Josh S. Email & Phone Number

United States

Oregon, Illinois, United States

Sterling, Illinois

Greater Chicago Area

Peru, IL

• In charge of coordinating all phases of creative work from idea research through execution while inspiring all team members.
• Accountable for merchandising, engineering and display of core and new product line categories.
• Created unique, engaging & customer focused product packaging designs for all packaging, PDQ’s, & marketing materials.
• Strategically supervised overall creative vision for every aspect of the company.
• Directed creative strategy and execution for re-branding of LED product company.
• Enhanced company brands through extensive rebranding, evolution of customer experience by applying data-driven enhancements,and establishment of visual design standards.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Lead company-wide E-Commerce marketing initiatives in the areas of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Paid Search, Email, Comparison Shopping Engines, Amazon integrations, Affiliates, 3rd party platforms and referring.
• Responsible for research, development, and execution of metric-driven end-user experience of both B2C & B2B websites as well as redesigning traditional print catalogs to seamlessly integrate shopping experience while.
• Executed E-Commerce software and HTML updates to improve conversion %.
• Acted as liaison between chief executives and IT, financial, creative, sales & marketing.
• Designed original marketing concepts, company identity/branding solutions, brochures, booklets, graphic apparel designs, and logos. Responsible for all backend website analysis, A/B site configuration, Mobile platforms.

Greater Chicago Area

• Supervised all end-user website optimization initiatives, content creation, and presentation to maximize customer experience while increasing sales and brand loyalty.
• Provided leadership, strategic direction and management for all E-Commerce operations established through extensive web analytic research and up-to-date E-Commerce practices.
• Other duties included growing revenue, supervision of team members across 3 locations, outsourcing digital agencies & ASI vendors, and improving online user experience across hundreds of customized e-commerce stores.
• Utilized advanced knowledge of offset, web, screenprint, lithography, digital print technology, embroidery, CAD- cutting vinyl applications, DTG art-prep/production, dye sublimation, large format/All-over printing.
• Worked with customers, developers, technical writers, and interface designers to deliver new E-Commerce websites for camps, schools, consumer products, & corporate programs.

Greater Chicago Area

• Built online apparel business from basement hobby to nearly $1M gross yearly revenue.
• Responsible for hiring, training, mentoring, and disciplinary corrections of all employees.
• Oversaw operations, creative & marketing while catalyzing team output of 5 production & creative staff to meet sales, lower costs, and drive revenue.
• Implemented digital asset management (DAM) systems increasing productivity.
• Organized and supervised photography shoots & post-production digital prep, sizing, & optimization of photos for marketing materials for both web & print catalogs.
• Responsible for all marketing and sales in the U.S and International B2C & B2B including overall strategies, forecasts, and budgets for numerous online apparel retail channels.

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed over $1M in Screen Print & Embroidery artwork for companies such as Harley-Davidson, NBA/NFL/MBL, McDonalds & many other Fortune 500 companies & local businesses.
• Handled everything from customer service, artwork creation, revisions, product sourcing, order entry and pricing & order arrangement to approving prints on-press and everything in between.
• Created huge amounts of art proofs while proactively answering 100's of e-mails and executing clients feedback to ensure smooth & accurate production of a huge variety of decorated promotional products.

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