Maren Gibbs Email & Phone Number

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Dallas, TX

Dallas, TX

Fort Worth, TX

• Sole agency Production Manager, handling all facets of production throughout every project. Responsible for print vendor, photographer and illustration performance (quality control) with shared responsibility for.
• Produced numerous award-winning creative projects that were designed with significant production challenges, resulting in two regional Best-of-Show Addy awards (back-to-back wins), one National Addy award, one project.
• Negotiate and manage job costs while consistently communicating with agency team to prevent any misunderstanding, and simultaneously build respectful partnerships with local and national vendors.
• Served as agency lead for the research, implementation and agency-wide training for a new workflow software, Function Point. This was a complete overhaul from the previous workflow software that was used for more than.
• Created a new process for the agency’s financial forecasting, which is more effective, efficient and accurate for Account Service and Accounting.

Fort Worth, TX

• Managed the development and success of four annual Council events: including meeting fundraising goals; recruiting, cultivating and managing volunteers, community leaders, and high-profile business women and men to.
• Oversaw and participated in the raising of more than $1.5 million of special event contributions to benefit the Council; created and executed all marketing plans pertaining to each event; managed budgets of hundreds of.
• Supported the Council by assisting in community relations related to Council development and marketing, including partnering with Council board members on specific task forces.

Dallas, TX

• Managed and trained a team of five Art Producers in forming responsible buying and production strategies that best benefited the creative vision.
• Partnered with creative and account service departments to determine best brand strategies for our clients.
• My department saved our clients and agency hundreds of thousands of dollars each year due to work experience, negotiating skills and vendor relationships.
• Remained a “working manager” by producing jobs on multiple accounts with the same responsibilities as an Art Producer (below).
• Worked with senior management on special agency projects and account-specific initiatives.

Dallas, TX

• Managed and produced all aspects of commissioned art (including talent) for photography, illustration, computer manipulation and stock images for numerous national accounts, such as Pepsi, Harrah’s Casinos, Frito-Lay.
• Estimated and negotiated usage rights.
• Created and managed production schedules.
• Scouted locations, coordinated shoot production, and researched talent and artists.
• Served as resource for all legal and copyright issues involving artwork.

Dallas, TX

• Managed the production of Pepsi National Retail and Pepsi Field advertising and promotions, overseeing an average of 30 projects at one time.
• Served as communication liaison between Account Service, Creative, Production and Art Production.
• Developed and maintained estimates and production schedules to ensure projects were completed on time and within budget.
• Handled all final billing.
• Supervised pre-press work through all stages of production.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Major: International Communications With Emphasis In Advertising/Public Relations; Minor: Spanish

Activities and Societies: Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, PRSSA

Education record

Studied abroad Spring semester 1998 in Puebla, Mexico