David Lawter Email & Phone Number

New York, NY

Manage production for Colgate-Palmolive Home Care, Personal Care and Oral Care packaging.Brands: Colgate Toothpaste & Toothbrushes, Palmolive Dish Liquid, Palmolive Naturals, Irish Spring, Softsoap, Ajax, Fabuloso, Protex, Hill's Pet Food, Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick, Suavitel, Murphy's Oil Soap, Tom's of Maine, Softlan, Fleecy, Axion, Soupline

• Print Procurement & Press Check Supervision
• Production Direction & Execution for Print, Packaging & Web
• Web Design & Development
• Flash Animation
• Graphic Design
• Design & Production of Event & Presentation Material

New York, NY

• Clients: Verizon, Silver Point Capital, Thomson Reuters, SourceAmerica (US AbilityOne), Nielsen, Phoenix Group, Dewey & LeBoeuf, GE Capital
• Worked with clients to plan and execute the implementation of brand identity programs
• Oversaw and executed the production of client deliverables including, but not limited to, branding guidelines, brand books, stationery systems, Word and PowerPoint templates, signing, marketing materials: brochures.
• Coordinated vendor resources for printing, production, photography, comping and other executions
• Oversaw press checks for various print materials
• Scheduled planning with implementation group and management of production staff and consultants

New York, NY

• Clients: American Express, Allstate, The New School, SunTrust Bank, The Nature Conservancy
• Oversaw the mechanical production of American Express credit cards and advertising reproduction art
• Oversaw the production of additional client deliverables including, but not limited to, branding guidelines, stationery systems, Word templates, signing, marketing materials and advertising
• Oversaw press checks for secure plastic and various other materials
• Workflow Organization/Process Structure and Development
• Managed Personnel Issues, Mentored and Trained Production/Design Staff

Peekskill, NY

• Clients/Brands: PepsiCo, Cento, Foodtown, Vigo-Alessi, Sclafani, Bellino, Ferrara, Bonjour La Parisienne, Victoria, Kinky Friedman's Kona Blend Coffee, Simply Fit, Rheingold Beer
• Production and Design for: Packaging, Print Collateral, Exhibits/Signage, Multimedia
• Oversaw pre-press and communicated with printers for various print and packaging materials
• Organization, management and delivery of project needs
• Art Direction/Graphic Production/Workflow Development/Web Development
• Creative Development and Design for Web Marketing Projects

New York, NY

• Clients: New Balance, Pfizer, Vitamin Shoppe, Universal Studios, Volvo, Dr. Scholls, MCI Worldcom, International Paper, GlaxoSmithKline, Philips Electronics, Intel, Evian
• Manager of Interactive Studio of 10 individuals performing design, production and programming
• Guided and mentored junior project management staff of 6 individuals
• Worked directly with clients to provide production advice and fulfill project and production needs
• Workflow Organization/Process Structure and Development
• Flash Animation/Programming, Art Direction, Graphic Design/Production, Illustration, Front End Development, Multimedia, Presentation, DVD, CD-ROM, Print

New York, NY

• Brands/Sub-Brands: All Elizabeth Arden & Parfums International Fragrances and Skin Care, including: Ceramide, Eight Hour Cream, Visible Difference, Flawless Finish, Green Tea, Red Door, 5th Avenue, Blue Grass.
• Managed Cosmetic Firm Creative Services and Packaging Production Departments
• Reduced costs of mechanical production from $400 to $500 per SKU to $100 for 20,000 to 25,000SKUs per year by developing improved in-house production methods
• Flash Animation/Programming, Art Direction, Graphic Design/Production, Illustration, Multimedia,Presentation (Packaging, Print and Interactive)
• Profit and Loss Responsibility for budgets varying from $250,000 to $2,500,000
• Production Approval/Vendor Supervision of Design, Comps, Color Seps/Film, Retouching, Press Approvals, Final Components for Interactive, Print (Ad/Catalog,) Promotional and Packaging

New York, NY

Publications: Connoisseur, RedBookLayout and prepare final monthly book for publication via board mechanicals. Specified type for typesetting and galley output, operated stat camera, created logos and graphics with ink brush and pen, retouched photos.