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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Translate creative briefs into engaging and effective visual and text layouts for a variety of formats and channels, including intranet, digital signage, social, e-mail, and print for all Bank stakeholders, both internal and external audiences.

Chicago

• Conceptualize and execute design for a variety of print, web, and e-mail marketing projects, engaging stakeholders and improving the visibility of Community Development both internally and externally
• Publish ProfitWise News & Views, a quarterly community and economic development publication; transition format to digital/web and survey readership on potential improvements and content
• Lead the development and design of multi-channel, custom coded e-mails and mobile app for hosted events

Chicago, Illinois

Projects included direct mail, web banners, brochures, ads, inserts and other corporate collateral.

Morris, IL

• Managed, designed and produced “on-brand” marketing materials, from concept through print and web of all marketing and communications materials, including presentations, advertisements, promotional items, signage.

Clarendon Hills, IL

Created marketing materials including website, logo, posters, ads, direct mail, flyers, banners, promotional displays. Designed and managed content on company website.

Riverwoods, IL

Projects included direct mail, email design, web landing pages, flash banners, brochures, ads, inserts

Peru, Illinois

• Managed six designers and the development of all marketing materials for LKCS and its 100+ clients
• Supervised designers’ schedules and workflow processes to insure project deadlines and budgets were met and to allow for help in other departments when needed
• Worked with senior management providing strategic creative input for the Company’s top clients
• Directed the new “Logoed Products” service — created monthly product emails, regularly updated website event ideas, and produced in-house catalog of products
• Oversaw the new “Variable Data Print” (VDP) service — developed a new departmental system for producing variable data print materials and created monthly variable matrix templates Major Achievements∞ Developed and.

Downers Grove, Illinois

• Provided creative direction to in-house creative team (three designers and one communications specialist) on the development of all marketing communications materials, including direct mail, advertisements, promotional.
• Managed staff and supervised workflow process to insure brand/graphic standards, deadlines and budgets were met
• Developed and maintained relationships with outside vendors including advertising agency, printers, writers, and illustrators
• Worked closely with Bank’s Information Systems to create and maintain websites, micro sites and Flash splash web pages for both Intranet and Internet
• Provided Marketing Directors strategic & creative input for the development of marketing materials to help produce strategy-based collateral that met business unit needs
• Implemented and directed creative plans, budgets, timelines and other components for websites, annual reports and other major marketing projects templatesMajor Achievements∞ Managed the re-design of Bank’s website.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

• Created marketing materials (web and print) and managed projects from concept through final production in a tight-budgeted, team-oriented, in-house marketing department for a large financial and information services.
• Developed and maintained relationships with outside vendors including printers, writers, illustrators, and advertising agency
• Worked closely with E-commerce Director to create websites, micro sites and Flash web pages
• Managed marketing projects’ budgets, deadlines and quotes Major Achievements∞ Played a key role in the development of the new brand standards for Transamerica; communicated the new standards to internal customers and.

Chicago, Illinois

• Managed, designed and produced “on-brand” marketing materials, from concept through print and web, in an in-house creative department for a large commercial financing company
• Worked closely with marketing managers and senior level management for all nine divisions of the company (including regional offices)
• Managed and maintained vendor relationships with printers and advertising agencies
• Maintained all of the department’s computers by providing technical support, troubleshooting, upgrades, new purchases of hardware/software and system/network backupsMajor Achievements∞ Supervised a junior level.

Bachelor Of Arts, Graphic Design & Advertising Design

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