CAREER SUMMARY

Graphic designer | team manager | advertising copywriter

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Four years of experience; proven success in team development and inter-departmental collaboration that has led to a decrease in advertisement corrections across multiple publications. Proficient in design, advertisement copywriting and campaign development. Big-picture focused, driven and creative.

EXPERIENCE

 

Renaissance Publishing (2017-Present)

Production Manager, Production Designer

• Interviewed, hired and trained new staff while creating and refining department procedures to maximize efficiency

• Managed a team of three (two designers and a traffic coordinator) to deliver ads for six in-house and 21 custom publications throughout the year

• Established regular listening sessions with other department heads that led to a full workday’s decrease in turnaround time for ad processing

• Developed and led lunch-and-learn sessions, which led to an overall 32% reduction in corrections across publications

• Created and edited print and web advertisements at an average rate of 42 ads per day

• Organized special sales promotions end to end, from initial naming concept to page design to implementation in print and on web

 

Gatehouse Media [Creative Solutions] (2016-2017)

Graphic Designer

• Designed digital and print advertisements and campaigns for local newspapers across the country in the Gatehouse network

• Created corporate creative pieces that were widely distributed and used internally and externally, including presentations, training documents and onboarding and offboarding materials

 

Gannett [Phoenix Design Studio] (2016)

Page Designer & Editor

• Developed section fronts and interiors for newspaper and magazine sections across the U.S., including for the Arizona Republic and other Gannett properties

• Worked across departments, from weekly features to daily sports and news, while providing consistently high-quality standout work on tight and changing deadlines