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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Lawrenceville, Georgia, Us

Responsible for training and development of project management and design teams.Set the daily schedule for the design labTooling development for cutting dies and print platesVendor management

Lawrenceville, Georgia, Us

Prepress development for flexographic printing.Purchasing tooling and materials for projects (C/Ds, plates, labels, hardware, etc).Vendor management.Experience with routing and estimating.

Lawrenceville, Georgia, Us

Designed, prototyped, and tested POP displays based off of customer specs and concepts. Worked with the Production Team to learn machine limitations and to develop layouts for cutting dies, print plates, and labels.Provided detailed instructions to the Production team on how to propely assembly displays both in manufactuing and hand assmembly operations.

• Worked with sales team and customers to develop, test, and implement new corrugate packaging concepts to solve problems, decrease costs, and increase productivity.• Provided support to partner companies on design specifications: sheet size, design features, board caliper, corrugate direction, etc.• Created samples, small production runs, and digital renderings for clients.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

•Developed new packaging formats and layout for creative products team for a test market that could drive $500,000 in incremental sales.•Worked with seasonal gift packaging to develop new options to maintain and grow market share for gift wrap and boxed cards in a declining market segment.•Calculated physical attributes for import products that determined shipping costs and storage requirements for customers.•Collaborated with global sourcing to find cost saving opportunities for current packaging without affecting the structural integrity to maintain product quality.•Analyzed competitor products to evaluate quality to determine operating costs and price points that can help American Greetings become more competitive.

Camden, Nj, Us

•Worked with Breakthrough Innovation teams to create mock-ups to validate CCID research.•Helped to standardize testing protocols for microwaveable retort pouches.•Traveled to plants to help set quality standards for new products.•Traveled to plants to assist in the qualification of retort pouches.•Interacted with suppliers to find out when materials would be available for testing.•Gained understanding of: microwave testing, infrared analysis, heat sealing, ultrasonic sealing•Exposure to retort pouches, paperboard, laminate structures, corrugated, and rigid plastics.•Organized innovation fair ideas into a searchable document based on functionality.•Assisted in creating a testing plan for product package interaction for pouches.•Worked on continually improving technical writing skills and communication abilities.

-Completed 50 projects over 2 weeks-Led staff in nightly meetings-Managed food, materials, activity budgets for 2 camps-Represented organization in the community

-Led campers on the worksite-Created project plans for worksites-Calculated costs for materials and budgets