Tom Hart Is an Operations Expert

For the Past 15 Years, He’s Been Thinking About How Things Could Be Easier, Less Painful, and More Fun

2023–2024

Chief Operating Officer

North Street Creative

Overview

Leading From The Front
Four direct reports encompassing Design, Development, Project Management, and QA

Achievements

Financial Oversight
As the EOS Implementer®, I turned a 15% (six-figure) loss into a 25% (six-figure) profit
Leading From The Front
Replaced outgoing staff with the right profile of incoming hires, spending 33% less in salary on a more performant team
"Keep It Simple Stupid"
Replaced "process" with mentality to address ongoing project challenges
Everyone Wins
Installed and enabled the company's first ever profit-based bonus
2022-2023

Senior Digital Project Manager

Lemonade Creative

Overview

Starting Over
The company's first post-Covid hire, I steadied the day-to-day operations through rigorous project management, account management, QA, and advising the owners on sales and operational strategy
2012–2022

Founder

Jolly Edition

Overview

Very Small Business
Selling, creating, and managing design services for the most important day of the client's life

Achievements

Getting it Done
Produced 500 projects across a decade in business
2012

Senior UI Designer & Web Developer

10to8

Branding
Defining the (start-up) core values; formalizing how that looked and felt
Product
Designing and developing the product and public-facing website
2011–2012

Web Designer

Abcam

Public Website
Interface design and development for billion-dollar ecommerce
2009–2010

Web Designer

BlackLight Software

Interface Design
Incremental updates to the public website
Agency Websites
Microsoft SharePoint public websites for clients