Jennifer Smith, Director of Project Management,The New School

Jennifer Smith is a PMI-certified project manager currently working at The New School in New York City. She has worked in higher education and technology for most of her career, having spent over ten years working in the Music Technology and IT departments at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, prior to moving to New York.

In NYC, she worked as a producer and project manager at several interactive agencies. She managed a large and diverse portfolio of websites, DVDs and interactive projects for government, banking, entertainment, and restaurant and hotel entities before joining The New School in 2003. The New School is a progressive university in NYC with 10,000 degree students studying design, liberal arts and social sciences, management, and performing arts.

In the role of Director of Online Media in the Communications Dept., Jennifer oversaw the entire public web presence for all administrative and academic divisions of the University and managed and mentored Online Media staff members. In 2011, she transitioned to Information Technology and her current position, Director of IT Project Management.

Jennifer provides leadership in planning, managing, and implementing a wide array of technology projects for the Systems and Network group in IT. She oversee systems and methodologies to manage the IT network group’s project portfolio and communication plans. She enjoys collaborating with IT team members and stakeholders throughout the University.