Creative Directer, Art Department Manager
Torrance, Ca
• Responsible for hiring, managing, art directing, & developing a staff of 6.• Worked in creative partnership with the president, product managers, laboratory staff & growing international & subsidiary departments to develop, design and produce: very successful direct mail & marketing materials, brochures & other collateral for manufactured & distributed products, page advertising, catalogs (400pgs in 2 languages & 5 versions), press releases, new product launches, packaging, training materials, exhibits, multi-media, events and corporate communications.• Developed & implemented workflows, documentation, policies and procedures where none existed.• Successfully negotiated an extremely demanding workflow, facilitating many solutions on the fly. • Wrote complex RFQs & managed vendor relationships and selection. • Sourcing, print production & press checks of sheet-fed, web, flexo, screenprinting, etc. • Experience with PDF workflow & direct to plate printing.