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Kansas City, Missouri Area

Responsible for all photographic direction of Hallmark Home and Gifts brands including Easy Tiger, JC & Rollie, Floor 9, and our Mass programs. Created and manage a stand-alone photo studio to meet the creative photography needs of the Home and Gifts Business. Produce and direct videos for brand storytelling and social media outlets. Develop processes for image storage, organization, and retrieval.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Design and prototype products supporting Hallmark Home and Gifts as well as Hallmark corporate spaces. Work with overseas partners on production of products. Create and install corporate building projects. Designed modular trade show systems and managed setups across the US.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Led capability exploration, product design, and prototype development for Hallmark Cards Together Times Platform. Partnered with marketing peers to develop strategic capability maps and solutions for specific opportunities. Collaborated with Creative Strategist's, Engineers, and Industrial Designers in the development of 3D product solutions. Led brainstorm sessions and partnered with Hallmark's Asia office in innovation workshops. Co-Innovated with MIT Media Lab in the development and creation of the Narratarium Story projector. Key contributor on the development of the Northpole franchise.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Researched, developed and implemented video as a new capability for the Hallmark Photo Studio at Union Hill. Directed the production of video projects supporting Hallmark products and branding. Created solutions for presenting product ideas to teams and focus groups before products are created. Led post production and data management initiatives. Trained and developed peers' skills in motion applications. Collaborated across divisions to create emotionally compelling storytelling pieces to engage consumers. (Internal Job Description)Multimedia Designer IV: Interprets and develops concepts into innovative experiences for multimedia product formats (digital and tangible), on line marketing campaigns, corporate communications, in-store and web based projects. Creates concepts using motion, animation, video, sound, UI (user interface design) and/or UX (user experience) to create visually compelling work and innovative experiences. Is typically involved in all phases of creative development. Can provide a range of multimedia solutions, working with other Multimedia Designers, Photography Studio teammates and creative business partners to create designs that compliment and bring to life compelling storytelling.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Lead a team of 10+ Photo retouch Artist providing art direction and approvals. Responsible for researching and developing new capabilities for the post production staff. Interviewed and reviewed applications for new hire's and creative on-call positions and was responsible for their development. Worked with clients to streamline processes and reduce costs. Responsible for maintaining color consistency for Hallmark Magazine as well as Hallmark's Marketing print materials. Developed relationships with outside venders insuring proper color output. Served as a liaison to Hallmark Cards Photo Studio, developing strategies with Photographers and Art Directors on projects requiring post production

Coordinated with art directors, stylists, and assistants to produce photography for client projectsDigitally manipulated imagery to tailor to client requestsDesigned and implemented a digital file organization and archive system

Collaborated with four in­house photographers to produce imagery for a wide range of clientsTraveled to locations throughout the United States to produce photography for clients Combined efforts with in­house pre­press operation to develop precise color rendition for catalog clientsDesigned and constructed sets