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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Or, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Portland, Oregon, Us

Drove creative design strategy, experience design and conceptual leadership for engaging brand development and support, B2B and B2C advertising, e-commerce, social and paid media marketing, events, interactive design, motion video, and training programs. Led and supported highly creative team consisting of art directors, production designers, writers, programmers and videography editors and technology staff to collaborate on a remote basis to propel storytelling through project development (digital technology and print assets) and strong presentations. Helped to educate staff on strong project management skills, workflow and QA testing best-practices while prioritizing strategic marketing trends - connecting effective messaging to audience needs.Noteworthy achievements:• Awarded ratings reports of 4.5/5 and 5/5 stars for a complex multi-part Sales & Marketing Group eLearning series conducted by the Intel internal review team.• Created 3D rapid-development process to communicate effectively in negotiating solutions for trade show booth properties and designing inspiring marketing product development proposals.

Altamonte Springs, Fl, Us

Oversaw, managed, and supported the Creative Services department in strategy, design, brand identity, marketing, operations and training activities- including creative proposals, project plans, team recruiting, development and alignment as well as resource allocation. Served as coach and provided supervision, feedback and mentorship. Collaborated closely with clients to translate their vision, strategic direction and business requirements to propel brand / identity development, promotional, sales, training applications. Leveraged my ability to prioritize to ensure the timely completion of all deliverables, including brand and business strategy, digital media, illustration, animation / video and traditional print materials to reconcile creativity with department profitability.Noteworthy achievements:• Designed and developed creative sales training for Sunglass Hut that resulted in double-digit same-store sales increases for three consecutive years, created hybrid digital and print training and communications programs focused on cultural, hiring and customer service topics that resulted in a performance report of 125% over plan.• Instrumental in extending Brand Identity contract renewal process by 400% (to 4 years) with one of the largest non-profit healthcare providers in the US (Advent Health) to develop their logo and brand guidelines.• Established in-house design department staffing from an initial skeleton team of external partners to build full-time design, development and copywriting studio within two years. Growing staffing, media design capability and high-quality marketing project implementation by 300% in the following two years.

Portland, Or, Us

Provided motivated and active collaborative leadership, insight and vision as Team Lead in the areas of coaching, creative concept development, UX and UI innovation and individual contributor art direction to tailor marketing to intended audiences. Provide feedback, mentorship, advocacy, overseeing and inspiring creative teams for a broad variety of communication vehicles, including print, web and interactive media for clients, such as Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Tektronix, Dell, and others.