Alex Buskey Email & Phone Number

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.

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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.

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.