Deborah Van Horn Email & Phone Number

Glendale, Ca

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Developed project management team of 29 through targeted recruitment and culture of professional excellence, an expertise honed while working in the entertainment industry prior to employment with Russ Reid. Assumed leadership of and consolidated 4 distinct departments―Project Management, Network Operations, Broadcast Traffic, and Editorial―under one umbrella to improve communication and workflow among project contributors.Reduced man hours by 10K and costs by $500K through role clarification and redundancy elimination.Led cross-functional teams—including client services, creative, media, and production departments—to address challenges and prioritize projects to meet deadlines.Directed $4M American Red Cross holiday campaign project, which included the design of a print gift catalog with over 90 SKUs, an online catalog, digital banner ads, out-of-home, TV spots, and direct mail. Oversaw $5M project for American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer local market campaign, which targeted 6 different cities and included direct mail, TV spots, banner ads, emails, newsletters, out-of-home, radio, and mobile browser ads.

SUPERVISOR, Project Management (2005-2007)SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (2003-2005)Orchestrated World Vision acquisition, cultivation and sponsorship direct mail campaigns for birthday, Easter, calendar, and Christmas bounce back; and facilitated multi-language translation. Managed Global Sustainer Program elements for Operation Smile. Partnered with freelance Art Director and Copywriter to turn around brochure for international Susan G. Komen for the Cure campaign in one week, compared to the typical completion time of 3 months.Communicated campaign strategies, tactics, and guidelines to all stakeholders, ensuring brand integrity and marketing success. Consulted with new national clients to define their internal requirements and lead times, ensuring timely and streamlined execution of key projects. Negotiated fees for freelance creative talent, as well as vendor costs, for trade show materials, translation services, and signage.Anchored several process improvement teams― including Lean SixSigma new business committee―to assess RFP, investigate potential interdepartmental redundancies, and restructure agency for success. Analyzed roles, responsibilities and structure of the Operations and Project Management departments to streamline communications, work hours, customer service, and employee retention. Transferred responsibilities of job number issuance from Accounting to Project Management, resulting in trimming of job number generation down to one day from the previously-accepted one week.  Collaborated with senior management during weekly meetings to identify and address both internal and external concerns regarding production and processes. Conducted weekly status meetings with creative and production teams of 30+ participants to ensure alignment with project sequence and deadlines.

Managed all day-to-day business and client relationships.Steered projects from the initial assignment through the printing stage.Oversaw budgets, design scheduling and production, purchasing separations and printing, proofing, and billing.

Supported key accounts such as World Vision (including Canada and Mexico) and Columbia House.Acted as Liaison between account executives, copywriters, art department, and print production to ensure accurate and timely production of all jobs. Maintained weekly job list.Ordered film for ads and packaged for shipment.Assisted with overflow proofreading.

Supervised 5 customer service representatives.Scheduled all jobs throughout the shop.Implemented procedures to streamline workflow and eliminate errors.Communicated often with sales staff and clients to ensure job accuracy.

Maintained Art Director and production staff schedules; trafficked all jobs; budgeted and organized projects; purchased all outside services including color separations and printing; approved retouching, ad proofs and printing; reviewed portfolios and hired freelance artists; maintained purchase order system; and proofread and edited copy.

Hired through 30Sixty Design as an Assistant Packaging Director for Paramount Home Video.As a Client Coordinator for 30Sixty Design, I followed the projects initiated at Paramount through the design studio.Contributed to all aspects of videocassette packaging development, including screening films; conducting archival research; implementing key art concepts and copy editing through mechanicals; color separations; and printing.

Acted as liaison between the account services department, clients and vendors.Scheduled, trafficked, organized, and monitored projects from design through production.Conducted job estimates, maintained job cost control system, and proofread/edited copy.