Mini CRM / Outreach Campaign Operations System

Creating a structured, repeatable system for contact management, outreach campaign coordination, relationship tracking, and data capture and pipeline tracking across commercialization work.

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Team Size

8 Months

Project Duration

$12K

Project Budget Context

Project Overview

Objective

Designed and implemented a CRM and outreach campaign system, creating a structured process for contact management, campaign coordination, relationship tracking, follow-up, and data capture and pipeline tracking across commercialization work.

Role

Project Manager | CRM & Outreach Operations Lead

Status

Completed

Tools Used

  • Airtable (contact tracking, automations, AI agents)
  • Calendly (meeting and call scheduling)
  • Slack (team notifications)
  • Bulk email extension (outreach campaigns)
  • Structured forms (data capture and pipeline tracking)

Initiating and Planning

Project Charter

Defined project scope, objectives, and deliverables for the Mini CRM and outreach campaign operations system

Project Management Plan

Outlined the approach for contact management, campaign coordination, data capture, pipeline tracking, and team communication

Communication Plan

Established how project updates, campaign progress, and outreach pipeline activity would be shared with the project team

Issue Log

Tracked emerging questions, technical concerns, and decisions in a running issue log throughout the project. Applied SME feedback gathered before kickoff to shape the delivery approach.

Stakeholder Alignment

Aligned with team members and SMEs on scope and approach for the CRM and outreach campaign system before contact outreach began

Executing and Monitoring

Workflow Build and Rollout

Built and rolled out the CRM and outreach campaign system, managing contact outreach, meeting and call scheduling, data capture and pipeline tracking, and team communication. Configured Airtable-based tracking and automations, including follow-up reminders, Slack notifications, meeting coordination, and AI-assisted meeting-note summaries.

Outreach Operations

Ran the outreach process, drafting campaign messages and configuring a bulk-email extension to send campaigns in batches of up to 800 contacts. Managed contact outreach, campaign coordination, data capture and pipeline tracking, and project-team communication through connected Airtable, Calendly, and Slack workflows.

Stakeholder Reporting

Reported outreach activity, campaign progress, and emerging findings to the project team on a regular basis.

Progress Monitoring

Tracked outreach volume, outreach pipeline status, and follow-up activity throughout the project

Closing and Outcomes

Delivered stakeholder reports, documented lessons learned, and formally closed the CRM and outreach campaign system after the project phase concluded.

Reusable CRM & Campaign Framework

Created a structured system that made contact management, outreach campaign coordination, and pipeline tracking easier to document and repeat across the project.

Lessons Learned

Documented what worked, what needed adjustment, and how the system could be applied to future CRM and outreach campaign operations.

Formal Project Closure

Completed all closing deliverables including final stakeholder reports and full project documentation for the CRM and outreach campaign system.


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