Non-Profit Fundraising Campaign

Creative Project Manager assigned to develop marketing assets for annual fundraising event.

APA Chicago is a regional not-for-profit trade organization serving the commercial photography community in 11 midwest states. It’s mission is the help educate the next generation of visual communicators. The strategy for this campaign was to score a high profile curator/judge and then leverage their celebrity status with our target demographic to incentivize contest entries.

The Role

As Creative Project Manager I was responsible for planning, executing, and evaluating the project while driving it through the entire lifecycle. This was an internal position with a high level of responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary point-of-contact for project stakeholders.
  • Write statement of work.
  • Source global artistic talent to execute creative team’s vision.
  • Clearly communicate project timelines, including milestones, deadlines, and deliverables to the internal team.
  • Control and monitor project scope and manage change requests.
  • Identify, define and communicate risks to the internal team.
  • Responsible for managing, controlling, and reporting on the budgetary status of project.

My goal for every project I manage—deliver creative excellence.

Credits