Katherine Turner
About Katherine Turner
Katherine Turner is a Senior Program Director at Condé Nast, where she has worked since 2019. With a background in marketing and project management, she has held various roles in notable companies and has a strong educational foundation in communication and marketing.
Work at Condé Nast
Katherine Turner has been employed at Condé Nast since 2019, initially serving as Program Director for Data Products. In 2020, she advanced to the role of Senior Program Director. Her tenure at Condé Nast has focused on enhancing project management and collaboration within data initiatives. She has implemented processes to improve communication and documentation, such as creating a template for release notes and establishing a streamlined work intake process for project requests.
Previous Experience
Before joining Condé Nast, Katherine Turner held several positions in marketing and program management. She worked at Sotheby's as a Web and Marketing Coordinator from 2013 to 2014. She then joined Experian Marketing Services, where she served as Senior Account Manager for Cross Channel Marketing from 2014 to 2016, and later as Senior Program Lead in the Global Agile & Program Management Office from 2016 to 2017. Additionally, she was a Senior Program Manager at PebblePost from 2017 to 2019.
Education and Expertise
Katherine Turner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies with a focus on Public Relations from Chapman University, where she studied from 2008 to 2010. She also completed the CORe Credential of Readiness program at Harvard Business School Online in 2018. Earlier in her academic career, she studied Marketing and Communication Studies at The American University of Rome from 2005 to 2006.
Project Management Initiatives
In her roles, Katherine Turner has designed and implemented various project management initiatives. She created a roadmap delivery tracker to monitor quarterly milestones, enhancing transparency and identifying potential delays. She also introduced a formalized requirements process for data initiatives, which included kickoff meetings and project templates to standardize project execution. Additionally, she partnered with engineering leadership to implement agile processes across data engineering teams.