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Tucson, Arizona

Head of Creative Department; supervising design and content teams and contributing to client marketing strategy across all disciplines—digital, print, social, branding, etc.Leads and mentors the creative team including selecting, training, supervising, mentoring and professional growth, performing annual reviews and setting developmental goals.Stewards projects and maintains close involvement in the artistic design and direction of projects from initial concept to launch. Creative… Show more Head of Creative Department; supervising design and content teams and contributing to client marketing strategy across all disciplines—digital, print, social, branding, etc.Leads and mentors the creative team including selecting, training, supervising, mentoring and professional growth, performing annual reviews and setting developmental goals.Stewards projects and maintains close involvement in the artistic design and direction of projects from initial concept to launch. Creative client-communication lead from creative brief through delivery, including on-boarding and ongoing influence in maintaining consistent quality of creative deliverables. Articulates a compelling creative vision and strategy.Strategically align creative concepts and interactive design with marketing strategies and overall brand direction.Translates marketing objectives/ideas into clear creative strategies for the team through their various design skills while understanding the context, insight, and visual design realities.Conducts team and individual meetings with a focus on developing a cohesive and dynamic team while mentoring and developing individual skills.Assigns and prioritizes a high volume of projects across internal and external resources to ensure long-term, short-term and immediate projects are completed on schedule.Timely and effectively communicates in writing and verbally with employees, clients and vendors. Show less

Tucson, Arizona

Head of Marketing and Pricing departments; focus on proposing new business and obtaining renewals through proposals and budget worksheets.Oversaw a team of business analysts as we proposed new pricing methodologies and refined profitability calculations.Led the marketing team—business writers, designers, project management—to develop new methods of proposing new business and assuring renewals by emphasizing the “why” behind each campaign and creating more intuitive layouts that visually… Show more Head of Marketing and Pricing departments; focus on proposing new business and obtaining renewals through proposals and budget worksheets.Oversaw a team of business analysts as we proposed new pricing methodologies and refined profitability calculations.Led the marketing team—business writers, designers, project management—to develop new methods of proposing new business and assuring renewals by emphasizing the “why” behind each campaign and creating more intuitive layouts that visually communicated campaign makeup more effectively and efficiently. Created a B2B marketing plan that focused on lead nurturing and renewal growth utilizing a combination of outreach and marketing automation. Show less

Tucson, Arizona

Developed budget worksheets to be used in new business and renewal business proposals, utilizing a three-tiered pricing methodology, I was responsible for assuring each marketing campaign I worked on maintained a target profit marginParticipated in daily strategy calls to assist in determining makeup of marketing campaign components.

Tucson, Arizona

Sugar Sweet Bakery was an adorable storefront located in historic Broadway Village offering small-batch, from-scratch, freshly-baked cookies, cakes, and brownies.As 100% owner of this bootstrapped venture, I managed the finances and operations of the kitchen—baking, inventory management, ordering raw ingredients, etc.I also developed all marketing and identity, and managed human resources (hiring and training) of part-time point-of-sale counter assistance and bakers assistants.

Tucson, Arizona

Managed a large team of designers across varying disciplines, from publication design (21 titles), online products (including micro-sites and rich media banner ads), B2B marketing collateral, travel-focused newspaper inserts, ad production, and prepress.Worked with editorial, sales, and production departments to develop schedules and systems.Recruited and hired all design employees and consistently offered growth opportunities for team members to build their skill set.Sat on each… Show more Managed a large team of designers across varying disciplines, from publication design (21 titles), online products (including micro-sites and rich media banner ads), B2B marketing collateral, travel-focused newspaper inserts, ad production, and prepress.Worked with editorial, sales, and production departments to develop schedules and systems.Recruited and hired all design employees and consistently offered growth opportunities for team members to build their skill set.Sat on each publication's editorial board and contributed to the creative content, being mindful of target markets and project budgets. Show less

Tucson, Arizona

Directed the merger of three unique design teams into one department. Acted as primary creative contact to each major client and directs lead designer based on feedback.Developed numerous processes and workflow systems in order to maximize efficiency while delivering within project and team budgets.

Tucson, Arizona

Art Director position with management responsibilities; led the entire publication design team.

Tucson, Arizona

Lead designer on specific publication titles, responsible for producing photo shoots, maintaining design consistency with co-designers, and managing design-related budgets.

Tucson, Arizona

Graphic Designer for publications, websites, and sales collateral.

Tempe, Arizona

Contract designer tasked with developing a pictographic language for achildren's exhibit.Created promotional materials to compliment emerging digital products, which included educational games and presentations for grade-school children.