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Vienna, Virginia, United States

• Organize and streamline workflows to transition the print buyer’s workload into Marketing’s Production Operations.• Onboard and manage relationships with new print vendors and maintain high security protocols. • Prepare Marketing’s Annual Financial Plan, track print and postage costs monthly, and analyze trends.• Troubleshoot, problem solve and document software and workflow processes. • Train and mentor teammates on software and workflows.

Vienna, Virginia, United States

• Manage 1,200+ print production projects for direct mail, events, and branch materials to ensure on time delivery.• Develop, streamline, document, and train workflows for Production Operation’s.• Prepare Marketing’s Annual Financial Plan, track print and postage costs monthly, and analyze trends.• Troubleshoot, problem solve and mediate technical and workflow processes. • Recommend efficiencies and cost saving opportunities for print and postage costs.

Vienna, Virginia, United States

• Perform Marketing Print Production duties specific to direct mail, projects and initiatives. • Lead the print production workflow for branch openings, direct reprints, branch campaign materials, tax-related mailings, and monthly matrix mailings.• Manage projects efficiently and identify important production and operational information to ensure accurate execution.• Provide quality control reviews on all specification documents, proofs, print files and other information provided to Procurement or external vendors.• Work closely with project managers and product strategists to identify important task dates and production requirements for more complex projects. • Determine print quantities by researching historical information and usage volumes for internal stock and materials.• Identify cost savings by finding alternative print options and other efficiencies.

Alexandria, Va

• Paint oil on canvas, Surreal-Abstract art• Host painting groups for individuals• Create commissioned art work

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Manage the budgets related to the AV Program renovation and lifecycle projects.• Process requisitions, change orders, and invoices for payment to vendors.• Document workflows for training purposes.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Managed an average of 54% of the monthly workload. In August, managed 70% of the primary workload. - Percentage of jobs managed: 54% of Branding, 62% of Publications, 49% of Print (excluding Publications), 49% of Digital. - Improved the department’s efficiency and ability to meet deadlines by adjusting the way jobs were scheduled. Insured on-time delivery of design projects.- Create, distribute timelines and statements of work for events, publications, and branding. - Lead meetings and collaborate on design projects with clients, creative, and vendors according to project specifications. - Provide clients with project recommendations and estimates, to insure the proper promotion of their project. - Document workflows, and resources for training clients and new Project Managers on the project management software, print shop and mail room procedures. - Maintain the list of projects for chargebacks and provide the necessary information to billing upon project completion.

Alexandria, Virigina

• Manages the production of 30+ books and reprints, 12 TD Magazines, The Public Manager quarterly, 13+ TD at Work periodicals, and over 300 marketing print and promotional projects annually. • Works with marketing, editorial and the vendor to include marketing pieces into TD Magazine such as brochures, cover-tips, tip-ins, bind-ins, and blow-in cards. • Researched and selected vendors based on price, quality, and reliability. Built and maintained vendor relationships. • Trained the Production Specialist to pull postal reports from Business Customer Gateway, invoices, and Central Account Processing System (CAPS), to prepare the annual Statement of Ownership report for TD Magazine and TD at Work.• Trained the Production Specialist to pull and process the TD at Work renewal letters workflow for subscription retention. • Completed transitioning the company name change, address, and bank account information to American Society for Training & Development d/b/a Association for Talent Development with the post office, CAPS, and vendor accounts.• Completed transitioning the name change for T+D Magazine to TD Magazine, and Infoline to TD at Work with USPS and vendors.

Alexandria, Virginia

• Manages the production of a wide variety of print and creative projects, includes books, magazines and direct mailers. • Serves as the liaison between our creative, production, marketing, product teams, and external vendors. • Prepares detailed specifications, request print bids, analyze pricing, select vendors, traffic files and proofs, and oversees quality control and distribution.

Mclean, Va

• Managed, coached, trained and evaluated twelve direct reports.• Scheduled staff on a weekly, monthly and quarterly rotation to ensure proper coverage.• Collaborated with Editorial, Advertising Operations, Field Operations and Quality Control to create new products, ensure quality standards and meet deadlines. • Oversaw the image quality and advertisement production workflows for the USA TODAY and USA WEEKEND products. Included newsprint and glossy magazines. • Managed the creation of special advertisement features for USA TODAY and the Travel Getaways print and online advertisements for USA WEEKEND. Created prototypes to sell new product and advertisement ideas. • Managed the pagination and transmission of the USA TODAY and USA WEEKEND products to 40 domestic print sites and 21 PDF customers internationally. • Troubleshot internal and remote-site workflow issues to ensure on-time press starts. • Conducted application tests to simplify manual workflows. • Developed, streamlined and documented workflows to improve efficiency and set standards. • Oversaw and maintained supply inventory of equipment and worked with vendors.

Mclean, Va

• Created visual materials related to the promotion of USA TODAY products. • Managed design projects from start to finish that included logos, brochures, training manuals, exhibit posters, invitations, online ads, animated graphics, etc.

Filming and editing services.