Kristie Weik Email & Phone Number

Reading, PA, US

York, Pennsylvania, United States

Greater Philadelphia Area

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Responsible in managing a 3.5M account, lead a team of exceptional Project managers, production artists, graphic designers and QA individuals assigned to the Johnson & Johnson packaging divisions to ensure client.
• Provide design and print guidance to J&J personnel in compliance with direction from the Global Strategic Design Office.
• Coordinate and communicate all client needs for design support, production art and pre-press services into the Philadelphia office.
• Present recommendations to meet client capacity, quality, and general expectations in regards to packaging.
• Review ongoing workflow(s) and implement process improvement strategies to gain production efficiencies.
• Report and communicate with upper management to deliver on client requested KPI's as well as develop unique ways to grow future business opportunities.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Managed a team of customer service, project coordinators, production artists and QA individuals to execute packaging for Johnson & Johnson LifeScan.
• Liaison between SGS Philadelphia production and client communication as it related to deadlines and delivery of on-time artwork within client D2Launch job tracking system.
• Communicated timelines and issues concurrent with all cross-functional client teams including but not limited to marketing, regulatory, packaging engineers and translation agencies.

Exton, PA

• Managed communication between client, printer and Vertis production staff on the Just Born account.
• Initiated and reviewed client packaging files and placed into pre-press production workflow.
• Established printer relationship with Vertis pre-press production
• Responsible for managing production timelines as client/printer mandated.
• Communicate daily with pre-press operators on any flexographic printing concerns as they related to printer feedback and/or printability concerns with all cross-functional teams.

Exton, PA

• Seasoned Sr. Graphic Designer with experience in developing and executing flawless packaging, merchandising and collateral solutions.
• Reduced packaging costs by $225 K for car seats across three major retailers
• Supported the Creative Director in the development of visual design strategies for our portfolio of products, in support of marketing strategies, positioning and brand values
• Managed and mentored a team of graphic designers
• Provided project and design leadership for outside design firms, photographers and illustrators
• Supported Creative Director by providing design leadership for implementation of packaging, merchandising and collateral for our brands

Hanover, PA

• Responsible to design renderings of 3-D conceptual POS designs, 3-D corrugated prototypes, label/POP graphics, illustrations, color production of print cards, signage, set-up instructions for store displays, and.
• Created graphics for POS merchandising displays for Hanes, Nabisco and Hershey’s
• Worked directly with Corporate Marketing and Sales on various company projects including ads and conceptual designs and renderings

Responsible for electronic output of various commercial and publication jobs for the following clients: Cowles/Primedia Enthusiast Publications, Bell Atlantic, American Artist, WaterColor, Haggar, Atlas Editions, Avenue, Promo Magazine, CTW and The HuntPerformed trapping, imported photos, and wrote postscript files for direct-to-plate printingSilhouetted.