Darlene Surrette Email & Phone Number

Manage team of graphic and presentation designers – overseeing work, providing creative direction and guidance to ensure brand alignment and consistency on all projects.

Responsible for directing the design of presentations for the Executive Leadership Team (CEO, CFO, CMO) and Senior Staff, for large scale productions/events, tradeshows, press conferences, investor days, quarterly earnings, company-wide meetings, and speaking engagements. Additionally responsible for design development of advertisements, logos/branding, collateral as needed.

Responsible for managing the development and execution of all external and internal visuals on a global scale. Worked directly with Corporate Marketing and Communications, C-level executives, HR, Sales, Product Marketing, Technical Support, IT, Engineering and Operations on a daily basis.• Created all worldwide digital and print advertisements, corporate collateral, sales brochures and data sheets, Web and social media graphics, e-mail marketing campaign graphics, worldwide trade show visual presence, PowerPoint presentations and templates, logo designs. Served as the brand steward ensuring consistent look and feel across products, departments and acquisitions• Managed the creative department’s day-to-day operations, including staff hiring, prioritizing projects, recommending and managing outside resources when necessary, setting deadlines and expectations, and guiding the design approval process. Provided constructive feedback and conducted annual reviews• Worked directly with the CEO and CFO to translate their ideas into visuals for the investor community, internal and external speaking engagements, as well as the annual report• Executed two company-wide re-brands, established brand style guides to ensure cohesiveness globally• Provided creative direction and execution for new product logos• Created branding for company events, both internal and customer-facing (e.g., user conferences, industry summits, sales kickoffs, investor days)• Managed/art directed work of outside creative resources and printers• Made recommendations regarding environmental branding and building signs• Managed design, ordering process and vendor for business cards and letterhead globally• Supported the Marketing team with proofreading and editing

Lead designer for the creative team at a national full-service exhibit house. Designed and guided production of graphics for trade show environments including large scale wall graphics, vinyl applications, light boxes, banners, direct mail pieces and promotional giveaways. Clients included Motorola, NEC, Akamai, Land Rover, FM Global Insurance, Nortel Networks, Telco Systems, ZOLL Medical, Cookson Electronics, Helix Technology Corporation, Speedline Technologies and Unisphere.

Graphic designer at a boutique advertising agency. Worked on a wide variety of projects including advertising campaigns, logo design, brochures, billboards and photo shoots; produced separations of ads on film for hand-off to newspapers and magazines. Clients included Spag’s, Tatnuck Bookseller, Nantucket Seafood and Cactus Pete’s.

Graphic designer/color separator for a large screen printing company. Created original designs for high profile retail brands, and color separated those designs in preparation for printing on apparel. Operated and maintained stat camera, shot separations and half-tone screens, handed off final films to the printing department. Critiqued ink coverage, print quality, and color matching on prints before giving the go-ahead for large-scale runs. Clients included Adidas, Woolrich, Lee Jeans, The Limited, Columbia Sportswear, Ann Taylor, Reebok and Timberland.