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Tulsa Metropolitan Area

AYM Advertising is a graphic design company specializing in print media. We are dedicated to giving your business creative, imaginative ideas that drive results. We do that by making sure your business is covered in all areas: graphic design, packaging, trade show graphics and provide consultation that “Aims for Your Market”. We also have a group of talented designers ready to make your brand shine and reach your target market.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Shape how Boston While Black brand is presented to the public. I assist in breathing life into its brand to produce a tangible identity.

Serving colleges, universities and public school districts streamline their print, graphic design, mailrooms, and copier fleet maintenance services.• Oversaw and performed design projects ensuring each project adheres to client’s brand standards – while crafting interesting, attractive message-driven pieces. Key responsibilities included ensuring that projects are managed successfully from start to finish while managing client relationship. • Performed design services and extensive understanding of preparing files for offset and digital print. • Supervised second designer. • Support Print Solutions Specialist and other sites needs for marketing materials and consulted on print solutions. • Set up a protocol with PSS and site managers for what our capabilities are, and what information is needed (all steps) in order to begin a design project (concept sharing by sample, text and graphic elements, deadline and proofing requirements, how an order needs to be received)As Site Manager• Monitor the flow of over 1,000 print orders per month from intake through delivery along with over 5,000 incoming and outgoing mail pieces• Assess capacity for upcoming orders and implement sourcing plan to ensure workflow coverage/on-time delivery• Managed over 10 vendor relationships—from initiating and facilitating bidding process for outsourced jobs to ordering and testing new products• Performed comparative cost analysis of in-house or outsourcing production costs, saving of $5,000 in the first 3 months and increase $20,000 in sales in a year• Lead and implemented employee training program of 30 staff memebers for policies and procedures to enhance the print center’s effectiveness and efficiency to better serve customers

Greater Boston Area

Mid-size print shop serving municipal entities, corporations and individual clients. • Operated high volume printers and copiers along with standard finishing and packaging. • Performed quality inspection before, during and after output of each production run, and review risks and issues with client at each step of the process. • Initiated requests for bids, customer quotations, and purchase orders for vendors.• Served as a technical resource for materials, estimates and production needs.• Provided training and coaching for junior associates.

Connecticut Area

Founding production manager of newly established Minuteman Press franchise.• Participated in critical start-up activities, which included market, pricing and location analysis as well as design of all initial promotional collateral.• Responsible for the day-to-day operations, which includes daily financial tasks, opening and closing procedure, invoicing, staffing, inventory and scheduling of print runs. • Manage vendor relationships—from initiating and facilitating bidding process for outsourced jobs to ordering and testing new materials from paper supply vendor.• Managed and coordinated all facets of graphic design projects including initial project consultation, design concepts, print production, quote/bidding, and customer relations.• Maintained and refreshed the graphics for store marketing and sales presentations, websites and promotional items/coupons. • Worked with owner to meet franchise-mandated sales targets. • Maintained client satisfaction sufficient to leading to repeat business and referrals.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Shift leader who managed 3rd shift of Connecticut’s highest traffic 24 hour standalone center with 8,000+ monthly transactions, including supervision and coaching of customer service teams.• Designated lead responsible for digital imaging, scheduling, tracking, logging, producing, and finishing full service orders exceeding set quality expectations and meeting client deadlines.• Participated in continuing education and consistently applied a thorough knowledge of Fedex’s “Theory and Technique” to achieve the highest possible quality for all orders.• Setup complex orders while performing multiple tasks concurrently using automatic equipment and taking preemptive actions to prevent errors and waste.• Assisted training team members, provided leadership which helped build a strong unified foundation in the center.• Operated the point-of-sale terminal and performed daily cash closing procedures • Performed all phases of equipment set up, operation, routine maintenance, and ordered supplies to ensure full capacity operation.