DAVID ECKSTEIN

 

Director of Creative and Production Operations​

Accomplished and results driven leader with comprehensive experience in leading creative, production, social, content capture, PR and marketing operations. A leader that inspires teams to create innovative world-bending ideas rooted in insights in all disciplines that deliver breakthrough results. Responsible for cross functional agency support, workflow process and maintaining the highest level of execution across all deliverables. Serves as a mentor, establishing a collaborative and respectful work environment that provides career growth opportunities. Supports the creative and production processes, ensuring the highest quality, efficiency and profitability of work while making ongoing improvements in the creative processes, technology and methodologies when necessary. Partners with teams, disciplines and offices globally to develop, refine, improve and scale creative work across all platforms and be responsible for supporting creative efforts and resources for new business spec. Responsible for planning and accountability, resource allocation, and matching talent-to-task. A leader, communicator, motivator, and project manager with an innate ability to “get things done.” Advises internal teams, vendors/partners, and clients on best practices, scope and schedules while building strong relationships along the way. Fosters a culture of innovation, excellence and accountability and ensure the appropriate utilization and resource management of team members. A senior agency leader, who supports the portfolios of client businesses, builds and supports multidisciplinary teams, and routinely interacts with key senior clients and stakeholders to plan strategy. Builds and develop strong relationships with clients, anticipating their needs and building trust and open communication. Dedicated to leading with vision by attracting, developing and retaining top talent for future growth.

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Areas of Emphasis

• Brand Development & Management 

• Strategy Planning & Implementation

• Concept Development/Production/Social/Content Capture/Marketing

• Full Lifecycle Project Management (Agile/Scrum/Six Sigma/Waterfall)

• Scoping/Budget Management/Cost Reduction

• P&L/Agency Management/Utilization/Resource Management

• Process & Performance Improvement/Automation 

• Operations/Change Management

• Corporate Communication Management

• Team Building, Mentoring & Leadership

• Creative and Production