work with cross functional business partners and vendors to troubleshoot issues that arise from new store openings and hotline online requests.
Associate Project Manager
Sephora
San Francisco, California
- Partner with production and agencies to deliver and optimize creative assets to spec, on time and on budget
- Proactively manage production and delivery of assets and make efficiency recommendations
- Track and maintain projects each workstream and participate in related scaling exercises for the department
- Actively work with Program Managers, Channel Ops Teams, and Agencies on process optimization and integration of milestones and schedules into larger programs
- Serve as the single point of contact to internal production teams, production vendors, translation partners, PM, and operations.
Senior Project Coordinator
BrandVia Alliance
San Jose, California
12.2017 - 08.2019
- Manage creative projects and for companies that include Facebook, Instagram, Oculus, WhatsApp, Netflix, Monterey Bay Aquarium and others
- Design customized merchandise and marketing collateral for internal and external business units
- Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously in conjunction with clients and vendors
- Filter all projects through brand guidelines to ensure projects remain on brand
- Collaborate with internal teams, clients, and vendors to keep projects on time and on budget
- Manage accounting processes for business unit.
Media Service Specialist
Sony PlayStation
San Mateo, California
06.2016 - 06.2017
- Responsible and owned all the meeting rooms in the Conference Center and all conference rooms on campus
- Ensured all emails, phone calls, and walk-up requests for conference rooms were accommodated in a timely manner
- In charge of multiple projects, including recording analytics, documentation, and the Employee Exchange program
- Developed marketing brochure and branded signage for Media Services Group and Conference Center.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration - Marketing
San Jose State University
12.2016
Skills
Project Management Skills
- Schedule management and project tracking
- Strong understanding of the full marketing lifecycle from planning, creative, digital production, and promotion project management and technologies
- Experience in sourcing, manufacturing and partnering with external vendors and internal teams
- Aptitude for embracing change and being able to maintain an open mind as well as flexible and adaptable in the face of ambiguity and change
- Strong ability to multitask on multiple programs at the same time in different phases and with different processes and requirements and come up with solutions if needed
- Agile and Waterfall Methodology
Software Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Project Management Systems (Workfront, Jira, Airtable, Wrike, Proof HQ)
- Data analysis and visualization (Excel, Tableau, Smartsheets)
- Adobe's Content Management System (AEM)
Timeline
Project Manager
Adobe
10.2021 - Current
Project Manager
Sephora
08.2019 - 10.2021
Senior Project Coordinator
BrandVia Alliance
12.2017 - 08.2019
Media Service Specialist
Sony PlayStation
06.2016 - 06.2017
Associate Project Manager
Sephora
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration - Marketing
San Jose State University