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Detroit, MI, US

Michigan, United States

• Designed a wide array of marketing materials including, posters, social posts, packaging, apparel, event signage, inserts, flyers, etc.
• Created custom illustrations for a range of apparel and marketing materials.

MI

Freelance Graphic Design, Illustration and and small press publishing.

• Managed team of 8 designers
• Assigned and tracked multiple projects across several brands
• Reviewed and provided creative feedback on designs across a wide range of products (apparel, drink ware, home goods, stickers etc.) and entertainment brands (DC Comics, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Marvel, Cartoon Network.
• Enforced style guides both internal, and those of major licensed brands including Warner Brothers, Disney, NBC Universal, Viacom and more.
• Worked with Amazon team to develop effective marketplace strategies.

Oak Park, MI

• Lead designer on packaging products, including Green Monkey, Glyco, Novex and more, Introduced a wide variety of specialty packaging treatments including foil papers, specialty coatings & textures.
• Rebranded the entire packaging line, including template design and die line creation. Created physical and digital packaging mock-ups.
• Designed corrugate and acrylic POP displays.
• Designed various flyers, brochures and print ads, and various marketing communications.
• Developed consistent branding strategy among brand families.
• Assigned and tracked projects across design team.

• Led creative department of 5 full time designers, plus temporary staff, freelancers and interns. Managed all hiring, termination and annual reviews.
• Led design teams on major releases, coordinating all aspects of the design process, with internal and external partners, to maintain consistency across all aspects of a project.
• Oversaw creative development of company website through multiple iterations.
• Developed print and web based buyer’s guides to streamline the presentation of key marketing information, and provide a wide array of customer tools in a flexible and cost efficient manner.
• Oversaw development of new corporate identity system, and style guide.
• Established creative department policies and procedures, including: work flow, creative briefs, templates, print spec forms, generation and overall job procedures.

Troy, MI

Developed a wide range of high-quality, award-winning premium collectible packaging. Designed wide variety of projects including, flyers, ads, outdoor, packaging, POP, trade show booths, promo items and more.

Royal Oak MI

Managed art department, including creative development, assigning, quoting, tracking jobs, and file management. Developed company style guide, procedure manuals, backup system and technical support. Created print ads, posters, brochures, direct mail pieces and web design for clients in various industries including, food, jewelry and industrial.

Madison Heights, MI

Designed catalogs, logos, print ads, manuals, flyers, forms, signs, and labels. Designed, set up and maintained the company website and all internet activity.

Livonia MI

Designed ads for Auto Trader, Job Trader and various other publications