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Charleston, South Carolina Area

A personal design, marketing and brand management source for all of your company/business needs.Many companies today leave out one of the biggest pieces of the puzzle for a company's success, marketing and advertsing. If your customers do not know who you are, where you are and what it is that you do, how can your business be successful.Nomad Designz can help you create your business plan and tailor your advertising and marketing to fit your budget and most importantly, help… Show more A personal design, marketing and brand management source for all of your company/business needs.Many companies today leave out one of the biggest pieces of the puzzle for a company's success, marketing and advertsing. If your customers do not know who you are, where you are and what it is that you do, how can your business be successful.Nomad Designz can help you create your business plan and tailor your advertising and marketing to fit your budget and most importantly, help your business succeed. Show less

Daniel Island, South Carolina

Coordinating the genesis of an in-house design agency, in order to wean Goodnoise Media from outsourcing design, to limit excessive costs and increase business profits. Managing all aspects of a project, from concept, quotes/bids, vendor relations, call to response tracking options, work delegation and outsource management. Freeing senior staff members to concentrate on increasing new business to grow the company.

Ability to coordinate and manage initial client consults, listening to the client, adapting the information into an effective concept and design. Capable of building and motivating a creative team; maintaining budget and deadline restrictions. Persuasively promoting concepts to clients, freelancers and vendors. Establishing return on investment (ROI) tracking mechanism to ensure successful client relationships and budgetary advertising. Managing all factors of a project, from concept, work… Show more Ability to coordinate and manage initial client consults, listening to the client, adapting the information into an effective concept and design. Capable of building and motivating a creative team; maintaining budget and deadline restrictions. Persuasively promoting concepts to clients, freelancers and vendors. Establishing return on investment (ROI) tracking mechanism to ensure successful client relationships and budgetary advertising. Managing all factors of a project, from concept, work delegation, quotes/bids, including outsourcing if needed. Hands-on design of collateral materials, company branding, promotional and advertising materials.• Implementing an invoicing/tracking program for internal project costs and filing• updating software and hardware, including file archiving• expanding company’s design range and client base Show less

Marketing art director of a multiple service line medical and teaching University. Coordinating initial consults with physicians and educators, including copy writers and videographers and photographers. Concept creation and marketing strategies created from data research and regional customer trends, along with projected community growth and needs information. Responsible for all project quote/bid information, graphic standard and branding standards within the budget requirements and… Show more Marketing art director of a multiple service line medical and teaching University. Coordinating initial consults with physicians and educators, including copy writers and videographers and photographers. Concept creation and marketing strategies created from data research and regional customer trends, along with projected community growth and needs information. Responsible for all project quote/bid information, graphic standard and branding standards within the budget requirements and supporting executive-level staff. All collateral service line materials, including publications, periodicals, direct mailings, stationary and business card templates and web banners. Design of University Physicians directory and referring physician materials for a physician liaison pilot program, used as a template for other medical facilities nationwide. Show less

Responsibilities included client relations, concept design and graphic design of marketing and collateral materials. Logo design, product branding, vehicle wraps and business form design. Managing all prepress operations, including color separation plate output and equipment maintenance and chemical/supply purchasing. Hardware and software maintenance for both PC and Mac platforms.• coordinated migration from metal printing plates to polyester material, reducing costs by more than more… Show more Responsibilities included client relations, concept design and graphic design of marketing and collateral materials. Logo design, product branding, vehicle wraps and business form design. Managing all prepress operations, including color separation plate output and equipment maintenance and chemical/supply purchasing. Hardware and software maintenance for both PC and Mac platforms.• coordinated migration from metal printing plates to polyester material, reducing costs by more than more than half• began first company green environment project to capture silver by-product from printing plate chemicals, to ensure no damage was done to the community’s drinking water• altered art department charges, resulting in the company’s first fiscal year profit since the departments creation Show less

Mt. Pleasant, Sc

Design and Marketing for a company that assists retail jewelry stores throughout the country to improve sales and customer traffic, store closings or bankruptcy. Work tasks included all print design, sale template packages, periodicals and newspapers, sale invitations, direct mail pieces, in-store signage and outdoor advertising and vendor relations. Also maintenance for PMT machine and office computer systems, including hardware/software and purchasing supplies.• created tracking and… Show more Design and Marketing for a company that assists retail jewelry stores throughout the country to improve sales and customer traffic, store closings or bankruptcy. Work tasks included all print design, sale template packages, periodicals and newspapers, sale invitations, direct mail pieces, in-store signage and outdoor advertising and vendor relations. Also maintenance for PMT machine and office computer systems, including hardware/software and purchasing supplies.• created tracking and archiving system for office projects• office production software and tracking mechanism• archival file recovery and redundancy backup system, to support commonly used daily files Show less

Bs, Graphic Design/Graphic Arts

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