Derek Nelson Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Brand + Creative Project Manager

Support our clients day-to-day, marketing/advertising and product maintenance needs. Including print, digital, website, and social.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage team of 7 Project Managers and coach them through various stages of their project life cycles• Work as main liaison between Sales, Production, vendors, sub-contractors and our clients to ensure sign projects stay on schedule and within budget• Develop relationships with General Contractors, sub-contractors, and various other vendor partners to gather information on timing, estimates, city permits, and project phases• Improve processes from project intake and design to final invoicing in order to streamline workflow and reduce timelines• Improve customer service and communication with current and potential clients in order to increase sales

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Use my career experience and extensive network to source, interview and place individuals in contract, contract to hire, and permanent placement roles throughout the Twin Cities• Develop and maintain relationships with key decision makers at corporations, agencies, and non-profit organizations who need assistance filling creative and marketing roles

Woodbury, Mn

• Created, implemented and grew creative services and project management functions within the marketing department• Developed and implemented process work-flow for marketing content, print and video projects• Created a project entry and project numbering system in order to track projects from multiple departments• Work with external vendors to obtain quotes, specs, and material due dates. Organize final billing records for future budgeting• Lead team meetings to discuss designer/team workload. Adjusted when needed to improve efficiencies within the team and keep projects on schedule. Hire freelance work when necessary and within budget • Review creative briefs to make sure all information is available for creative team to complete the tasks given• Assign creative team to projects based on the evaluation of team workload and/or specialty of request• Create timelines and manage projects from time of project entry until completion• Submit reports on creative team’s efficiency as well as usage of marketing materials by Anytime Fitness franchisees• Executed a total of 320 projects in 2013 and increased exponentially to 1,200 projects in 2017

St. Paul

Responsible for planning and executing internal and external marketing materials/promotions. Manage a team of Marketing Specialists while working with external vendors to promote their products within our various media opportunities.• Executed business-to-business promotional materials for Patterson Dental, a leading U.S. distributor of dental products• Developed & managed external marketing projects under tight deadlines including 500 and 900 page catalogs, magazines, flyers, direct mail, point of sale and web promotions• Developed & managed internal corporate communications including monthly sales packets, corporate sales contests, trade shows and corporate fundraisers• Managed a team of three Marketing Specialists while delegating workloads and performing annual reviews• Worked as main liaison between Marketing Department and internal Creative Department• Lead project kick-off meetings between Marketing and Creative departments• Maintained daily communication with team members to ensure projects stay on schedule and on budget• Ensured projects are accurate and follow corporate branding

St. Paul Mn

• Worked as main contact in the Creative Department for 28 of Patterson’s U.S. branches as well as the Patterson Canadian office and their 15 branches• Coordinated Creative Department workflow while acting as liaison between the Creative Department and Marketing Department• Assembled timelines for current and future promotional projects• Assigned creative teams to projects including art directors, designers, copywriters and print buyers• Managed projects from submission through completion• Obtained all appropriate sign-offs and approvals on all projects• Resolved workflow issues to ensure projects stayed on schedule• Scheduled and lead post production meetings

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Organized various marketing communications and design projects from concept to completion including package design, custom literature, point of sale and direct mail• Assembled and maintained timelines for projects• Proofread and acknowledged accuracy of copy and artwork• Obtained all appropriate sign-offs on projects• Organized and worked with art directors to oversee photo shoots• Prepared pitch presentations demonstrating MVPs capabilities to prospective clients