project management
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Creativity
What makes a project manager successful?
So you’re a new project manager. Congrats, that’s so exciting! And probably a little nerve-racking. You’re now in a position where you need to balance budgets and timesheets, manage requests and resolve communication conflicts, all while making sure deadlines are met and everyone is happy. So, how does a project…
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Creativity
Why successful teams need producers, not just project managers
When it comes to version control issues, sloppy mistakes and deadlines that keep slipping through the cracks during creative projects, Michelle Kinsman, a true producer at heart and an executive director of production and operations, says that you really need to ask the tough questions: -Did you really understand what…
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How to Hightail
3 things to do before your next project kick off call
Let’s say you have a new project for the team. You’ve got the brief, the budget and deadlines. Before you spend the next 30 minutes trying to figure out when everyone will be available for a kick-off call, get the team involved early so that they can come to the…
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Creativity
How to make project management work for your creative team
If you’re a project manager (or maybe your “official” title is actually account manager, client services, marketing manager, traffic manager, producer, etc.), it’s no secret that hundreds of assets in flight with numerous clients – whether internal or external – means you need a set of tools to help keep…
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Bringing project management to Hightail
Using Spaces to collect feedback on visual files is just one facet of creative collaboration. You also need capabilities like task assignment, approvals, versioning and project dashboards to unify the entire creative process from concept to completion, which is why we’ve added a range of new project management features to Hightail. Until now,…
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