Marc Appezzato Email & Phone Number

West Orange, New Jersey, United States

Executed marketing projects as defined by Creative Briefs, Marketing Director, andprogram personnel. Oversaw development, budgets, and quality control throughoutproject life cycles.

Whippany, NJ

• Proficient in crafting visually compelling and innovative design solutions. Specializing in digital and print media, and leading creative projects from concept to completion. Proven ability to drive engagement through.
• Community Mitzvah Day Collateral: o Created printed and digital materials for an annual day of volunteering attended by hundreds. o Managed logistics for 10+ locations, including signage and advertising needs.
• Annual Meeting Themes: o Conceptualized themes for annual meetings for four consecutive years. o Designed graphics aligning the Federation with community goals, e.g., "Building A Stronger Community."
• Tour de Summer Camps Graphics: o Designed multimedia graphics for a cycling event raising funds for 160+ camps. o Managed promotion through posters, e-blasts, social media, and web content. o Produced event-specific.
• Report to the Community: o Compiled the 2019-2020 report highlighting programs, financial data, and fund allocation. o Created a cohesive 30+ page report distributed widely in the community.
• Marketing Campaigns: o Created content for various marketing campaigns, including print, web, swag, and social media. o Preserved branding standards, enhancing organization recognition.

West Orange, NJ

• Executed marketing projects as defined by Creative Briefs, Marketing Director, and program personnel. Oversaw development, budgets, and quality control throughout project life cycles.Key Accomplishments:
• Maintained Branding Standards: Ensured consistent recognition of the organization’s identity across all media.
• Developed Templates: Created templates for print and digital media, expediting the design process.
• Vendor Liaison: Coordinated with print vendors for higher-quality final products.
• Managed Large-Scale Projects: Oversaw agency-wide and departmental Program Guides, Film Festival, and building signage.
• Seasonal Program Guides: o Created 20+ guides featuring 120-180 programs across 12 departments, reaching 18,000+ members. o Developed templates and timelines, matched themes with stock photography, and coordinated paid.

Ridgefield Park, NJ

• Liaison Role: Functioned as the intermediary between creative and production teams and vendors in preparing files and documentation for printing. o Routinely met with vendors, establishing tight controls over processes.

Ridgefield Park, NJ

• Freelance Artist Coordination: Instructed freelance artists and integrated final art into production-ready designs in the premium greeting card industry. o Coordinated design completion, testing, and production, and.

• Produce logos, branding, apparel, printed collateral and web design for diverse clientele.Key Accomplishments:
• Aligned client needs with artwork to ensure satisfaction, leading to repeat and referral business.
• Consistently exceeded expectations in delivering work on time and within budget.

• Led a 9-person on/offshore creative team for this rapid-growth company producing commercially screen-printed products for telecom industry clients. Provided “hands-on” artistic vision/guidance and product fabrication..
• Designed a variety of promotional pieces, including: a board game, book covers, presentations and flyers. Spearheaded online presence by conceptualizing, designing and maintaining company website; regularly updated.
• Innovated procedures/guidelines that reduced time spent on each project by at least one day, enabling department to consistently be 2 weeks ahead of schedule.
• Established multi-tiered review protocol for art, film and data entry, raising accuracy from 90% to 96% and reducing production losses.
• Increased profit margin 20% by instituting a methodical artwork evaluation process, leading to precise quotations and scheduling models.

• Undertook leadership role in preparing customer artwork for screen printing. Trained employees on required software, processes and procedures.Key Accomplishments:
• Consistently achieved all quality, quantity and time standards for artwork produced.
• Converted 3000 wireframe drawings to press-ready files; conducted preflight testing.
• Overhauled shipping and stock storage floorplans, greatly improving efficiency, tracking and management of inventory levels and product shipments.

• Driving force in optimizing/transforming 20-person Art Department translating logomarks into embroidery for top-tier clients. Initiated changes in process and procedures to improve production/quality and provided.
• Led team in successfully converting over 3000 preliminary drawings to identity apparel--ready artwork in 4 years.
• Established art asset library, decreasing research time and eliminating creation of art that had already been produced.
• Expedited review, production and data entry by standardizing fax/approval forms.
• Initiated and submitted company artwork to the National EMB Honors Competition: - Awarded 1st Place, 2001 - Honorable Mention, 2000 - 1st Place and Honorable Mention, 1999

Bfa, Web Design And Development

B.S, Industrial Technology

A.A., Art