Creative Project & Advertising Collateral Management

To work in a creative office environment; in a role where I can add my ideas, apply my administrative, organizational skills and experience; making a visible contribution to the outcome of projects. •Highly creative, inventive, artistic, and resourceful. Project management, administrative, and organizational skills, and experience in researching information, and sourcing products. •Creative Project Management: Nine years product development and creative project management experience in the research and design department of a direct mail catalog gift company. •Advertising Collateral Management: Compiled or designed: marketing presentation packages, trade show signs, hang tags, magazine ads, fliers, order forms, gift packaging, email blasts, and other sales department supportive advertising collateral items. Managed and archived image files for print, web, and marketing emails. Produced sample products for presentations sent to potential clients. Conceptualized and produced collateral items for advertising strategy presentation meetings. •Strong written and verbal communication abilities: Crafted product descriptive text for catalog and website advertising. Produced internal and external written communications including quotes, order forms, instructions for printing, and product orders. •Printing management of award wining 4/C catalogs and packaging: Executed or directed color corrections, and oversaw press checks on award winning direct mail catalogs. Oversaw printing projects: requested printing quotes, managed budgets, and communicated changes to outsourced designers and pre-press production personnel. •Catalog photo-shoot management and production: Managed inventory to be photographed; organized and verified according to layouts and vendors specifications. Hired photographers, stylists, booked locations, oversaw budgets. Designed and constructed sets, props, and arranged products to be photographed. •Software: Microsoft Office, Adobe CS: InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop: working knowledge of HTML. •Website Management: Website image file preparation and uploading; text formatting utilizing HTML. •Experienced in the advertising process: fashion retail, and direct mail catalog product industries. •Website updating: preparing and uploading images, graphics, and text content. •MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, both Windows and Mac platforms. •Thorough, detail oriented, persistent in the pursuit of information gathering, a determined problem solver with a friendly demeanor.

Art Director

Smyrna, GA