Denise Byrne

About Denise Byrne

I am an accomplished project and resource management professional with over 10 years\' experience leading scheduling, capacity planning, and process optimization across creative teams in both scrappy all-hands-on-deck start-ups and global agencies alike. I bring structure to complexity and have built a career on transforming fragmented workflows into cohesive systems that drive clarity, accountability, and measurable performance across teams and regions. Earlier in my career, I advanced through key project management and production leadership roles with Jack Morton, Havas Life Metro, Precision for Medicine, and Catapult Marketing, where I guided end-to-end campaign delivery, cross-departmental coordination, and regulatory compliance for healthcare and consumer clients. Across these roles, I cultivated expertise in project scheduling, data integrity, and workflow governance—skills that positioned me as a trusted operational partner to executives and creative leaders alike. Most recently, I served as Creative Operations and Project Resource Management Leader for Clinical Trial Media, where I directed operational strategy for the creative team and resourcing for cross-functional teams supporting global clinical trial campaigns. I partnered with senior leaders across finance, editorial, and project management to streamline workflows, strengthen forecasting, and improve financial and operational precision. Previously, as Resource Management Director at Fingerpaint Marketing, I led enterprise-wide resourcing initiatives across multiple offices and disciplines, introducing scalable frameworks that increased transparency, optimized utilization, and enhanced decision-making across creative, digital, and production teams while mentoring a team of four resource professionals. At every stage of my career, I have championed the idea that true efficiency is not just about process, it’s about people. My leadership style is defined by clarity, empathy, and executional strength, ensuring that every team performs with confidence, alignment, and purpose. Whether optimizing resourcing frameworks or refining scheduling systems, I approach each challenge with a single focus: to build environments where operational intelligence and human potential work in perfect balance.

Experience

1. Director, Resource Management

   Omnicom Production

   Mar 2026 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

Education

• Michigan State University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

Skills

• Advertising
• Budgets
• Direct Mail
• Vendor Management
• Direct Marketing
• Business Process Improvement
• Pre-Press
• Integrated Marketing
• Negotiation
• Project Management
• Strategy
• Print Production
• Promotions
• Sales
• Management
• Copywriting
• Problem Solving
• Planning
• Creative Direction
• Team Leadership
• Creative Problem Solving
• Vendor Relations
• Project Planning
• Purchasing
• Process Improvement
• Brand Development
• Marketing
• Art Direction
• Budgeting
• Marketing Strategy