• Responsible for all marketing planning and production with an annual spend of $1.5MM in the US and Canada for one of the largest video retail companies in North America• Recognize and solve problems affecting production including schedules, staff, quality and delivery of product• Assign project to designers and manage production for materials across multiple media platforms• Ensure that the production is cost effective and quality is maintained for assets supporting over 2,700 stores• Make sure that products are produced and delivered on time• Liaison among corporate departments and field management

• Created design elements including direct mail pieces, in-store point of purchase, newspaper ads, neighborhood marketing materials, web banners, email newsletters and more• Proficient in both PC and Mac platforms

• Provided procurement outsourcing services to generate and sustain savings for clients in the retail and health care industries• Gathered information from the client and communicated that information to vendors to begin the bidding process• Reviewed bids and returned to the client with pricing and production recommendations• Submitted orders to vendors along with art locations and POs• Tracked the order from the time art was downloaded until the items were delivered to ensure customer satisfaction• Located and setup new vendors

• Managed sites daily to ensure they were operating efficiently• Communicated with newsrooms for daily news updates• Designed ads for clients and in-house special promotional campaigns for five websites• Redesigned the mastheads and directories for four websites

• Designed ads and special promotional campaigns for Wiregrass Classified Marketplace• Redesigned the classified section• Paginated classified pages for five publications• Set-up and output weekly inserts• Downloaded and manipulated ads for companies such as Dillards, McRaes, Parisian and other corporate stores• Communicated daily with other departments

• Responsible for reaching a daily sales goal and most register transactions.