Katherine Kizer Cochran

Current

• at White Horse

Past

• at Euro
• at Nemo Design
• at Curiosity Group

• at Curiosity

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Katherine Kizer Cochran’s Experience

• White Horse

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  October 2008 — Present (4 months)

   Lead a team of interactive art directors, programmers, production artists, flash developers, writers, proofreaders, and QA techs ensuring team members fulfill their responsibilities while staying within project’s budget and timeline.
   Manage project financial lifecycle including; estimates, status reporting, revenue forecasts, invoicing, and billing.
   Responsible for overall profitability of assigned Clients.
   Work closely with the creative lead, account lead, and programming lead to define, document, and manage project requirements, develop timeline and budget, and determine all resource requirements.
   Initiate and manage QA process to deliver / launch fundamentally sound projects.

• Euro

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year)

• Nemo Design

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

  October 2006 — January 2007 (4 months)

   Managed daily client interaction regarding project load, direction and scope for Nikestore.com.
   Scheduled workload, communicated direction and set priorities for all Flash designers and developers on the team.
   Gathered, organized and maintained assets for every project.
   Performed Quality Assurance testing on every deliverable; developed a methodology and process for this testing.

• Curiosity Group

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 3 months)

   Managed day-to-day production schedule for all projects; including the evolution and healthy maintenance of daily workflow processes, focusing on simplicity of workflow so that the creative vision was empowered.
   Worked as the advocate for all projects as a neutral, powerful, calming ally to all teams. Created healthy collaboration between creative, technical and accounts.
   Assessed workloads and assisted with resolution of conflicts and issues.
   Helped project manage deliverables and negotiated deadlines with account team.
   Kept Creative Managers and Agency Manager apprised of team workloads.
   Worked with Account team to scope out projects, estimates and timelines.
   Created and maintained a system that evaluated workflow so that the teams could proactively see which projects were colliding.
   Evaluated and recommended resource needs for both short term and immediate work and for long-term projects.

• Curiosity

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years)

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