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Graphic Designer
Menomonee Falls, WI
Jul 2012 - Present (12 years 4 months)
Graphic Designer for Creative Production Design Team — designing advertisements and layouts for various inserts and direct mail. Duties include collaborating with Merchants, Photo Studio and Ad Planning partners to solve creative challenges while maintaining business objectives and strategies, following established design processes from conceptualization to final print stages, and collaborating with team members to ensure creative integrity remains consistent and intact. Also strong emphasis on managing deadlines and driving process improvements to better leverage resources in the ever-evolving retail environment.
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Production Designer
Menomonee Falls, WI
Nov 2010 - Jul 2012 (1 year 8 months)
Production Designer for Creative Production Set-Up Team. Duties included checking artwork and layouts for consistency and accuracy, troubleshooting potential pre-press issues, creating and reformatting special artwork, and facilitating communication between Designers and Production Team. Responsibilities also included designing ads and layouts with Creative Production Design Team — solving creative challenges while addressing business objectives and strategies, implementing design processes from conceptualization to final print stages, and collaborating with team members to ensure creative integrity remains intact.
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Graphic Designer
Brookfield, WI
Jun 2006 - Nov 2010 (4 years 5 months)
Graphic Designer within Marketing Department. Duties included special project and ad design, various marketing for corporate headquarters, marketing and branding for real estate agents, luxury home marketing, marketing and branding for developmental real estate, new agent and employee training, trade show preparation and some department administration.
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Junior Graphic Designer
Brookfield, WI
Jul 2005 - Jun 2006 (11 months)
Junior Graphic Designer within Marketing Department. Responsibilities included special project and ad design, marketing and branding for real estate agents, luxury home marketing, new agent and employee training, trade show preparation and set-up, and some department administration.
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Marketing Assistant
Brookfield, WI
Jul 2003 - Jul 2005 (2 years)
Marketing Assistant for Marketing Department. Duties included special project and ad design, special promotion and corporate merchandise coordination, order processing and billing, new agent and employee training, trade show preparation and set-up, and department administration.
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Marketing Intern
Brookfield, WI
May 2003 - Jul 2003 (2 months)
Intern for Marketing Department. Responsibilities included special project and ad design, luxury home marketing and department administration.