CLARE YARDLEY

• Providing support to the CCO and ECD on department status
• Leading Leadership Management Meetings and internal department WIP's
• Collaborating with CCO and ECD on all creative staff requirements both freelance and full-time positions while maintaining a relationship with creative recruiters
• Support the CDs in providing leadership guidance, and performance management feedback to their respective teams
• Assigning creative talent on all agency projects whilst ensuring the creative department is inspired and working at optimal levels
• Building client timelines in conjunction with account service, project managers and relevant production departments
• Managing workflow related to projects in progress and scheduling
• Working with the Group Business Directors to have a full understanding or our client's scope of work and importantly the cycle of work over the calendar year
• Ensuring the agency has the latest technology to ensure our production teams are efficient and innovative in their delivery
• Prioritising and assigning jobs within the production department, covering traffic, producers from print, online and TV
• Managing workflow related to projects in progress and scheduling

• Member of the Sydney Management team
• Co-ordination of new business pitches and scoping of new business retainers in conjunction with the finance department to build relevant team structures
• Prioritising and assigning jobs within the production department, which encompasses 16 direct reports covering traffic, producers from print, online and TV
• Performing annual performance reviews (PPD's) with the production team members

• Implementation of integrated traffic and production process
• Overseeing the traffic department in Sydney and Melbourne ensuring adequate creative source required for both offices

From 1995 to 2005, I had the opportunity to work with some of Australia’s largest multinational agencies, including Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, and The Campaign Palace, to name just a few. During this time, I honed my creative services expertise and gained invaluable experience working on a wide range of high-profile campaigns