Christopher Hightower

About

I am a PMP-certified Project Manager and Strategist passionate about helping teams and organizations reach their highest potential. With a strong background in managing complex, cross-functional projects, I have a track record of achieving strategic goals and delivering meaningful results. My approach combines analytical expertise and clear communication, ensuring that each project not only meets but exceeds expectations. I’m dedicated to continuous improvement and am always looking for innovative ways to enhance processes and support organizational success, while delivering quality outcomes that truly make an impact.

Experience

• Project Management and Marketing Consultant · Self Employed03-01-2023

  - Developed and implemented strategic plans to enhance audience engagement and optimize business processes. - Led cross-functional projects involving business process optimization, communications refinement, and change management. - Successfully managed stakeholder relationships and provided strategic and tactical thought partnership to drive project delivery. - Conducted regular meetings with project teams, documented progress, and reported status to stakeholders. - Proposed and influenced business solutions, and negotiated deliverables and requirements impacting multiple business customers or functions. Clients: Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras, Broccoli City Music Festival, Earth in Color

• Production Coordinator · West07-01-2021 – 03-01-2023

  - Managed 3-6 projects simultaneously with budgets ranging from $50,000 to $500,000+ using agile, waterfall, and hybrid methodologies. - Planned, designed, and executed project plans, ensuring scope, timelines, and budgets were met, and managed risks and issues effectively. - Assisted in managing relationships with customers, project managers, IT and business staff, and all levels of management. - Facilitated meetings with customers to actively solicit, analyze, and document customer requirements, defining the business problem and primary objectives. - Developed and improved business processes, assisting with the development of informative “value-based” metrics within IT and business functions. - Created process flow mapping, studying system capabilities, and identifying current and future state processes. Key Clients: Honeybook, Altro Finance, Inaru Cacao, Glydways

• Brand Strategist · West01-01-2021 – 07-01-2021

  - Led strategic branding projects for companies across various industries, significantly increasing investor interest and customer acquisition. - Analyzed market trends and synthesized new brand value opportunities, contributing to company growth and success - Acted as liaison to assist in identifying process improvements, solution design, testing, and implementation of technically based projects of various sizes, scope, and complexity.

• Digital Strategy and Analytics Intern · Label Logic03-01-2020 – 06-01-2020

  - Formulate strategies to expand artists’ current audience into broader markets using social media. - Utilize software such as NextBigSound and Spotify for Artists to track fan engagement over streaming platforms. - Communicate with sponsors on behalf of artists to create beneficial partnerships for both parties

• UCLA Library Communications and Events Coordinator · University of California, Los Angeles06-01-2017 – 06-01-2020

  - Improve the usage, layout, and workflow within the product management tool of our office Confluence website, increasing team communication and workflow. - Facilitate meetings with event sponsors to plan events, exhibits, and outreach opportunities, including developing marketing plans, developing event logistics, securing AV tech, and documentation. - Ownership of social media accounts. Create and maintain a posting schedule, develop content strategy, create content with consistent messaging using Adobe Suite and Canva, and post content across all social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram).

Education

• University of California, Los AngelesBachelor's

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