Drew Hussar Email & Phone Number

• Responsibilities Included Managing all operations for three full-time graphic designers, three freelance designers and 2 contractors for clients such as Walmart, Kmart, Michael’s, JCPenney, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Martha Stewart, Kohls, HSN and more• Approved costing of outsourced photo shoots, purchasing of equipment and supplies• Proactively communicated with staff to establish expectations and maintain rapport• Actively aligned daily workflow priorities to meet deadlines and changing client demands• Directed photo shoots and videos• Including all duties mentioned under graphic design supervisor and graphic designer• Traveled to China to work closely with overseas vendors through the approval process to ensure quality and color of production. Accomplishment:• Interviewed, hired and trained external contractors responsible for producing over 800 physical production quality packaging mock ups and face paper under extreme deadlines.

• Responsibilities Included Managing all operations for three full-time Graphic designers• Developed graphic request form to streamline workflow system • Organized the design team of The Weston Gallery, creating a naming convention for all files and a central location for easier accessibility for all designers and departments• Including all duties of Graphic DesignerAccomplishment:• Developed brand, designed packaging and managed production for JCPenney frame collection packaging. The collection rolled out at $3M and the collection grew to $12M annual sales revenue at year’s end.

• Responsibilities included; Originated many variations of working box die lines for home décor products and groups of products including frames, mirrors, lamps, candles, clocks, albums, etc…• Designed packaging layouts, face paper, sell sheets, hang tags, brochures, signage, coupons, and logos for all the items mentioned above • Calculated and rendered Plan-O-Grams and pallets of product for sales presentations • Designed vignettes for the Weston Gallery International Houseware Show booth• Produced hundreds of full working production quality box mock ups for presentations Accomplishment:• Created and photographed room scene photography along with fabricated room scene photography with Photoshop reducing overhead by $40K.

• Responsibilities included; Led creative sessions and provide art direction, quality control and critiques for all design projects.• Deliver timely, accurate project scoping and estimation for daily work orders• Optimize workflow and apply best talent per project via online work order system• Actively align daily workflow priorities to meet deadlines and changing client demands• Inherit Senior Graphic Designer responsibilities in their absence• Internal training for new/existing designers and cross training for new employees• Develop. design, slice and begin programming for all website projects Accomplishment:• Acquired and fulfilled the unique responsibility of Slicing Quality Control for the design department. As each website left the slicing phase I would verify that all graphics and code had met the requirements of the company’s design standards, troubleshoot misaligned graphics and fix any problems.

• Responsibilities included: Work with President and Sales Associates to develop and create sales presentations• Designed various printed materials; brochures, coupons, logos and letterheads • Worked with Document Consultants to design and layout cover sheets and project deliverables• Led in the ideation of themes, layouts and design of reports for the director of Client Publications