Graeme Lowe Email & Phone Number

North Vancouver, BC, CA

North Vancouver, BC

• Responsible for coordination of Hatfield's corporate marketing and business development activities, including:
• Reporting
• Business Planning
• Marketing Materials
• Website
• Business Development Initiatives

North Vancouver, BC

• Providing desktop publishing, graphics, word processing and administrative support related to report production, as well as assistance with other administrative duties.
• assist with word-processing and desktop publishing of large complex reports and proposals including the creation of tables of contents and appendices
• assist with creating polished marketing materials and other graphic requests such as posters, panels, flyers, brochures and business cards.
• assist the administration team to operate effectively and efficiently.

Burnaby, BC

• Consulted with clients to design and produce custom, eye-catching display ads for the Yellow Pages directories and/or custom web sites for YP.ca.
• Interviewed clients via phone or in-person, to gather necessary information required to build their print and online advertisements.
• Designed effective print ads and websites that increased clients’ brand awareness and revenue for their place of business.
• Obtained client approval of concepts within scheduled deadlines.
• Maintained and updated clients’ websites as per their change requests.
• Provided prompt, courteous service to successfully gain back trust and co-operation from clients who had previously experienced poor customer service.

Burnaby, BC

• Managed a team of 13 graphics support staff which included manual artists, digital scanner operators, electronic artwork co-ordinators, and ad production clerks.
• Prioritized workloads and ensured all team members successfully met production quotas and deadlines.
• Encouraged team members to identify workflow deficiencies and implement realistic solutions which garnered positive and effective results.
• Evaluated each team member with an annual performance appraisal.
• Established an employee recognition program to reward designers who exceeded or made significant improvement on monthly production quotas and accuracy rates.
• Assembled teams consisted of resources from multiple departments within the company to develop workflow process improvements.

Burnaby, BC

• Designed and produced custom, eye-catching display ads for clients advertising in the Yellow Pages directories.
• Followed through with instructions on ad request forms to design print ads for clients.
• Consistently exceeded the average daily productivity quotas.
• Consistently achieved a monthly accuracy rate of 90 -100%.
• Ensured all artwork and photos adhered to Yellow Pages print guidelines and policies.

Vancouver, BC

• Consulted with production manager, clients, and sales representatives to design and produce customized advertising mail-outs.
• Assessed customers’ needs and requirements to design direct mail advertisements.
• Prepared graphic files to be sent to the printing press shops.

Vancouver, BC

• Typeset and produced brochures and posters.
• Produced hand-drafted elevation drawings of display booths for trade shows.
• Produced and installed graphic signage and artwork for trade show booths.

Diploma, Graphic Design And Illustration

Continuing Studies, Fine Arts