RHETT ALLEN
Chicago,IL
Summary
Experienced manager skilled in directing marketing operations and project management while improving efficiency through motivating staff and enforcing policies. Proficient in industry practices, workforce management, and process requirements for seamless operations.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager, Project Management
Marsh McLennan Agency
04.2024 - Current
- Serve as MMA's product owner for Wrike, growing user base from 25 to over 400.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large, enterprise level projects.
- Leveraged Wrike to structure and manage workstreams for users, streamlining operations and improving team collaboration.
- Ensured accurate tracking of project data for informed decision-making and performance optimization.
- Manage team of project managers and operations team members.
- Developed and maintained team folder saving rules and best practices.
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
- Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
National MarComm Project Manager
Marsh McLennan Agency
03.2022 - 04.2024
- Led the successful delivery of over 1500 cross-functional projects annually, in alignment with organizational goals and strategic initiatives.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Leveraged Wrike to structure and manage workstreams for users, streamlining operations and improving team collaboration.
- Ensured accurate tracking of project data for informed decision-making and performance optimization.
- Implemented and optimized Salesforce hierarchy to streamline project tasks and enhance data visibility.
- Developed and implemented creative campaign strategies to drive project success and meet objectives.
National MarComm Project Manager
Marsh McLennan Agency
03.2022 - 04.2024
- Led the successful delivery of over 1500 cross-functional projects annually, in alignment with organizational goals and strategic initiatives.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Leveraged Wrike to structure and manage workstreams for users, streamlining operations and improving team collaboration.
- Ensured accurate tracking of project data for informed decision-making and performance optimization.
- Implemented and optimized Salesforce hierarchy to streamline project tasks and enhance data visibility.
- Developed and implemented creative campaign strategies to drive project success and meet objectives.
National MarComm Project Manager
Marsh McLennan Agency
03.2022 - 04.2024
- Led the successful delivery of over 1500 cross-functional projects annually, in alignment with organizational goals and strategic initiatives.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Leveraged Wrike to structure and manage workstreams for users, streamlining operations and improving team collaboration.
- Ensured accurate tracking of project data for informed decision-making and performance optimization.
- Implemented and optimized Salesforce hierarchy to streamline project tasks and enhance data visibility.
- Developed and implemented creative campaign strategies to drive project success and meet objectives.
Inbound Marketing Specialist
Pursuant
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Created and standardized processes to implement emails, landing pages, forms, lists, and workflows in Hubspot to better service organizational communications plans.
- Primary point of contact between vendors and business line leadership to finalize marketing deliverables, approve budgets, and manage contracts.
- Organized, managed and executed eight (8) large-scale conferences with more than 800 attendees cumulatively.
- Created dynamic and engaging marketing and communication plans that resulted in customer satisfaction ratings exceeding 95%.
- Managed all external partnership branding presentations from ideation to execution.
Inbound Marketing Specialist
Pursuant
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Created and standardized processes to implement emails, landing pages, forms, lists, and workflows in Hubspot to better service organizational communications plans.
- Primary point of contact between vendors and business line leadership to finalize marketing deliverables, approve budgets, and manage contracts.
- Organized, managed and executed eight (8) large-scale conferences with more than 800 attendees cumulatively.
- Created dynamic and engaging marketing and communication plans that resulted in customer satisfaction ratings exceeding 95%.
- Managed all external partnership branding presentations from ideation to execution.
Inbound Marketing Specialist
Pursuant
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Created and standardized processes to implement emails, landing pages, forms, lists, and workflows in Hubspot to better service organizational communications plans.
- Primary point of contact between vendors and business line leadership to finalize marketing deliverables, approve budgets, and manage contracts.
- Organized, managed and executed eight (8) large-scale conferences with more than 800 attendees cumulatively.
- Created dynamic and engaging marketing and communication plans that resulted in customer satisfaction ratings exceeding 95%.
- Managed all external partnership branding presentations from ideation to execution.
Assistant Director of Marketing
Iowa State Athletics
09.2019 - 04.2021
- Owned the management and creation of all marketing and production needs of women's basketball and gymnastics divisions
- Coordinated with creative team to generate dynamic marketing content and communication tools for promotional campaigns.
