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Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Milwaukee, Wi

Bon Ton was one of the leading fashion retailers in the United States, operating stores such as Boston Store, Carson’s, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s, Parisian, Younkers and Bergner’s.A Premedia Cooordinator is involved in all stages of Premedia activities. Ensuring timelines are scheduled and deadlines are met. Organizing the receipt and preparation of all advertising project materials released to Premedia Department. Verifying proofs, digital scatter outputs, requested match merchandise, pagination and spec information are received at release will ensure timely production. Coordinating the color proof submit process. Preparing copy and color proofs to submit to Advertising Managers for approval. Managing the preparation and shipment of file and instructions to printers.

Sussex, Wi

Hired to support Project Managers with Short-Term project. Assisting Project Managers by entering data in web-based system, creating & updating spreadsheets, tracking merchandise samples for photo shoot. Communicating with project team and client regarding missing samples. Resulting in pagination changes, new design layout, imaging color correcting or receiving additional samples. Renaming selected images to be linked in page spreads. Proof copy and page elements. Assigned a small project of my own to communicate with on-site art director supplying information to designers, proofing, uploading final pdf's to ensure accurate on time workflow.

Milwaukee, Wi

Aiding the Licensed Product Home Category team with multiple projects including; track incoming samples, forward various information for review throughout H-D internal departments, communicate between all external parties, supply inspirational reference materials, collaborate with Video Department on Licensee TV commercial footage, locate images and ensure image rights are valid. Relay brand guidelines and trademark use; email Style Guides, and provide contracted IP’s in vector format. Proof copy along with reviewing trademark usage as a part of publication approvals. Inspect pre-production samples for legal line and registration marks. Ensure data in the web-based licensing project management software is accurate and assist Licensee with issues. Other duties include drafting correspondence letters as well as track responses, financial data entry and miscellaneous clerical tasks.

Glendale, Wi

Assisting Holocaust survivors, victims and their heirs by answering inbound calls inquiring about Project H.E.A.R.T. objectives and aiding callers in filling out documentation online. Outbound calls communicated projects goals B2B along with signing up sponsors. Additional assignments include working on spreadsheets in Excel, data entry and transferring text into HTML code

Glendale, Wi

Help customers make purchases by recommending apparel based on latest collection and fit. Use cash registers to ring up transactions along with barcode scanners. When not assisting customers, I would arrange product displays, stock shelves, take product inventory and keep sales floor clean all while achieving individual sales goal.

HPGM is a wonderful organization for the advancement of a diverse community (fostering leadership, mentoring, education, networking, and new initiatives that support Hispanics and Hispanic businesses.) It has been a fabulous experience to be involved.

Sheboygan, Wi

• Restructured a department that was backlogged by two months into meeting the 2-week turn around goal. Developed into a finely oiled, motivated, profitable team.• Streamlined the department's overall work processes, practices and standards in addition to identifying any potential problems and creating solutions. Solved artwork-retrieving issue for 720 accounts by instituting a new File Management System.• Developed processes for artwork flow within the China Division as well as traveled to the UK to aid in the redevelopment of their Graphics Division.• Participated in the initial creative meetings, helping to identify overall goals and messages to meet the project needs and delivery timelines.• Throughout the span of a project, I would build strong trusting relationships with clients and vendors, using my organizational and communication skills to coordinate/schedule prepress meetings, solve problems by supplying feedback on any possible printability issues. • With an acute attention to detail, millions of impressions were properly executed at press approvals.• Negotiated and tracked vendor cost. • Responsible for departmental expenditures with a budget of $600,000.• Sourced and managed external freelancers as well as photo shoots, when needed to ensure balanced workload of the creative staff while meeting all project deadlines and expectations.

Boca Raton, Fl

• As a Brand Expert, I was responsible for the design & development of CPG control brand along with a 29 page Style Guide, researching new competitive packaging and gathering cost information to meet financial requirements as well as ensuring company branding standards were maintained.• Collaborated with Sales and Marketing teams on a wide scope of creative projects.• Coordinated, directed and assisted photography shoots.• Partook in hiring process, trained, supervised and evaluated staff performance while monitoring department projects.• Conceptualized, designed and set up displays for trade show events and presentations.• Researched and outsourced projects with Illustrators, Photographers, Plate Makers and Press Operators, while overseeing all printed produced artwork along with setting printing standards with Buyers and Quality Control. • Analyzed and corrected designs from customer supplied electronic files as necessary which may include color correcting and image retouching/manipulations of image. • Computer management responsibilities included computer file management, maintaining graphics library and minor troubleshooting.

Hollywood, Fl

Created custom business booster pencil designs and logos in Illustrator. Photographed tabletop items with a digital camera then modified images in Photoshop. Designed trade ads, brochures and catalogs in Quark and prepared all files to go to press.

West Allis, Wi

Raised in the distribution industry of Professional Beauty Products, I acquired a variety of transferable skills by working different positions throughout the family owned distributorship: General Warehouse, Telemarketing, Store Sales, Product Consultant, Buyer, and Payroll/AP/AR. along with Equipment Sales: sold salon furniture in conjunction with offering interior design advice, developing floor plans and creating logos or miscellaneous graphic artwork. Creative Services managed anything “art” related (co-op advertising, magazines, radio, billboard and promotional materials). Including exhibits and conventions: product displays, design/literature, set up, pricing, and tear down as well as the ability to answer customer questions about merchandise.

Bfa, Photography & Graphic Design

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