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Creative Director
WR GROUP
Scottsdale, AZ
May 2010 - Oct 2022 (12 years 5 months)
Concept and develop innovative and cost-effective creative for all print and digital media projects while exceeding the needs of our wholesale clients and customers. Providing solutions that work across a wide range of media channels daily.
Manage team of designers and maintain oversight of the entire creative process from beginning to end, ensuring on-strategy concepts through to consistent rollout of production mechanicals for all SKUs; maintaining brand consistency across all materials.
Responsible for playing a lead role of driving the development of timelines with design team members and cross-functional partners and resolving problems.
Lead multiple creative projects simultaneously, determine bandwidth for new projects, and provide updates to stakeholders. Maintain and update all of the information in JIRA and SharePoint.
Participate in strategy meetings to discuss status and on-going projects in the queue.
• Coordinating timelines and deadlines across the organization
• Finding solutions within complex logistical work
• Multi-tasking with strong attention to detail
• Ability to work both independently and collaborate across teams
Proficent In:
Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator.
JIRA Cloud - Agile Project Management
Office 365 - Word, Excel, Sharepoint
Pre-Press Workflow - File Prep, Press Checks, QA Production
Digital Asset Management and Archiving
Previous Roles at WRG:
Jul 2020 - October 2022: Creative Director
Nov 2019 – Jul 2021: Creative Manager
May 2010 – Nov 2015: Creative Designer
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Graphic Designer
Regal Publications / The Catalogies
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• Manage multiple projects simultaneously in a team and deadline driven environment.
• Produce In Room Guest Directories for over 20 Resorts in the US/USVI
( Including pagination of layouts with copy and advertising)
• Create advertisements for a wide variety of high-end business and local destinations.
(Including jewelry, home resources, real estate, fine art galleries, spas/salons and restaurants)
• Work with creative concept and design execution on print and collateral materials.
• Assist in the design and page layout for high-end shopping catalogues.
• Develop and maintain brand standards while prioritizing competing demands with follow through on details.
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Graphic Design Manager
Burnsville, MN
Mar 2006 - Jul 2008 (2 years 4 months)
Was promoted to manage a newly created department apart from my previous role (Thisweek Newspapers) to grow and build a design department for B2B Publications and Community Resources.
• Oversee work flow of other designers. Delegate priorities as needed.
• Produce and design print publications for B2B networking, local tourism, relocation, and community resources.
• Create/design advertising to be placed into publications.
• Manage time lines of multiple projects and keep scheduled deadlines.
• Review design, layout, photo manipulation/color correction and preparation of files for final output.
• Maintain organized electronic files and establish production and archival procedures.
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Graphic Designer / Photo Editor
ECM Publishers - Thisweek Newspapers (now SUN Thisweek)
Nov 2001 - Mar 2006 (4 years 4 months)
• Create, revise, and produce ads designed to meet customer specifications.
• Paginate news pages for editorial layout. Color correct all photos for publication and online use.
• Design special section layouts as required for special issues
• Prepare files for prepress and submit to printer.
• Maintain Slideshow of classified advertising for local broadcast/community television.
• MFPA Award Recognition 2005 and 2006
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Graphic Designer / Marketing Intern
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Jan 2001 - Sep 2001 (8 months)
• Assist in the design of proposals.
Including creation of, error correction, collate, laminate and binding for use in presentation materials.
• Create presentation boards and marketing materials for client presentation
• Download photos from digital media file and color correct. Offer general help to other designers.
• Enter client information into ACT 2000.