Ana Ilieva Foreman Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va

Helping a wide variety of clients with their design and marketing needs. Clients include individuals, small businesses, as well as larger for- and non-profit companies:- APIA Scholars, Washington DC• CEB, VA• Associated Builders and Contractors, Washington D.C.• TPH, Trainers Publishing House, VA• immixGroup, VA• Epstein Creative, MD• Modern Media Partners, NY• Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, VA• International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration, VA• UpLevel You, NC• Georgetown University Press, Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

In charge of a creative team and rebuilding an internal creative process, while spearheadingthe effort to bring creative projects back in-house.

Performance and relationships with clients and staff resulted in a promotion to an art director in 2007, and to a department manager by the end of 2008.• Managed and supported project planning from inception, through conceptualization, to final production to service internal clients• Maintained external relationships with vendors and service providers• Manager/Team lead for up to 250+ active monthly projects• Ensured both creative and production teams acheived or attained yearly goals• Managed the timely production of all deliverables• Provided the creative lead on projects spanning the range of print, interactive, and event design• Played a crucial role in developing and integrating many of the company’s brands, while managing brand consistency• Participated in strategic decisions, and reported to the director of marketing• Successfully led and managed staff during organizational changes, at times reporting directly to the CEO • Worked with team to create yearly goals in alignment with organizational goals, and executed annual reviews• Developed a productive/creative environment by utilizing employees’ skills to achieve full potential, while also mentoring and seeking out opportunities for further development

As a senior designer responsibilities consisted of not only being a designer, but also managing and art directing part of the creative staff, while reporting to a creative and marketing manager.• Responsible for concept, design, and final production of projects in the print media• Projects consisted of: collateral, promotional, direct-mail, and membership enrollment marketing materials, editorial, advertising, package design, conference looks and materials, high-end media kits and annual reports• Completion of projects that met high design and communication level with a predetermined budget• Extensive interaction and communication with vendors and clients

Worked as an independent design contractor on short and long term projects of all scopes and sizes.• Scope of work consisted of project development, management, correspondence, preparation of estimates, and delivery of final high-end design pieces• Responsible for seeking, establishing and maintaining close relationship with clients and vendors• Projects involved: production and/or full design work for direct mail packages, logo design, brochure layout, web interface layout, collateral design concepts, etc.• Tremendous growth in the creative field, conducting not only design but art direction and project management, placing great importance on client relations while insuring high quality design

Held an important role as a Senior Designer for a creative team of an award winning ad agency.• Worked on strict deadlines, juggling a variety of projects, while producing high quality work• Responsible for concept development, creation and execution of design projects, including collateral materials, corporate identity, advertising campaigns, promotional materials, email campaigns, and web design• Participated in all project phases: client proposal preparation, brainstorming, concepting, designing, final production and press checks• Maintained close relationship with paper and print vendors, as well as clients to insure quality• Clients in the high-tech, tele-com, hospitality, fashion retail, and automotive industries;including local businesses such as The Ritz-Carlton, Rizik’s, and Ourisman

Worked as a part of a large design team in a production company.• Responsible for development and design of facilitating publications, teaching materials, course manuals, corporate brochures, advertising and promotional pieces• Design projects developed used to serve Fortune 500 clients, including Bayer Corporation, Heinz, ExxonMobil, Brystol-Myers Squibb, AT&T, etc.• Maintained a close relationship with clients from start to completion of all projects