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Roland Hayes

Los Angeles,CA

Summary

Focused Marketing Manager with extensive experience adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing creative assets in accordance with quality standards. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Title Manager/Project Manager

Disney+
08.2022 - Current
  • Interact with internal and external peers and/or managers to exchange semi-complex information related to assigned activities.
  • Distill information accurately and convey it (verbally and/or written) to business partners and stakeholders.
  • Serves as key contact with project team members to help resolve project resource conflicts. Communicate both detailed and high-level progress to stakeholders.
  • Oversee the delivery process of episodic, feature, bonus, shorts, trailers, artwork, and/or metadata to various digital platforms globally, including supporting metrics.
  • Extensive vendor & asset management and conduct research across all inventories, systems, and tools LTS uses for servicing operations.
  • Effectively solve problems and roadblocks as they occur while escalating when necessary. Mostly focused on execution of work with some elements of planning
  • Impact quality of own work and periodically the work of others on the team; works within guidelines and policies.
  • Work in Google docs/ Micro office suite Vendor & Asset Management and Research Managing order & project Managing vendor & supplier

Project Manager

Oprah Winfrey Network
11.2021 - Current
  • Responsible planning and scheduling marketing initiatives and ideate new creative approaches to enhance campaigns
  • Secured creative resources for campaigns, ensuring timely delivery of every asset
  • Well versed in paid media and organic specs and work with finishing team to bring assets to delivery
  • Met both long lead and urgent deadlines alike as well as troubleshoot to build plan B, C if timelines cannot be met
  • Partnered with creative leads to gather clear creative feedback for team to execute against
  • Simultaneously managed creative asset production with both internal creative team and external creative agency on same project

Copywriter

Mentality Creative
07.2020 - 02.2021
  • Collaborated with creative director and copywriting team in completing all phases of client projects from planning to on-time completion of quality deliverables.
  • Customized brand message to reach and capture target audience interest and drive engagement.
  • Sourced third-party content and contributions to expand internal publication diversity.
  • Wrote advertising copy for online content, adhering to employers' overarching brand identity and personality.
  • Collaborated with customer outreach personnel to ascertain audience demographics, incorporating collected data into future copy.

Marketing Coordinator/Manager on Air Promotion

CBS Corp.
09.2016 - 05.2020
  • Scheduled specific creative promos in all CBS programs to effectively reach targeted demographic
  • Build planning grids, attach episodes and formats to reflect CBS Network programming schedule
  • Created On-Air Promo production orders for all day parts as well as CBS Programming
  • Schedule and Create ISCI codes for LATE NIGHT promos
  • Issue reports for CBS Affiliates, promotion schedule listings and production orders
  • Coordinate with television network air control to verify schedule integrity
  • Collaborate with agency partners on evaluation of media planning elements such as audience development opportunities, reach/frequency analysis

Media Coordinator

Deep Focus LA
03.2015 - 10.2015
  • Evaluate emerging technologies. Providing thought leadership and perspective for adoption where appropriate
  • Researched potential partnerships with synergistic companies to assist in meeting organizational goals
  • Managed project deadlines and monitored milestones through completion stage
  • Coordinated domestic and international travel arrangements, including booking airfare, hotel and transportation
  • Helped Senior Manager, Technical Operations in QC and delivery of assets, including static, digital, and video deliverables.
  • Maintained log of creative assets inventory and traffic deadlines

Marketing Coordinator

CPLG North America
03.2014 - 03.2015
  • Develop key messaging, branding and positioning statements
  • Primary point of contact for incoming media calls, including requests for meetings and interviews with company executives and experts
  • Planned launch of creative and effective marketing campaigns, such as "Teletubbies" relaunch and Yo Gabba Gabba national campaign
  • Coordinate trade shows, promotions and direct mail campaigns
  • Manage property licenses, and royalty distribution

Producer/Creative Services Manager

FGW Productions
01.2012 - 02.2015
  • Collaborated with studio executives, filmmakers, 10-15 creative staff members and 50+ vendors to develop advertising campaigns; (Posters, trailers, TV/Radio Spots, Promotional Reels, Live Action Video & Photo Shoots, Print Collateral, POS, Spanish Language Advertising, EPK's and Packaging) for Theatrical, Home Entertainment and TV releases
  • Managed internal departments, driving timely delivery of key materials and elements
  • Established and built relationships with key studio and network executives,
  • Maintained a strong understanding of media, promotional opportunities and tactics
  • Developed media kits

Producer/Copywriter

Skip Films
09.2010 - 01.2012

Achievements

  • Produced creative elements for theatrical trailers, TV spots, EPK and sizzle Reels for theatrical campaigns
  • Managed the creation of Print/AV assets and other ancillary marketing materials for 8-10 film releases yearly with $500,000+ creative budgets per film
  • Defined and tracked campaign effectiveness and adjusted strategies accordingly
  • Directed product development using in-depth knowledge of vendor landscape and industry insight

Marketing Coordinator

NBC Universal
11.2004 - 11.2009

Achievements

  • Cultivated and managed relationships with key clients, vendors and community partners
  • Coordinated with internal business divisions, agency partners and local vendors to guarantee on time, cost-effective delivery of all marketing communications materials
  • Worked closely with clients to identify their needs and challenges and provide solutions-oriented campaign themes
  • Collaborated with developers, advertisers and production managers to market products and services

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Marketing Communications/Journalism

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

Skills

  • Salesforce
  • Google Docs
  • Campaign development
  • Executive-level presentations
  • Schedule Management
  • Social and new media
  • Competitive and strategic planning
  • Copywriting
  • Poised under pressure
  • SBMS Media Software
  • Content Development
  • Project planning and development
  • Attention to Detail

Affiliations

Kappa Alpha Psi
NABJ

Timeline

Title Manager/Project Manager

Disney+
08.2022 - Current

Project Manager

Oprah Winfrey Network
11.2021 - Current

Copywriter

Mentality Creative
07.2020 - 02.2021

Marketing Coordinator/Manager on Air Promotion

CBS Corp.
09.2016 - 05.2020

Media Coordinator

Deep Focus LA
03.2015 - 10.2015

Marketing Coordinator

CPLG North America
03.2014 - 03.2015

Producer/Creative Services Manager

FGW Productions
01.2012 - 02.2015

Producer/Copywriter

Skip Films
09.2010 - 01.2012

Marketing Coordinator

NBC Universal
11.2004 - 11.2009

Bachelor of Arts - Marketing Communications/Journalism

University of Oregon
Roland Hayes