Natalie Darling

About Natalie Darling

Experienced Creative Project Manager with a demonstrated history of working in broadcast media, sports, digital marketing, social media, print marketing, and more. Managed five, Emmy-winning creative projects at Turner Sports across NBA on TNT, NBA All-Star, and NCAA March Madness. Prior to Turner Sports, I learned from the Golden State Warriors Media Relations team, who won the Professional Basketball Writers Association’s Brian McIntyre Media Relations Award, each year I was employed. Creative professional with a Master of Arts (M.A.) focused in Sport Management from University of San Francisco.

Experience

1. Sr Digital Project Manager

   American Express

   Jun 2024 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Direct the GCS/GLAMM portfolio of work of OnBrand• Responsible for project intake and planning, resource management, creative planning, execution, and production for high-complexity digital and print projects• Oversee Project Managers in executing medium and low complexity projects• Connecting dots for the portfolio team across many work streams to ensure team can focus on what is priority at the moment.• Work closely with project and production team leads to proactively drive end-to-end project delivery (e.g, timeline management, risk assessment, and hard cost budget management) for a given set of projects.)• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and at the highest quality level.• Proactively assess any risks and escalate any issues if needed.• Manage handover of projects between the studio and OnBrand teams, setting up project planning discussions, discovery facilitation, creative kick offs, creative, internal and marketer reviews and driving status meetings.• Partner with Account Leads, Creative Strategists, and Card Production to ensure client requests are feasible, in-scope, and in-budget.• Leverage Workfront for overall work-planning, team communication, and project management.• Manage, mentor, and lead junior project management team, prioritizing mentorship and coaching through feedback.• Proactively support colleagues and collaborate with them to help achieve targets. • Create a positive team environment through co-operation.

Education

• University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Broadcast Journalism

  2010 — 2013

• University of San Francisco

  Master of Science (M.S.), Sport Management

  2013 — 2015