Joe Wright Email & Phone Number

Field

• Responsible for ensuring that all creative design work meets client needs for effectiveness and is viewed as leading edge in the marketplace. Manages a team of Art Directors and Graphic Designers; directs complex.
• Ensure that the most recent design innovations and trends in health care and other specific content areas are being infused into the Company’s products and offerings, which include print publications and various.
• Represent the company’s creative capabilities in client-facing presentations and sales opportunities.
• Direct a team of 2 Art Directors and 5 Graphic Designers who work closely with clients including hospitals and health plans to develop effective designs to meet their marketing objectives. Regularly reviews designs.
• Provides management support to Art Directors and Graphic Designers, including performance management and coaching. Meets regularly with team to review work quality, client satisfaction, productivity metrics, and.

• Responsible for developing concepts and supervising workers engaged in executing layout designs for educational publications including journals, magazines, books, and direct mail.
• Review illustrative material and confer with managing editor or client for presentation regarding budget, background information and objectives.
• Review, approve and present final layouts to client or department head for approval.
• Develop project plans; Coordinate projects; Manage project team
• Manage difficult customer situations; Respond promptly to customer needs; solicit customer feedback to improve service

• Serve as the design expert on custom client accounts.
• Work in collaboration with the client and internal team (Account Manager, Editor) to create health newsletters and other design materials
• Articulate critical design decisions via strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Develop original publication design that are visually distinctive and effectively integrate content and client brand standards.

• Responsible for overseeing the artistic development of marketing and promotional materials, including internal and external corporate publications, stationery, posters, newsletters, promotional items and print.
• Supervised production artist and graphic designer projects.
• Duties included client presentations of design concepts as well as overseeing all proofing stages for of design projects in house.
• Originated logos for Easter Seals, Chicago Veterinary Emergency Services, Blast Marketing, Foundation for PM&R, Graytown Investments, Inc., PromoLinx and the Children'sHome and Aid Society.
• Issued a weekly schedule and production report to the creative director.
• Managed art direction for photo shoots

• Developed corporate marketing materials encompassing brochures, logos, newsletters, ads, stationery and trade show booths.
• Conceived the creative design of not-for-profit materials for the city of Chicago, Lakefront SRO and the Near North Health Services Corporation.
• Developed conceptual designs for Auntie Anne’s, Arthur J. Gallagher and Quiznos.
• Responsibilities included all phases of design projects from client contact through concept, production and proofing stages.