- Increased women's basketball season ticket holders by 10% through integrated marketing campaigns
- Collaborated with third party corporate sponsorship group to develop, procure and execute all corporate sponsorship contracts
Assistant Director of Marketing
Iowa State Athletics
09.2019 - 04.2021
- Owned the management and creation of all marketing and production needs of women's basketball and gymnastics divisions
- Produced 100% follower growth for the primary Instagram in less than one year
- Implemented strategic marketing plans for all sports and programs using annual reports, social media statistics, email marketing data, and complied SWOT analyses
- Increased women's basketball season ticket holders by 10% through integrated marketing campaigns
- Collaborated with third party corporate sponsorship group to develop, procure and execute all corporate sponsorship contracts
Assistant Director of Marketing
Iowa State Athletics
09.2019 - 04.2021
- Owned the management and creation of all marketing and production needs of women's basketball and gymnastics divisions
- Produced 100% follower growth for the primary Instagram in less than one year
- Implemented strategic marketing plans for all sports and programs using annual reports, social media statistics, email marketing data, and complied SWOT analyses
- Increased women's basketball season ticket holders by 10% through integrated marketing campaigns
- Collaborated with third party corporate sponsorship group to develop, procure and execute all corporate sponsorship contracts
Marketing Graduate Assistant
Auburn University
07.2018 - 09.2019
- Oversaw all marketing efforts for gymnastics, volleyball, men's and women's golf and women's tennis.
- Created marketing plans using past sales reports, SWOT analyses, advertising trade, benchmark research, marketing automation, retargeting ads and social media.
- Consistently surpassed all-time revenue mark for gymnastics, achieved program record of 3 sellouts out of 5 home meets.
- Managed over 20 undergraduate student interns within the marketing department and established projects and tasks for them to complete.
Marketing Graduate Assistant
Auburn University
07.2018 - 09.2019
- Oversaw all marketing efforts for gymnastics, volleyball, men's and women's golf and women's tennis.
- Created marketing plans using past sales reports, SWOT analyses, advertising trade, benchmark research, marketing automation, retargeting ads and social media.
- Consistently surpassed all-time revenue mark for gymnastics, achieved program record of 3 sellouts out of 5 home meets.
- Managed over 20 undergraduate student interns within the marketing department and established projects and tasks for them to complete.
Marketing Graduate Assistant
Auburn University
07.2018 - 09.2019
- Oversaw all marketing efforts for gymnastics, volleyball, men's and women's golf and women's tennis.
- Created marketing plans using past sales reports, SWOT analyses, advertising trade, benchmark research, marketing automation, retargeting ads and social media.
- Consistently surpassed all-time revenue mark for gymnastics, achieved program record of 3 sellouts out of 5 home meets.
- Managed over 20 undergraduate student interns within the marketing department and established projects and tasks for them to complete.
Education
Masters of Education - Adult Education
Auburn University
Auburn, AL12.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Communication Studies
Iowa State University
Ames, IA05.2018
Skills
- Marketing Operations
- Budget management
- Workforce performance optimization
- Coaching and mentoring
- Salesforce management
- Project management tracking
- Operational streamlining
- Wrike
- Process Planning
- Workload Management
- Task tracking and reporting
- Workforce performance optimization
Certification
- PMP - Project Management Professional (in-progress)
Timeline
Manager, Project Management
Marsh McLennan Agency
04.2024 - Current
National MarComm Project Manager
Marsh McLennan Agency
03.2022 - 04.2024
National MarComm Project Manager
Marsh McLennan Agency
03.2022 - 04.2024
National MarComm Project Manager
Marsh McLennan Agency
03.2022 - 04.2024
Inbound Marketing Specialist
Pursuant
04.2021 - 03.2022
Inbound Marketing Specialist
Pursuant
04.2021 - 03.2022
Inbound Marketing Specialist
Pursuant
04.2021 - 03.2022
Assistant Director of Marketing
Iowa State Athletics
09.2019 - 04.2021
Assistant Director of Marketing
Iowa State Athletics
09.2019 - 04.2021
Assistant Director of Marketing
Iowa State Athletics
09.2019 - 04.2021
Marketing Graduate Assistant
Auburn University
07.2018 - 09.2019
Marketing Graduate Assistant
Auburn University
07.2018 - 09.2019
Marketing Graduate Assistant
Auburn University
07.2018 - 09.2019
Masters of Education - Adult Education
Auburn University
Bachelor of Arts - Communication Studies
Iowa State University
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