Sarah McCauley

Project manager with 10+ years of experience supporting creative services and executive teams across various B2B industries. Proficient in using project management tools such as Workfront, Jira, and Asana to build, manage, and QA timelines, estimates, and assets. Expert in delivering projects on time, within budget, and exceeding stakeholder expectations.

Experienced in building, leading, and training project management teams. Thrives in developing and maintaining more efficient processes. Strong ability to collaborate and communicate with others, fostering strong professional relationships internally and externally.

Production Coordinator (Contract) at TriMet (2024-04 – 2026-01)

• Managed 90+ projects per week using Workfront from intake to production and installation. Built timelines, developing estimates, and managing internal and external resources. • Collaborated and communicated daily with stakeholders, designers, production vendors, and installers; mitigating risks and roadblocks, bringing projects to completion within budget and on time. • Optimized TriMet's Workfront intake forms, templates, and processes to be more efficient. Trained internal users on all changes; effectively cutting project timelines and costs in half. • Developed and maintained strong relationships with internal and external partners and vendors. • Led and maintained weekly prioritization meetings with the creative services team and clients.

Marketing Project Manager at Informa Tech (Game Developers Conference) (2018-09 – 2024-02)

• Optimized processes; managed the development and delivery of digital and print assets using Workfront and Jira; maintained schedules, resource requests, budgets, and reporting. • Managed annual lead gen campaigns. Developed timelines, built surveys, collected data, wrote creative briefs, and executed successful product campaigns. • Developed and executed weekly email marketing strategies for GDC and GameDeveloper.com. • Presented campaign strategies, scope, estimates, and status updates to stakeholders confidently. • Hired, onboarded, and led the game marketing team. • Managed the marketing budget of $400K+ YoY.

Marketing Project Manager & Strategist at Orchard Supply Hardware (2016-05 – 2018-08)

• Defined strategic marketing initiatives focusing on brand awareness, customer acquisition, and retention while helping to drive traffic across paid, owned, and earned media. • Directed the implementation of Workfront as their new project management, digital routing, and asset management software, eliminating archaic processes. • Developed a more efficient and valuable project management team. Cut creative asset routing and delivery time in half, from one month to two weeks or less per project. • Helped expand Orchard as a growth business by developing partnership opportunities and improving communication across internal organizations.

Assistant Project Manager (Short-term Contract) at Juice Pharma (Advertising Agency) (2016-01 – 2016-03) • Managed print and digital projects using Workfront and Jira; defined SOWs, timelines, and budgets.

• Coordinated with internal teams to ensure deliverables were understood and deadlines met.

• Led and maintained pipelines for routing projects.

• Streamlined internal communications by conducting productive daily meetings, preparing agendas, and following up with clear notes/highlights to stakeholders.

• QA'd assets before release. Worked with teams on necessary edits, modifications, and enhancements.

BA in Business of Art & Design – Ringling College of Art & Design