Peggy Berns

Morton Grove and Des Plaines Account Executive and Production Artist Designed and produced promotional materials for many types of products and services in different industries including sporting goods, entertainment and special events, industrial, banking, food, and restaurants.

Zenith, ITW, Berkshire Hathaway and others Various freelance projects which included customer service, sales, email response, writing, tracking and problem solving, scanning, retouching, cropping, organizing, labeling, filing, storing, updating, combining, formatting, researching, and analyzing and collecting data. New Venture Advisors Projects included writing, researching, proofreading, and formatting for Food Systems Assessments, Feasibility Studies, and Business Plans for various projects across the US. Created and wrote NVA weekly briefs which were included in company blog posts for marketing purposes. Tracked results of research studies in Survey Monkey.

Artist, Catalog Production Scheduler and Supervisor in the advertising/marketing department of a scientific instrument company.

Improved company performance by successfully coordinating new product designs, promotional materials, sales sheets, packaging and displays, resulting in over 10 new product introductions. Managed vendors and outside agencies in the development of artwork, photography and printing. Wrote copy for promotional materials for new and existing products. Coordinated a unified company marketing program and contributed to the development of marketing plans and trade shows.

Designed graphics for in-house marketing presentations, planned and organized meetings and events, tracked, scheduled and routed projects. Monitored and researched the department's project invoicing and budgeting using financial software. Negotiated contracts with external suppliers and agencies, trained new employees, taught Junior Achievement at grade schools.