iilo Creative Alliance, a certified B Corp

iilo Creative Alliance inc. ("ee-lo") is a full-service creative services agency in Western Canada. We deliver communication design solutions for impact-driven businesses and organizations. We're a Certified B Corp and are deeply committed to running our agency ethically and transparently.

We provide communication design and project management solutions for:  
• B Corporations 
• Progressive impact businesses
• Social enterprises
• Non-profit organizations 
• Institutions
• Marketing & communications departments 
• Municipalities and governments

As project manager, I lead client and team communications, manage project timelines, help collaboratively improve organizational processes, and ensure the successful delivery of branding, interactive, print, and other creative projects.

Project Manager

Freelance Project Manager

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Appnovation

- Perform competitive & gap analyses to identify market opportunities
- Assess SEO & web vital metrics, devise near to long term improvements
- Spearhead establishment of scrum & kanban best practices for new agile team

Business Analyst & Scrum Master

- Initially responsible for 12+ AMER and EMEA Managed Services accounts generating $500K+ ARR, each with distinct workstreams and intermediate to senior stakeholders, overseeing 3 globally distributed agile teams
- Lead largest MS account to 10X growth from $300K to $3M+ ARR, comprising >40% of annual department revenue, and recognized by executive leadership as a model engagement
- Manage highly integrative and cross-functional workstreams through 3 remote client-integrated scrum & kanban teams, communicating regularly with additional teams and senior stakeholders, both internal & external
- Execute both supportive maintenance and iterative improvement programs & projects while ensuring successful delivery of SLO goals
- Continually align program/project performance & status with risk assessment, team health, and stakeholder relationships
- Coordinate resource & revenue forecasting with senior leadership & other departments
- Analyze and collaboratively improve development, onboarding, release, and other processes in a continually fast growing & changing environment

Project Manager / Customer Success Manager

Conquer Experience Inc. 

- Lead multiple six-figure projects, contributing to 50% of $2M+ ARR (2x from start of employment)
- Establish relationships with inbound leads & minor accounts. Initiate discovery, lead requirements gathering & estimation, draft work proposals, achieve sale closure
- Develop & grow relationships with existing customers, generate repeat business, and support account manager in development of key accounts
- Plan & oversee successful delivery & post-launch support of business solutions at all levels, leading collaborative processes, roadmap prioritization, and matrix management of both local & remote scrum teams
- Engage executive team in improving internal processes, increase efficiencies & driving future project success
- Organize and facilitate onboarding documentation & training programs, ensure user engagement

Delivery Manager

Conquer Mobile Inc

- Oversee design & scrum-based development of mobile solutions, delivering both consumer & enterprise apps on multiple platforms & form factors, with integration to backend and customer-built & 3rd party peripherals
- Establish project plans & estimates, monitor & review progress, track budget utilization & risk management
- Coordinate & communicate regularly with external stakeholders, and report project statuses & sales metrics to senior management

Piranha Games

* Promoted for duration of one project (position not available on subsequent projects)
* Performed in Engineer & AP roles concurrently
* Continually assisted in defining of ongoing project scope in combination with senior management & external clients, as well as inform & assess project status, gauge needs & concerns
* Supervised team of 5 Engineers & Artists to ensure completion of deliverables while adhering to personal deadlines
* Oversaw successful delivery of long standing project involving multiple platforms
* Facilitated onboarding & training of new team members

Associate Producer

* Implemented software components based on project & design needs, in many capacities across many projects (Gameplay, Compliance, Physics, Audio, AI), on every major game platform during the timeframe
* On multiplie projects, played major role in analyzing & reverse-engineering licensed and/or partner-shared resources, critical for successful delivery.

Software Engineer

* Coordinated assembly of assets from various departments
* Monitored & troubleshot build processes to remove roadblocks & bottlenecks
* Improved workflows & compile times by identifying & reducing inefficiencies
* Communicated outlying issues to relevant team members

Build and Release Engineer

10+ years of experience in leading the delivery of programs, projects & products involving a multitude of workstreams and scopes - rapid prototypes to multi-year enterprises - through the entire software development lifecycle.

Strong track record of empowering teams & organizations to create impactful solutions & achieve high impact goals that lead to sustained growth. Proven ability for adaptive change management, and leveraging empathetic communication along with streamlining processes to drive collaborative success. Increasing engagement, providing inclusive frameworks, and removing roadblocks to drive concrete structural change.

Addressing systemic issues through digital transformation and effective stakeholder stewardship, using a broad spectrum of technologies & platforms, with a goal to help solve the most intractable problems. Leveraging empathy with processes so that everyone is set up for success.

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