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Robert Purdy

Toronto

Summary

Experienced project/program manager with 10+ years of experience working in an integrated capacity to deliver projects on time and on budget.

Highly organized professional with extensive experience in project management, driving initiatives to successful completion. Known for fostering team collaboration and delivering results. Renowned for adaptability and problem-solving skills, ensuring seamless project execution and stakeholder satisfaction.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Project Manager /Producer

Academy Inc
10.2024 - 01.2025

- Project Oversight; Manage the projects' overall progress, ensuring that all components align with the objectives and vision. This includes overseeing the creative team. responsible for developing a series of deliverables, ensuring they meet all timelines and deliver high quality content.

- Team and Timeline Management: Responsible for establishing and managing project timelines. coordinating the workflow of creative team and ensuring that all milestones are met.

- Budget Management : Working closely with account leadership to carefully monitor the project budget, ensuring all expenditures align with financial plan and that any potential overages , delays , scope creeps are identified early and addressed promptly.

- Risk Mitigation & Problem Solving: Proactively identify potential risks or roadblocks that could delay project delivery and take necessary actions to resolver these issues efficiently , thus maintaining project momentum.

- Stakeholder Coordination: Ensure alignment across all stakeholders within agency and external partners, maintaining consistency in messaging and execution across all deliverables.

- Team Output: Oversee the entire project, ensuring the creative team develops all work identified according to project timelines and Canada Goose tone and voice.

- Approvals & Feedback Management : Coordinate and manage the process for all video script and content approvals, reviews, and feedback from stakeholders.

- Note Taking & Follow-Up Dependencies: Taking detailed notes during meetings and follow up on action items and dependencies, ensuring that all stakeholders are aligned, and tasks are completed in a timely manner.

- File Management : Ensuring all project related work is properly saved and organized on server , maintaining an updated and accessible repository of all project assets at all times.

Program Manager

GALE Partners
09.2022 - 11.2023
  • Collaborate with strategy, creative, media, technical and account teams to develop and deliver high performing integrated marketing programs
  • Oversee the production of all digital assets including: website updates, CRM & email journeys, social media content and playbooks, programatic and paid search campaigns, OLV
  • Led delivery across a 20+ person pod and built strong relationships with senior clients and team members

Freelance Project/Program Manager

Lippe Taylor - BBDO Canada - Meta - Anomaly - FCB Global - TBWA Media Arts Lab - BGB Group - Code & Theory Simon Property Group - StrawberryFrog-Bloomingdales.com
06.2012 - 09.2022
  • Work closely with cross functional partners including: brand management, product marketing, product design and content design to secure alignment and reach campaign/program goals

Project Management Director

BBDO New York
07.2019 - 04.2020
  • Develop scopes and staffing plans
  • Create and manage internal and client facing timelines
  • Manage resource needs
  • Confirm timing of next steps with client once agreed upon by client
  • Prioritize workflow for full team

Project Management Lead

Vayner Media
02.2018 - 06.2019
  • Seasoned voice in ways to improve processes and execution in support of the agency, client and work
  • Senior resource to the PM's, producers and wider team from problem solving and support perspective across the portfolio of business
  • Point person for overall portfolio prioritization
  • Project manager on large/complex/unique projects across the portfolio
  • Working with VP of PM and production to synthesize all brands and their various work streams, delivering on time and on budget

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Art History

Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
05.1994

Skills

  • Project planning/project plan development
  • Scope development & management
  • Cross functional communication
  • Project scheduling
  • Client Relationship management

Timeline

Senior Project Manager /Producer

Academy Inc
10.2024 - 01.2025

Program Manager

GALE Partners
09.2022 - 11.2023

Project Management Director

BBDO New York
07.2019 - 04.2020

Project Management Lead

Vayner Media
02.2018 - 06.2019

Freelance Project/Program Manager

Lippe Taylor - BBDO Canada - Meta - Anomaly - FCB Global - TBWA Media Arts Lab - BGB Group - Code & Theory Simon Property Group - StrawberryFrog-Bloomingdales.com
06.2012 - 09.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Art History

Bard College
Robert Purdy