Alex Buskey Email & Phone Number

Burlington, Ia, Us

Burlington, Ia, Us

Waterbury, Vermont, United States

Graphic Designer, Adaptive Design & Production Art - Keurig Dr Pepper• Works cooperatively with creative and brand management to design, adapt and rework product packaging artwork and assets across multiple packaging dimensions.• Creates realistic 3D renderings, illustrations, composite photos and sales collateral as necessary for brand enterprises in both print and digital media.• Builds and maintains layered active templates to reduce repetitive work wherever possible making rework and alterations less time consuming, and ensuring proper output and format for final media.• Reviews all legal, nutritional and packaging compliance content and communicates proactively with company specialists to ensure rapid approvals in all stages of artwork proofing and review.• Stays aware of printing requirements throughout all creative projects with great attention to detail in order to streamline the premedia/preflight stage and achieve the best possible quality on press.• Refreshed and revived consumer packaging for more than 25 beverage brands and 1,000 items while updating to the latest brand guidelines and newest company templates and dielines for recyclable packaging.

Remote

Graphic Designer, Sun Common• Produced company collateral, signage and display advertising, working with company executives to push the creative envelope while maintaining established brand guidelines.• Created illustrations and 3D renderings as needed for new initiatives.

Remote / Waterbury, Vermont

Project Manager, Keurig Green Mountain• Drove and expedited packaging review and revision process for over 80 brands and more than 1,400 CPG items through attention to detail and clear communication for greater team awareness.• Provided tracking, schedule and analysis for current status and timelines for project and item completion. • Identified blind spots and pain points in both data and plans and seeks out missing information as well as possible alternate routes.• Bridged gap in client staffing, readily stepping in to assist with employee transition, taking on 6-month role to foster client/partner relationship in process and keep forward momentum on over 180 CPG items across 3 major partner brands and 4 projects.• Facilitated weekly preproduction calls for alignment among press and creative teams, partners and vendors for print set up and color issues as well as any timing concerns.• Provided training, documentation and ongoing support to 2 new hires for smooth staffing transition.

South Burlington, Vermont

• Managed website projects, updated and maintained company intranet, public website, social media and internal web-based marketing system, ensuring quality user experience and functionality.• Wrote and edited copy as needed for company branding, SEO, press releases and consumer information as well as instructions for staff, management and associate training for company technologies.• Produced 1,000’s of recurrent company print advertisements highlighting more than 10,000 real estate listings, managing tight deadlines while addressing immediate staff, management, associate and vendor needs.• Developed automation for company intranet, managing data export from SQL database to XML for streamlined import into Adobe InDesign, increasing print productivity by approximately 30% and reducing production time by about 12 hours per week.• Edited, color corrected and toned in excess of 100 photos weekly for both print and web use, automating processes using PS Actions to save over 5 hours of labor per week. • Aided in the redesign and illustration of the company logo through 3 mergers and 2 brand redesigns, produced vector files for high resolution printed output as well as internet and email applications.• Launched 7 separate iterations of www.lmsre.com and www.langrealestate.com through teamwork, careful planning and project management, content creation, production, copy writing and editing.• Pursued current events and education to stay informed and aware of technological advances in marketing. Past projects and milestones implemented include blogging, quick response codes, mobile/responsive design, mobile apps & social media.

Shelburne, Vt

Marketing Consultant, ZQuiet:• Monitored, calculated and charted daily and weekly revenue stream for national internet, television and radio marketing campaign.• Calculated MER, ROI and red-flagged any major changes to fine-tune financial expenditure.• Calibrated incoming phone calls and provided feedback and analysis for employee coaching and to improve customer experience.