Hi, my name is Josh Adams.
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If I had to sum up my work in a sentence, it would be this: I help teams bring clarity to complex work.
I’m a marketing operations and program leader who enjoys building the systems that help creative, product, and marketing teams move forward with confidence. That might mean designing better planning workflows, aligning stakeholders across functions, or simply helping teams focus on what matters most.
My interest in storytelling started long before my career did. As a kid, I would dictate stories to my grandmother for her to type up before I could even write them myself. That early love for narrative eventually evolved into a career that blends communication, systems thinking, and operational leadership.
Professional Background
Over the past 9+ years, I’ve worked across marketing operations, creative operations, digital marketing, and project leadership roles, which has given me a unique perspective on how work actually moves through organizations and where it tends to break down.
Currently, I serve as Marketing Traffic Manager at Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), where I oversee intake, prioritization, planning, and workflow coordination across marketing, creative, web, email, and digital initiatives. The role sits at the intersection of systems design and execution, focused on helping teams operate more efficiently while improving alignment, visibility, and delivery consistency across the organization.
Prior to AORN, I served as Senior Manager of Marketing Operations at RVO Health, where I led and supported initiatives focused on intake systems, operational reporting, capacity planning, and workflow governance across brands including Healthline, Healthgrades, Optum Now, Medical News Today, and Novant Health.
Earlier in my career, I worked as a Project Manager at Twenty Ideas, a digital agency based in Eugene, Oregon, leading initiatives across healthcare, media, and education technology while coordinating designers, developers, strategists, and client stakeholders through fast-moving digital projects.
I began my career at CBT Nuggets, an online IT training company, where I worked across content marketing, campaign operations, and cross-channel digital initiatives.
Across roles, the thread that ties my work together is helping teams make sense of complexity and execute with greater clarity.
Education
I earned my undergraduate degree in Advertising from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication and am currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Marketing through the University of Colorado Denver’s fully online program.
Personal Interests
Outside of work and school, I enjoy exploring the Pacific Northwest, running the occasional 10K, indulging in cuisine of just about any kind (ask me about my favorite sushi), and obnoxiously singing along to pop music.
Thanks so much for visiting my portfolio. Feel free to drop me a line, I’m always open to connecting and discussing potential collabs.
