Jacquelyn Arends Email & Phone Number

United States

• Primary role:Create designs, illustrations, and stationery
• Create products for sale in multiple facets of business
• Create designs, illustrations, and products for retail and wholesale
• Effectively manage client and vendor relationships as well as project timelines and deadlines
• Manage multiple distinct brands under the Fleurdelia, LLC. umbrella: Charm Design Studio, Eclectic Affinity, Bluebird Finery, and PixeluminaSecondary roles:Market products and services
• Create blog content as well as income streams through affiliate marketing

• Primary role:Ideation and conceptualization of new designs, illustrations, logo identities, style guides, print projects, web graphics, and various other designed elements and products
• Interacting with clients, creative directors, product development teams, and third-party agencies to determine workflow, style, and timeline to carry out design by deadline
• Preparing presentations for clients or third-party agencies to present to clients
• Maintaining relationships with quality production vendors
• Creating and maintaining design systems as well as file organization and hierarchy for ease of use by clients, vendors, and other contracted professionals
• Streamlining existing processes where possible to automate workflow to ensure design consistency

• Primary role:Collaborate with design managers and product development teams to develop and design new artwork and product concepts including product renderings for client presentations
• Work alongside buyer timeline on tight deadlines
• Finalize production specifications for factory use
• Engage in trend research, development, and reports for internal and external use
• Work on major accounts for mass market retail stores as well as the company's core lineSecondary roles:Manage use of freelancer and licensor art assets
• Archival and management of production artwork files

• Primary role:Design home decor and seasonal giftware for product lines within the Midwest and CBK divisions of Ganz
• Work alongside creative director and product development teams to fulfill trend-forward, salable products
• Format design files and product specifications to facilitate optimal production including but not limited to Pantone® swatches, dimensions, materials, finish, alternate spec options to accommodate price points, and.
• Assisted in designing packaging and marketing materials, copywriting, animation building, and catalog creation (print and digital)Accomplishments:Designed a top-selling ornament assortment that inspired a full line of.

Mankato, Minnesota

• Conducted file management, conversion, and archival of text data for use as recipe information and instructions in recipe book
• Created page layout and design for foreward, interior pages, glossary, index, etc.
• Implemented a new page numbering system with small illustrations wrapping around page numbers to correspond to the chapter in the book (e.g. pies, fruit desserts, breads)