Julie Saleeby Ryan

THE LIMITED BRANDS PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE / PACKAGING DESIGN Attended and participated in Design Turn Over meetings for assigned projects. Created mechanicals for US and Canada. Reviewed supplied assets, built mechanicals utilizing Illustrator, and evaluated the content information. Proof read all work prior to submitting to Production Manager and Brand Design Team for review. Obtained approvals on design layout and specifications from Brand Design Team. Implemented change management file and mechanical requests. Input changes received from mechanical routing. Provided "clean mechanicals" as required by the Regulatory team. Maintained organization for the Production server. Prepped and released mechanical files to vendors. Attended and participated in weekly and monthly Brand Design Team meetings and in weekly Production team meetings.

Deadline driven, detailed in the execution of beauty products working both independently or taking direction from an art director. Responsible for executing projects to the technical specifications of each project with Illustrator, diestrikes, foreign copy, and hi-res images for packaging design. Maintained, protected, and developed the corporate brand of beauty products with the EL Beauty Standards. Ability to oversee a large variety of projects to completion, contributing to each as necessary (Treatment, Make up, Fragrance, Travel Retail, Promotions). Understood the clients needs and executed accurate new designs. Managed and executed artwork of high volume. Trained new employees for the Production Department.

Assisted the Merchandising and Design Team with various projects including line sheeting jewelry collections, photoshop image manipulations, illustrator projects and trend research.

FREELANCER Assisted in a variety of projects including organizing designer and store window images, photoshop image manipulations, and general work related to fashion publishing.

Coordinated events with the Marketing Team. Conducted extensive research reports for the Associate Publisher and Publisher.