Kathie Gambale Email & Phone Number

Montvale, New Jersey

• Take charge of and provide artistic direction to a dedicated design team in crafting digital, print, and video assets that align with the company's brand. Support all regions, including the Middle East, China.
• Responsible for the creative direction of the IMA brand and its affiliated certifications, namely FMAA, CMA, and CSCA
• Coordinate and guide the design team to effectively adhere to brand standards
• Assist in designing diverse initiatives, including company email templates, social media content, ad roll campaigns, subtly animated graphics, flyers, brochures, videos, and web assets.
• Oversee video production initiatives internally and externally by leading in-house video projects and coordinating editing with external vendors

New City, NY

• Concept and design of high-end invitations, and day-of assets for social events and weddings
• Corporate logo design and creation of brand materials for various client's social media, print collateral and web graphics

Greater New York City Area

• Conceptualized, created, and maintained the look and feel of Girls’ World, Bake it Up!, Animal Tales, Coloring With Mommy, and Puzzle Fun magazines
• Work closely with an extensive network of illustrators and designers to ensure the timely completion of all brand projects
• Art direction of celebrity photoshoots for feature stories and to showcase recipes

Montvale, NJ

• Managed and budgeted a full-time staff and freelance designers from concept to completion for print, web, direct mail, etc.
• Develop and implement quality-control measures, including process-flow improvements, internal checklists, and routing sheets, color correction and production preparation of files
• Work within creative budgets and constantly find ways to reduce costs
• Responsible for the design, layout, photo editing and production/prepress of 20+ quarterly custom healthcare publications
• Create original designs and redesigns for new and reoccurring clients
• Researched, color corrected, retouched and manipulated new stock imagery and/or custom client imagery

New York, New York, United States

• Designed and provided artistic direction for feature layouts, special packages, and departmental sections in the bi-weekly magazine.
• Collaborated with editors, photo department, and freelance illustrators to enhance the overall quality of our work
• Produced and created side projects outside of the magazine, including ESPN’s NFL Draft Guides, Fantasy Football Guides, and the Answer Guy Book

• Worked with other designers on the second issue of MH-18 for teens, a publication of Men’s Health magazine

Greater New York City Area

• Worked with Senior Designer in designing of healthcare newsletters, brochures and annual reports
• Researched art and photos, color proofing, checking of blues and match prints, image enhancement, pre-pressing, proofreading, retouching, scanning, comping and creating custom art
• Produced the design for the Cancer Care, Inc. 1999 Annual Report and Corporate Identity

Bachelor'S Degree, Graphic Design

Education record

• Business Writing for Results • Communication Skills for Women • Management Conference

Adobe Premiere Pro, Html Coding, Css, Photo Correction