Jen Martensen
National Director, Vendor Management at Razorfish
- Location
- Greater Chicago Area
- Industry
- Marketing and Advertising
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Jen Martensen's Overview
- Current
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- National Director, Vendor Management at Razorfish
- Past
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- Account Director, Client Engagement at Razorfish
- Senior Sourcing Manager, Digital at Arc Worldwide/Leo Burnett
- Digital Project Director at Arc Worldwide/Leo Burnett
- Senior Digital Project Manager at Arc Worldwide/Leo Burnett
- Digital Producer/Project Manager at iLeo/Arc Worldwide
- Freelance Asset Management at Sanford
- Experience Design Group Manager at Inforte
- Senior Web Producer at Grey Interactive
- Founding Partner/General Manager at Conscience Records, Inc.
- A&R Project Coordinator at Elektra Entertainment
- Assistant Studio Manager at Power Station Recording Studios (now Avatar Studios)
- Education
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- Columbia College Chicago
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Maine South High School
- Recommendations
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4 people have recommended Jen
- Connections
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317 connections
Jen Martensen's Summary
I'm a very capable manager who thrives at the points where best business practices, creativity and technology integrate; and I strive to optimize them all.
A strategic thinker and creative problem solver, I rise to challenges and aim to elevate and educate along the way.
Driven by an ambition to be an efficient, effective, and thoughtful leader, I am pro-active, organized, and laden with common sense.
Collaboration is a primary talent. An excellent people connector and relationship developer, I understand how different roles work, think, and influence one another.
Unfailingly responsible and accountable, I set and meet high standards for myself, and motivate others to do the same.
I can:
• assess scenarios, align interests behind common objectives, inspire teams to achieve solutions, and produce results
• bring blue sky ideas down to earth: deriving best execution plans from the big picture
• operationalize processes while adapting for real life scenarios, then measure and manage performance
Specialties
• Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Supplier Relations and Relationship Management, including Contract Negotiations and Performance Analysis
• Digital Advertising and Marketing Project Management, Program Management, Production, and Account Management
• Operations, Business Management and Financial Management
• Entertainment Marketing, Music and Photography Production, Intellectual Property Licensing and Royalties
Jen Martensen's Experience
National Director, Vendor Management
Razorfish
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; pub; Marketing and Advertising industry
November 2011 – Present (3 months) Chicago, IL
Design, operationalize and manage third-party domestic partner relationships for client-based deliverables.
• Vendor Management process development and implementation, streamlining and building an efficient interface between external vendors and the internal agency constituencies
• Oversee performance management and contractual/legal compliance, creating initial standards and monitoring their evolution
• Service Protocol creation and oversight
• Agency process advocate, to evangelize new practice and methodologies internally and with affiliated vendors
• Ongoing market trend watch and analysis
• Drive continual improvement by constantly surfacing better ways of working, better partners
Account Director, Client Engagement
Razorfish
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; pub; Marketing and Advertising industry
June 2010 – November 2011 (1 year 6 months) Chicago, IL
Client engagement, thought leadership, planning and coordination
Responsible for $4mm+ in business on the largest regional client account, delivering enterprise-wide digital strategy, user experience, research and design projects
Developed relationships with integrity and authenticity
Solved problems creatively and removed barriers to success
Provided strategic direction to clients and project teams, optimizing business goals, project approaches and team talents
Identified new business opportunities and successfully sold in multiple projects
Senior Sourcing Manager, Digital
Arc Worldwide/Leo Burnett
Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; PUB.PA; Marketing and Advertising industry
July 2007 – June 2010 (3 years)
Established and grew a new practice, under the direction of the COO/CFO
Served as the Digital lead for the Strategic Vendor Management team, partnering with leads from Print Production, Broadcast Production, Art Production and Database Marketing
Defined and aligned processes and tools for efficient management of 1100+ vendor relationships
Traced expenditures upstream through purchase orders to optimize list of 120+ Digital vendors
