Gretchen Schuler Email & Phone Number

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

• Manage and mentor a team of high-potential designers• Review and approve work at key stages of projects• Develop workflows that integrate input and feedback from fellow creatives, merchants, marketing, and planning partners• Direct the creation of performance-driven full-color catalogs, mailers, product promotions, web graphics, and event collateral• Partner with photographers, social media team, video producers, merchants, and designers to ensure deliverables align with business unit branding• Provide thoughtful and composed leadership in a rapidly-changing environment

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

Greater New York City Area; Bethlehem, Pa

• Successfully execute and manage design projects from creation to completion for diverse clientele ranging from non-profits (Make-A-Wish Foundation) to global publishers (Guideposts, Reader's Digest, HarperCollins, Sky Horse, etc)• Incorporate special printing processes including foiling, embossing, diecutting• Spec jobs; put them out to bid; negotiate for most competitive pricing; release print-ready files; oversee quality assurance and color-correction of printed pieces• Produce, assemble, and hand-construct multi-piece invitations, dummies, samples• Manage design and layout of sample book interiors with corresponding typesetter specs• Create cover mechanicals for trade and direct-mail titles, promotional and marketing pieces

Pleasantville, Ny

• Designed numerous fiction and non-fiction book covers, cases, interiors, newsletters, and inserts for direct-mail subscriber programs• Streamlined departmental operating procedures for the core business that resulted in cost savings• Received a “Top Performer” award for designing a direct-mail piece that was ultimately selected for the promotional campaign

Pleasantville, Ny

• Developed original formats and guided design for global licenses such as Disney, Nickelodeon, Mattel, Sesame Street, and Fisher-Price• Designed books with interactive or novelty features such as flaps, die-cuts, embedded electronic elements, and toy components• Managed design teams of illustrators, photographers, and freelancers

New York, Ny

• Set creative direction for books involving major licenses such as Star Wars, Godzilla, Sesame Street, and Dr. Seuss• Directed illustrators, photographers, and talent; styled photo shoots• Designed YA book covers and typeset interiors• Rose from an entry-level to senior-level design position through two promotions in four years

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.)

Certificate, Leadership Essentials