Makenzie David
Director of Project Planning

Mentors project planners
and grew up an outdoor kid.

As a leader...
  • Leads project planning as a strategic function, driving efficiency, consistency and scalability across complex, multi-channel client work
  • Oversees project performance across timelines, budgets and resources, ensuring clarity, accountability and strong financial outcomes
  • Partners across account, creative, strategy and analytics teams to keep work connected, aligned and moving forward effectively
  • Mentors and develops project planners, sets teams up for success through clear processes and takes the lead on larger projects
  • Started at Simantel in 2016 as a temp project manager and has worked her way up the ranks of the management team to her current role as director of project planning
  • Attended St. Ambrose University and graduated with a bachelor’s in public relations and strategic communications and multiple minors in marketing, management and organization leadership

...and

Makenzie’s family is actively involved in the Heart of Illinois chapter of Whitetails Unlimited, a nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation and the preservation of white-tailed deer and their environment. Through this work, they help outfit special needs youth with everything they need, teach them about safety and conservation, and take them on an annual deer hunt each year. The organization also supports a variety of conservation initiatives throughout the local community.

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