Enforced bidding practices and production requirements of client-agency contracts, to ensure agency and vendor compliance
Provided analysis, benchmarking and negotiation on Digital project bids executed by the Leo Burnett/Arc Worldwide integrated Production department: 70+ Producers, 30+ Business Managers and hundreds of projects representing $300mm+ annual spend
Communicated with client-side cost consultants and procurement representatives
Primary relationship manager for Digital partners, guiding them through on-boarding processes and ongoing policies
Researched marketing services procurement trends, delivered strategy presentations to an audience of agency Vice Presidents, Senior and Executive Vice Presidents, and COO/CFO
Collaborated with agency Legal team to author and execute the new Interactive and Emerging Media Standard Provisions Agreement, a baseline master contract for all Digital partnerships
Digital Project Director
Arc Worldwide/Leo Burnett
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PUB; Marketing and Advertising industry
October 2007 – March 2008 (6 months)
Project leader for web site, email and online media projects for client accounts of $1.5mm-$3mm
Produced digital content: video and photo shoots, stock image licensing and asset management
Influenced account financial planning, staffing plans and strategy development
Owned all project briefs and plans, statements of work, and new business proposals
Successful collaboration and coordination with mainline efforts in print, TV and direct mail
Served as central communications hub for a broad field of client’s agency partners and vendors
Created efficiencies and brought organizational rigor to ways of working, project programs, team structures and budgets, improving account profitability
Ensured agency adherence to all aspects of client Digital Governance policies
Direct supervision of up to 4 Project Managers, mentoring career development
Clients include: Diageo, Northern Trust Bank, General Motors, U.S. Army, McDonald’s, Disney, Whirlpool and Western Union
Senior Digital Project Manager
Arc Worldwide/Leo Burnett
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PUB; Marketing and Advertising industry
September 2005 – October 2007 (2 years 2 months)
See Project Director description.
Freelance Asset Management
Sanford
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Goods industry
July 2001 – March 2003 (1 year 9 months)
Management of in-house image collection. Research and digital distribution of product photography to marketing teams for the Sharpie, PaperMate, Expo, Accent, Uniball brands.
Experience Design Group Manager
Inforte
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BND; Information Technology and Services industry
July 2000 – July 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Development and management of a 15-member digital and animation design team for a consultancy focused on customer intelligence.
A&R Project Coordinator
Elektra Entertainment
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Retail industry
December 1993 – June 1998 (4 years 7 months)
Production coordination for all aspects of album projects led by the Senior Vice President, A&R.
Jen Martensen's Education
Columbia College Chicago
Masters Studies in Arts, Entertainment & Media Management
2003 – 2005
Class work towards earning a Masters of Arts Management degree in the Arts, Entertainment & Media Management Department of Columbia College ‚ Chicago, IL; Concentration in Visual Arts.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A.
1987 – 1991
Major in Speech Communication, Minor in Cinema Studies
Activities and Societies: Music and entertainment journalist, advertising sales representative for The Daily Illini Newspaper 1988-1991
Maine South High School
Jen Martensen's Additional Information
- Interests:
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Entertainment & Media business, Music, art/photography, writing
- Groups and Associations:
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Illumedia (formerly Chicago Print Production Club) http://www.illumedia.org Board Member, Education Committee Member December 2010-Present Women In Film Chicago Executive Breakfast Panelist: The State of Women In Advertising March 2011 Chicago Print Production Club Educational Luncheon Panelist: Evolution of Print in a Digital World March, 2010
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- Honors and Awards:
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Project Management Professional
Certified January 2008
Project Management Institute: PMP # 509873
Arc Worldwide/Leo Burnett Management 101
Completed December 2006
Participant in the inaugural class of an invitation-only 10 month management training program
Additional Professional Training and Education Classes taken while at Arc Worldwide/Leo Burnett (though Leo Burnett University):
• Management 201: Emotional Intelligence
• Strategic Thinking
• Writing For Results
• Powerful Negotiation Strategies and Tactics
• Institute for Management Studies: Creating & Managing Successful Internal and External Alliances
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