Dave Kilkenny

DAVID KILKENNY

SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR at Product teams across NikePERMISSION TVTANK DESIGNTHE NPD GROUPALIGN COMMUNICATIONS

Greater New York City Area, US
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TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Environments: iOS, Android, Windows

Specialties: Management Leadership, Mentor, Program Management, Enterprise

Application Development, Process Establishment/Improvement,

Campaign Management, Video Production, Agile Project Management,

Scrum Master, UX Design, Retail Design and Logistics, Creative

Developer Management, Project Scoping, RFP Vendor Management,

Budget Estimating, Usability Testing, Front-end HTML/CSS/JS, Video

Production.

Experience

2016 Sep - Present
SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR
R/GA / NEW YORK

David is currently Senior Program Director, overseeing Product teams across Nike, Samsung US, Samsung Retail,

Equinox and Johnson Johnson. He is also responsible for establishing Product + Service leadership agency-wide - developing the Product Management training curriculum and governance model to deliver best-in-class work for

R/GA clients.

He has previously provided product leadership across enterprise CMS migration, site redesigns, and mobile application builds. His experience also encompasses experiential, retail hardware management, logistics, DOOH, and campaign content creation.

● Serve as the Product team leader and manager for Integrated Producers and Product Managers ranging in experience from Associate to Executive. Responsible for direct report reviews, team compensation, mentorship and career growth.

● Established the Product Management capability within the greater agency. Set training curriculum, career path, onboarding, and governance model.

● Provide product leadership for technically challenging assignments - primarily working with custom retail installations and multi-language web and mobile application projects

● Collaborate with design and development teams to validate approach, sell-through concepts and ensure the team is managing project profitability.

● Work in partnership with SVP level agency leadership managing VP to C-Suite level client relationships.

● Support new business efforts for client RFP's out of the New York office.

● Total yearly budget oversight is 20+ million.

2014 Mar - 2016 Aug
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
R/GA / New York

Managed a $20M+ portfolio that included the Samsung US mobile brand business.

2012 Jul - 2014 Feb
SENIOR PRODUCER
R/GA / New York
2010 Jun - 2012 Jun
SENIOR DIGITAL PRODUCER
Arnold Worldwide / Boston

David split his tenure at Arnold between the NY and Boston offices. He managed social activations and digital campaigns for clients such as Carnival Cruise Lines, Aetna, Vertex,Volvo, and Panasonic.

2008 Apr - 2010 Jun
SENIOR DIGITAL PRODUCER
PERMISSION TV / WALTHAM

Product managed internal platform initiatives and supported new clients requiring custom deployments on the PTV platform. Lead a team of two designers and three developers that managed the product backlog. Also worked on all new customer acquisition efforts.

2006 Feb - 2008 Apr
TECH LEAD
TANK DESIGN / Cambridge

Primary front-end development and experience design (XD) lead for all digital clients.Responsibilities included HTML, Javascript, CSS, Flash development, and XD as well as supporting the business development team.

2003 Jul - 2006 Jan
SENIOR DESIGNER
THE NPD GROUP / Port Washington

Served as the design lead and front-end developer for all digital marketing initiatives. Channels included CRM, experiential, bespoke platforms, marketing campaigns and the corporate website. Supported internal and client facing applications with front-end development, visual design and XD.

2000 Oct - 2002 Dec
DESIGNER
ALIGN COMMUNICATIONS / New York

Served as the XD, Visual Design and Front-end Development lead for marketing and proprietary asset-management platform initiatives. Provided application training and video solutions to support employee and customer on-boarding.

Education

2001
MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science in Communications, Communications

Bachelor of Science in Communications, 2001

MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY, Mansfield, Pennsylvania

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