Julia Dann Email & Phone Number

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Design and art direction with a focus on brand, editorial, and social media design & strategy.Clients: eharmony, Capitoline Vermouth & Aperitivi, Wavy Wines, Moveable Feast, Compliments Only, Workhorse Co, Divine Chocolate, Epic Curing, NPR, National Women’s History Museum

Courses taught: Design Practices, intro-level course on design research and archival practice, emphasis on publication design; Core Studio I, intro-level course on observation and compositioning, emphasis on skill-development in Lightroom, Photoshop, and InDesign.

—Strategic brand-builder: Led the launch of a new design system in 8 months, increasing visual consistency and design velocity for marketing campaigns, strategically aimed at enhancing the brand's distinctiveness and fostering a reconsideration of the brand within the market.— Relationship management: Successfully managed external design agencies and freelancers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality assets for a variety of design projects, including icon design, motion design, and email design.— Self-initiated creative project management: Took charge of oversight and implementation of weekly design requirements for multiple teams, including Brand, PR & social, SEO, CRM, and the global Art team, ensuring that design needs were met promptly and effectively.— Process Enhancement: Implemented an enhanced briefing and communication process, elevating the quality of design deliverables and fostering seamless collaboration among diverse teams.— Effective Communication and Presentation Skills: Developed and delivered informative design-related presentations to stakeholders and external agencies, covering essential areas such as brand research, user research, updated photography direction, and enhancements for App Store design.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I managed the Digital Marketing and Editorial programs at Workhorse— I oversaw ongoing strategic partnerships with 6 different clients.Project Management— Managed marketing and content strategy across platforms for all our ongoing clients.Strategy— Worked directly with ongoing clients on a daily basis to create, implement, and maintain long-term content marketing plans.Social Content— Managed content for all client social media, and grew clients’ instagram accounts by an average of 1k followers a month. I also oversaw strategy and creative content for all paid social campaigns. Email Marketing—Ran monthly and bi-weekly email marketing programs for 3 of our 6 ongoing clients, including newsletters and sales initiatives. Researched and wrote all content for Workhorse’s bi-weekly outbound newsletter. Editorial Content—managed all editorial strategy and content for all clients, from social media to ongoing blog content.Influencer Marketing— managed influencer marketing program across clients, and oversaw partnerships with close to 500 influencers for one client alone in 2017.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Project management; currently oversee ongoing partnerships for 4 different clients.- Manage all written and thematic content across clients. - Manage all social media accounts, create paid social and email marketing campaigns. - Manage blog content and editorial strategy for clients.- Develop, research, and write all content for outbound newsletters, for both clients and the studio.- Create partnerships with influential bloggers for client campaigns.

Greater New York City Area

• Reception• General HR• Filing & Bookkeeping• Shipping & Receiving• Marketing• Blogging• Facilities Management

Washington D.C. Metro Area, Brooklyn, Ny

Ruckus Rhythms is an online music publication featuring daily posts of individual songs, playlists curated by myself and my colleagues, and artist interviews.As the co-founder and editor of Ruckus Rhythms, I was responsible for maintaining the overall quality and content of the website. Along with my fellow contributors, I wrote and developed material for our daily content output. I was also responsible for editing all material written for daily content, playlists, and interviews, as well as Ruckus-branded correspondence. I verified facts and dates for posts from all contributors, I read copy to detect any errors in spelling, punctuation and syntax, and I developed an informal style guide for editing all materials, including social media copy, daily posts, and interviews, I also maintained our social media presence on Facebook and Twitter; I was instrumental in growing our social media readership by 200% from October 2013 to February 2014.http://www.ruckusrhythms.com

New York, Ny

Accion East is a nonprofit microlender and a member of the Accion U.S. Network, the only nationwide small business lending network in the United States. Since 1991, the five members of the Accion U.S. Network have collectively made over 45,000 loans totaling over $390 million. Additionally, over 400,000 business owners across the nation have turned to Accion for financial and business advice via workshops, online tools and one-on-one consultations. Globally, Accion is a pioneer in microfinance, reaching millions of individuals through its international network of partners.At Accion East, I assisted with public relations and marketing efforts, dealing primarily within New York City markets. In my time with Accion East, I helped increase company visibility through publicity/media outreach, which included drafting pitches for the strategic promotion of the company and our clients, as well as writing and disseminating press releases and pitches. I also assisted with media campaigns through the strategic use of social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

Washington, Dc

Words Beats & Life, Inc is a nonprofit whose mission is to transform individual lives and whole communities through Hip-Hop. They do this through a variety of ways, including public art creation, publishing a global academic journal on Hip-Hop, hosting Teach-Ins and retreats to build the capacity of scholars, artists and arts educators and arts managers, and teaching courses in the core elements of Hip-Hop through a program called the DC Urban Arts Academy. After serving as an Academy intern from August 2010 until January 2011, I was hired as the Assistant to the Academy Director, where I served for a year.As Assistant Director, I was responsible for sole direction of one of our three after-school programming sites across the district. I also provided supervision for our other sites, as well as administrative support to the Academy Director during office hours. As site director, I managed a staff of artists, with whom I developed curriculum relevant to Hip-Hop-based programming. I also conducted community-based outreach to recruit new students; I set up tabling and information sessions at District schools, and developed partnerships with school administrators. I also assisted the Academy Director with monthly New Student Orientations at our flagship site at our main office.During my time at Words Beats & Life, I also developed and maintained comprehensive databases of both existing and old students, and collected data on student attendance. I also managed the College Material mentoring program; I recruited volunteers, paired each with one-to-two students, and held monthly meetings to discuss progress and provide training. I also developed a coaching curriculum and resources relevant to counseling youth in scholastic achievement college matriculation, and employment attainment.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Graphic Design

Sociology

Development And Social Justice

Fortaleza, Brazil