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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Create and drive projects through the development cycle, from resource planning through production by managing a cross-functional product team and communicate critical product development information to the company and to its network of cross-discipline partners in the most effective and efficient manner.

• Create and drive projects through the development cycle, from resource planning through production.• Manage trade-offs between scope, resources, and time to deliver on Cranium's CHIFF (Creative, High quality, Innovative, Friendly, and Fun) standards. • Drive to maintain a high product value proposition as defined by Cranium’s product line. • Manage a cross-functional product team and communicate critical product development information to the company and to its network of cross-discipline partners in the most effective and efficient manner. • Set production priorities and maintain quality standards; ensure product team maintains milestone progression.• Create and manage project schedules and budgets through product completion.• Coordinate with internal team, contractors, and suppliers to meet project deadlines and to oversee projects to final product.

• Work directly with offshore factories to identify the best materials and processes to fit within the product specifications, produce the best quality, and meet COGS targets. • Responsible for writing manufacturing specifications, submitting and evaluating quotes, negotiating, creating production estimates, and managing manufacturing budgets. • Establish production and manufacturing schedules, coordinate supply-chain management, and allocate supplier resources as necessary to meet deadlines. • Drive process for reviewing digital proofs, route proofs for approvals, maintain proof documentation, and manage artwork releases. • Define specifications and statistical quality control methods; communicate quality control procedures and processes to suppliers; conduct press and prototype approvals; evaluate overall manufacturing quality; and identify and manage quality assurance consultants. • Coordinate with manufacturers and laboratories on product safety testing of all products.

• Assist content providers, creative agencies, editorial, production, and design in achieving departmental goals. • Provide leadership in all aspects of print production, including file preparation and electronic conversions, distribution, and pre-press.• Managed corporate-wide system for distributing content globally.• Direct liaison between marketing, operations, manufacturing, and production to ensure on-time products.• Coordinate the release of intellectual property on a global scale. • Managed implementation of a global and secure online content delivery tool which significantly reduced loss of intellectual property, and insured proper licensure. • Manage the support of domestic and international licensing, prepress quality assurance processes, file distribution, reprints, and archiving. • Established best practices for domestic and international file distribution guidelines and coordinated with over 75 global vendors for setup and distribution of files.

• Preflight postscript files for compatibility with imposition software. • Analyzed and interpreted postscript code for possible problems.• Maintained electronic prepress (EPP) test information, tracked EPP problems/causes, and resolved EPP issues.• Provided and maintained production guidelines for production and editorial vendors ensuring smooth hand-off of files.• Worked with printers’ EPP departments to ensure Microsoft’s procedures and needs were met by their equipment and capabilities.

• Managed staff of four desktop publishers; responsible for training, job trafficking, and scheduling workload. • Managed graphic production, and final proofing of release materials.• Oversaw computer layout and design, and troubleshot design and technical issues arising from clients or employees.• Lead production artist and account executive.• Directed layout and design of advertising material (brochures, newspaper, and point-of-purchase displays).

Bachelor Of Arts, Marketing

Bachelor Of Science, Visual Communications