Sue Ligertwood

• Over 15 years experience, providing creative design solutions to meet and exceed client’s needs from product development to exciting finished products in print and digital formats within the educational publishing industry.
• Strategic thinker and creative problem-solver, with the ability to listen, understand, and interpret a client, an editor, or a team member’s ideas. Able to identify a client or a team’s needs in creating or improving a product in order to maximize sales.
• Project management skills include attending client meetings and presenting designs to clients, writing project proposals, negotiating fees for all projects, establishing workflows and scope of work with all clients. Responsible for all project schedules and budgets. Fiscal responsibilities include both budget and revenue.
• Web design certificate will be awarded in April 2018 demonstrates a current understanding of advances in design, technology and trends.
• Production expertise include prepping files either for the printer or as digital assets for the web.

Clients include: Pearson, McGraw-Hill Education, Aptara (Texas, Boston, and India), Lumina, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations

Designer in the Marketing Department
• Designed and produced brochures, ads, invitations, sell sheets, catalogs, banners, posters, emails, and landing pages that promoted Sadlier’s products at conferences, sales meetings or to stakeholders within the educational market.
• Created and revised emails, landing pages, web banners and web pages using Hubspot and Silverpop.
• Designed web banners for Facebook.
• Tracked projects on a web-based project management system.

• Conceptualized and designed the New York state book for Pearson’s Social Studies series.
• Worked in an integrated onshore-offshore workflow.
• Ability to communicate concepts and troubleshoot issues remotely.

• Prioritized and executed multiple projects simultaneously with in-house designers and design studios by using clear
and effective written and verbal communication.
• Prototyped and designed textbooks for grades K–8.
• Used strong interpersonal skills to enrich vendor relations.
• Tracked projects in a digital workflow (K4)

Design Manager
• Managed a team of staff designers to develop concepts and produce covers and interiors of books.
• Worked closely with the Marketing Department to reflect the current trends in order to remain competitive in the market.
• Collaborated with the Production Department to create schedules. Responsible for maintaining strict deadlines and budgets. Produced weekly status reports and attended weekly status meetings.
• Extensive experience checking press proofs and being on press.