Jan Flowers Email & Phone Number

Frisco, Tx, Us

Frisco, Texas, United States

• End to end management of merchandising experiences delivered across retail stores.• Subject matter expert for new initiative launches, including Merchandising execution ownership for product launches, service programs and operational initiatives to ensure optimal customer experience through frontline delivery.• Drives the completion of all project milestones prior to launch, support during launch, and follow up actions post launch for merchandising initiatives.• Leads status meetings to ensure in-progress work is tracking. Documents milestones, approvals, decisions and risks. • Provides status for key projects and metrics with expertise and confidence presenting to Sr. Leadership.• Builds key relationships with internal/external business partners with deep understanding of Go-To-Market process.• Guides team to proactively find customer experience opportunities and owns subsequent solutions that ensures seamless post launch support of merchandising initiatives.

Frisco, Texas, United States

• Key driver for planning, production and execution of master schedules for all merchandising collateral. Ensures creative projects are delivered on-time and in line with product strategies and marketing initiatives. Manages vendor and agency relationships to ensure quality standards and deliverables are met. Day-to-day contact for internal customers and external agency partners on program executions.• Direct accountability for creative and bilingual editorial content for in-store collateral. Leads creative briefings and creative reviews with internal teams and external partners. Gains alignment and approvals with product, GTM, legal and brand teams for promotional launches and new product or service launches.• Manages SharePoint online job tracking site and translation portal. Manage digital trafficking for multiple overlapping projects. Site administrator for content, users and permissions.

• Managed proposal process, contract execution, budget P&L and royalty reporting for publishing, home entertainment and audio for HIT brands across Latin America.• Monitored key category status and gap analysis resulting in 50% increase for “Barney Brand” publishing royalty revenue year on year.• Developed and maintained relationships with numerous international licensing partners, exceeding annual budget of $1 million in royalty revenue equating to $7.4 million retail.• Tripled publishing licensees year on year.• Successfully negotiated and developed cross category promotions, marketing and point of purchase (POP) programs for publishing, audio, DVD and consumer products across Latin America.• Oversaw all aspects of publishing product development, audio and home entertainment packaging, while ensuring consistency and integrity of brands worldwide.• Spearheaded release of 72 publishing titles and 34 home entertainment releases, 2007.

• Successfully launched Bob the Builder and Barney Portuguese language publishing into Brazil, resulting in increased brand awareness and incremental sales.• Managed development and editing of Spanish and Portuguese language publishing functions across all HIT brands.• Directed translation of U.S. English language Barney Web site into neutral Spanish for launch in U.S. and Latin America.• Managed product development of licensed publishing with Scholastic, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Putnam and Publications International.

• Developed and supervised digital archive master library for publishing titles across all brands.• Served as administrator for Wamnet! Online digital asset management system.• Directed and edited Spanish language Barney magazine, winner of CANIEM award 1998, 1999, 2004 (Children’s Best Magazine of the Year, Mexico).• Created and edited English and Spanish Language Publishing across all brands.

• Directed implementation of approval process and facilitation of special book and art requests.• Secured locations for photo shoots, props and on-site publishing activities, and handled submissions for publishing and media awards.• Edited English and Spanish language publishing releases for U.S. and Latin American markets.• Facilitated print production scheduling.• Received 1999 Lyrick Studios Star Award for outstanding effort, extraordinary teamwork and exemplary attitude.

• Developed and implemented photo library and publishing archive system.• Introduced designer/illustrator production schedule to facilitate development/production functions.• Procured and distributed artwork for external PR, Web pages and marketing POP by repurposing existing artwork.

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Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Iota, The Foreign Language National Honor Society

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