MARIE HOLMSTRÖM
Senior Project Manager and Producer
Hi!
With over 20 years working in the creative industries, I am a highly experienced, agile and solution-focused Senior Producer and Project Manager in the commercial and branded industry. I love being in the middle of the buzz, leading the team to the finishing line, solving client’s challenging requirements along the way.
My varied career spans across branding, communications and marketing, working for creative agencies in London, the South East and New Zealand. I started out in print management in 2001, followed by account and project management roles in agency environments since 2007.
Working as a contractor, I thrive on the diversity of agency environments and cultures, team members, clients and projects that I get to work with. My hybrid experience of both account handling and project management makes me more proactive and efficient, understanding the needs from stakeholders to clients, partners, account teams, media agencies, suppliers, studio and creative teams.
Project Management
Management of the full project life cycle for 360 campaigns, branding, digital and print projects. Including:
– Planning, scoping and budgeting
– Drafting proposals
– Creating project timelines for all deliverables
– Internal and external stakeholder management and reporting
– Briefing creative professionals and suppliers;
– Managing teams, budgets and timelines
– Print/production management
– Great attention to detail and QA
– Strong financial reporting with profitability at the core
– Client events
– De-briefing/reporting
Account Management
– Excellent client relations and communication skills
– Solid and reliable customer service that gains clients’ confidence
– Working with senior leadership teams to roadmap and manage business priority projects
– Client and stakeholder presentations
– New business development
– Scoping, planning, coordinating and implementing marketing strategies
– Strong focus on problem solving
– Upselling
– Increase ROI
– Strategic recommendations
– Budget management
– De-briefing/evaluation/reporting
With a background in print management, I am trained in:
– Proofreading/typesetting
– Approving printers’ proofs
– Press passing
Having worked closely with production houses for over two decades, I easily build strong relationships with printers and other external suppliers. I’m communicative and collaborative, with a good understanding of their processes and timings.
Deliverables:
– Press ads
– Books/flyers
– Packaging
– OOH; billboards, vehicle wraps, interior walls, transit ads etc
Digital
Comprehensive experience of managing:
– Websites; from pharmaceutical websites to national fundraising microsites
– Apps; incentive trips, medical (bionic pancreas system)
– Online marketing; social ads (organic and paid), banner ads (display and retargeting)
– Animation; GIFs, full motion, 3D, CGI
– PPC/SEO campaigns and reporting
– DOOH; LED/full motion screens, stadiums etc
Branding
Understanding the importance of how a company’s needs, values and identity need to be reflected in their brand. I have co-created and implemented the following:
– Brand strategies
– Marketing strategies
– Efficient communications solutions
– Consumer research (quant and qual)
– Corporate branding
– Product branding
– Employee branding
– Visual identity
WORKING WITH ME
- Very adaptable and quickly get used to their way of working and processes.
- Flexible in my approach with a focus on solutions.
- Organised and conscientious. I make it my business to get to know my clients and every detail about their projects.
- A rigorous planner! Always keeping my team and clients up-to-date of progress and milestones.
- Always positive and level-headed, with high integrity.
From people I have worked with recently.
Love her positive attitude! Regardless of the challenges that came our way, Marie consistently maintained a can-do attitude and she’s on top of her game! Incredibly organised, communicates REALLY well and her attention to detail is impeccable.
Working with Marie was an absolute dream. Her dedication, professionalism, and exceptional work ethic made every project run smoothly and efficiently.”
“Marie was an extremely safe pair of hands who needed minimal hand holding, which is exactly what you need from a freelance SPM.
She took on a large amount of projects and dealt with the agency challenges head on with a great attitude.
I would recommend her to anyone looking for an autonomous freelance SPM.”
“Marie is an incredibly reliable and hard working Senior Account Manager. Her many years of agency experience are evident through her work, where she was very quick to onboard herself to the agency processes and ways of working. Her manner with clients is extremely professional and solution-focussed, and she invested a lot of time in understanding and working within the healthcare industry.”
“Marie is a reliable and efficient Senior Account Manager who has a strong work ethic. She is conscientious and hard-working and truly understands the value of excellent client service. Marie is highly experienced in Agency processes including project planning and management.”
get in touch…
I’m always interested in hearing from prospective (and ‘old’!) clients to talk about their agency needs and how I can be of help. Whether it’s for a potentially long-term contract, a specific project/client or to cover for an absent team member, drop me a line: