As PM's how do you celebrate and track your career wins? Creatives have a portfolio or a body of work, but as PM's we only seem to have stories we can share. Wondering if there is anything we can do to toast ourselves after a project well done, that we can keep with us throughout our career.

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As a creative manager for over 10 years, heavily based on project timelines and milestones I had the same issue a few years ago. I was always telling myself how do I show my work. I actually had a dear colleague tell me I should create a portfolio of all the work I helped manage. So I started to collect all the print and digital materials I helped create timelines for and deliver and took pictures of all these and created a portfolio telling my stories of how I project managed each successfully. So in the interview I would bring my laptop/ipad and show them my work and tell those stories. It was the best thing I’ve ever done and can definitely separate you from other candidates!

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Exactly. I’ve successfully PMed complex creative involving multiple teams in various disciplines under insanely tight timelines. Showing the end result helps substantiate the story.

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I have a sheet with 6-8 campaigns I’m most proud of, with links to press/the campaign. I worked on it so I should get my flowers too.

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Are you able to track volume? How many projects were on-time, on-budget? Can you relate revenue impact to projects you managed?

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I have a portfolio of the campaigns, along with a list of the deliverables.

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I do!

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