John Humphreys Email & Phone Number

Ireland

• Established in-house design agency to support local business in Ireland • Assess local business requirements and delivered savings of €250k+ in year one• Research, specification and vendor negotiation for complete suite of Apple design stations, software, fonts, production server including in-house digital printing and finishing facility• Build, lead and mentor productive creative team working across channels• Developed and implemented creative processes and service offerings• Provide strategic creative direction to local franchise marketing teams including detailed creative brief development and project planning• Source and manage external advertising, design and digital agencies as required• Act as brand champion/watchdog for the MSD and product brand identities internally and externally across all channels• Comfortable working with cross-functional creative and marketing teams including medical, legal, compliance and regulatory affairs teams to deliver best-in-class marketing programmes that are fully compliant with the IPHA Code of Marketing Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry

San Francisco, California & Dublin, Ireland

• Corporate & Brand identity design services for print and digital media for clients in the pharmaceutical, technology, education, retail and manufacturing sectors. Clients included: Irish Food Processors, Wyeth, Schering-Plough, Enterprise Ireland, Akzo Nobel (Crown Paints, Sadolin)

San Francisco, California Usa

• Provision of strategic design and art direction services to ASPECT marketing teams working in North America, Europe, China and Australia • Creation and management of the ASPECT brand identity worldwide, including the seven sub-brands under the ASPECT umbrella • Supervise production of sales & marketing materials in 14 different languages• Management of the creative and production team located in the USA, UK and Switzerland including day-to-day management of the in-house creative dept• Expansion of the creative department including training, new hires and the selection and implementation of software/hardware solutions to ensure maximum output• Project planning and management to ensure all deliverables and milestones were achieved on time and to budget• Print production supervision including supplier negotiation and shipping coordination worldwide• Photo Art Direction including styling, photographer and talent selection• Inter-office/inter-country communication to ensure brand identity guidelines were understood and adhered to by local sales & marketing and external suppliers

San Francisco, California Usa

• Design for print and web for all seven companies under the ASPECT Education brand promoting their education and technology related products and services worldwide • Lead the development of the in-house creative studio at ASPECT HQ in San Francisco with VP of Sales & Marketing. Project included specifying and implementing hardware/software and hiring a Junior Designer• Develop project briefs and schedules with sales & marketing teams• Manage external contractors and print/technology suppliers• Supervise printing production of ASPECT materials in the US and Europe

Dublin, Ireland

• Graphic design for print, liaise with printing suppliers

Dublin, Ireland

• Graphic design for print, support senior designers, manage image/artwork archives

B. Des (Hons), Design And Visual Communications

Graduated with Bachelor of Design (B.Des. honours) in Visual Communication

Education record

Graduated with Leaving Certificate Graduated with Intermediate Certificates

Art & Design Foundation Studies

Graduated with Certificate in Foundation Studies