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Team Leadership | Management | Graphic & Web Design | Color Expertise | Print Design | Vendor Relations | Project Lead | Customer Service | Budget Management | Manufacturing | Marketing Trends | Photography | Strategic Visionary | Training
Team Leader with a passion for learning and a love for people. Experienced background in multiple areas, including project implementation, marketing campaigns, data analysis, vendor management, and client relations. A big picture person with a tech savvy eye for the squeaky details. Adept at honing and communicating strategies to meet deadlines and needs of cross-functional teams on all projects. Team collaborator who continually fosters a safe, positive, and professional workspace for all teams creating a diverse, rich, culture of inclusion through empathy, active listening, honesty, and integrity.Experience
Led diverse projects, encompassing print solutions, marketing campaigns, brand identities, websites, and product manufacturing. Managed teams overseeing Print Production, Graphic Design, and Vendor Management, ensuring meticulous adherence to budgets and deadlines. Cultivated over a decade of expertise with a prominent music book publisher, achieving fluency in print design and book manufacturing processes.
- Successfully managed a team of vendors, overseeing their performance and ensuring adherence to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Ensured that Service Level Agreements (SLAs) were consistently met, maintaining high standards of service delivery.
- Orchestrated the production of over 2-3 million books annually with a major manufacturing vendor, coordinating efforts to meet seasonal demands and strict delivery deadlines.
- Implemented strategic measures based on data analysis to enhance productivity, resulting in timely completion of book production cycles.
- Championed strong vendor relationships, optimizing collaboration for improved outcomes and meeting company objectives.
- Managed department budgets of 200K and 750K, overseeing financial resources for both hourly and exempt employees, ensuring fiscal responsibility and efficiency.
Proven Graphic Designer with over a decade of expertise, specializing in crafting impactful identity and logo designs. Demonstrated creative design solutions for print manufacturing and web while establishing healthy strong client relationships ensuring client deliverables were met on-time and within budget.
Collaborated with media consulting teams to shape compelling branding portfolios for small businesses and non-profits, consistently delivering strong logos and achieving notable branding accomplishments.
Applied design skills to create engaging layouts for local newspapers, ads, infographics, center spreads, and Parks & Recreation quarterly community program catalogs.
Proficient in essential design principles, including UX, color theory, typography, and layout.
Established new brand identities and developed comprehensive client brand guidelines.
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite; Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign page layout and PDF print output.
- Understands HTML, CS, and WordPress with Sharepoint experience complemented by strong skills in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
Pioneered the creation of new workflows to enhance internal proofing processes within departments and streamline external vendor proofing, occasionally conducting press checks to guarantee top-notch quality. Trained departments on InDesign, Photography and improved workflows.
- Demonstrated a commitment to continuous improvement by implementing strategies that optimized efficiency and maintained high standards in the production and proofing phases.
- Overhauled proofing workflows, achieving a remarkable 17% reduction in processing time, resulting in significant time and cost savings.
- Written and created multiple on-boarding training materials and work instructions.