Michael Bartelme Email & Phone Number

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Resized existing designs to meet new specifications while keeping client brand guidelines, of which included working on client catalogs and anniversary books.• Served as trainer for all new employees starting in the production department on procedure including file naming conventions to ensure history of artwork was preserved.• Worked in InDesign, PhotoShop as well as Illustrator while completing client changes of all kinds in a deadline-oriented environment.• Handled multiple tasks including trafficking approved artwork to vendors/publications in a timely manner.

In this supervisory role, I managed the production team, ensured all department objectives were met and all advertising campaigns were delivered to print media publications on-time and without errors.• Produced precise, creative layouts under tight deadlines• Worked with Creative Department to implement brand guidelines for campaigns• Advise client services staff on complex advertising requests• Managed day-to-day activities and schedule of production artists• Hired, trained and developed production staff• Developed, implemented and documented department procedures• Served as production department representative to client services and executive leadership• Sourced, recommended and implemented new software• Traveled to satellite offices to train staff on production systems• Served as a member of the corporate benefits committee• Facilitated and managed the transition to a company-wide order processing system

My primary responsibility for this position was to produce accurate, creative and visually pleasing layouts for a vast array of publications under extremely tight deadlines.• Redesigned and manipulated the layout of weekly ads. • Maintained brand and campaign integrity• Served as the main production resource for key, high-level agency clients• Proactively assisted other production artists when workload allowed• Completed ad order requests for client approval in an accurate and efficient manner• Participated in department planning

Bachelor'S Of Art, Communications

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