Natalie David Email & Phone Number

- Oversee Traffic and Print Production team, including one direct report -Lead relationships with printer partners, including interviewing, vetting, and onboarding new printers, as well as troubleshooting problems. -Assist with onboarding and training of new creative staff, including full time and freelance creatives. -Assist creative leadership in sourcing and vetting new freelance talent. -Manage capacity levels of freelance and in house talent and advise leadership of creative staffing needs.-Develop unique production solutions for event invitations and other materials, from suggesting paper stocks and envelopes to recommending budget-friendly printing effects, in collaboration with creative talent and client service teams.-Handle print production, providing specs, requesting and preparing print estimates, setting delivery deadlines, tracking progress of projects. -Approve digital and hard copy printer proofs and facilitate correction of errors. Uphold quality control standards for printed materials.-Assign writing and design work to full-time and freelance creatives, setting deadlines for project delivery. Produce priority lists for Creative Directors and other creative staff as needed. -Plan production schedule timelines for all client materials, spanning from their Discovery meeting to the start of their event.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

-Move and track projects through the creative team from start to finish, ensuring that materials are delivered on time to our clients and that final printed pieces look fabulous. -Assign writing and design work to full-time and freelance creatives, setting deadlines for project delivery. Produce priority lists for Creative Directors and other creative staff as needed. -Plan production schedule timelines for all client materials, spanning from their kickoff meeting to the start of their event.-Lead relationships with printer partners, providing specs, requesting and preparing print estimates, setting delivery deadlines, tracking progress, and troubleshooting problems. Responsible for interviewing, vetting, and onboarding new printers.-Develop unique production solutions for event invitations and other materials, from suggesting paper stocks and envelopes to recommending budget-friendly printing effects, in collaboration with creative talent and client service teams.-Approve digital and hard copy printer proofs and facilitate correction of errors. Uphold quality control standards for printed materials.-Assist with onboarding and training of new creative staff, including full time and freelance creatives. Assist creative leadership in sourcing and vetting new freelance talent. -Manage capacity levels of freelance and in house talent and advise leadership of creative staffing needs. -Developed and managed creative internship program from 2019-2020.

-Wrote copy for invitation packages, cover letters, and other pieces as needed in promotion of clients' Major Donor Events. -Handled copy for midrange donor direct mail campaigns, including appeal packages.

-Wrote feature stories, conducted interviews and reviewed albums for various online and print publications, including SPIN, INSite, Beautiful/Decay, AthensBLUR, Stereo Subversion, Soundcheck and more.

Greater Atlanta Area

-Wrote copy and created design concepts for online display ads representing clients from various industries.-Ensured created ads matched advertisers' other current online branding initiatives and ascertained correct targeting to meet advertiser objectives.-SME and primary point of contact for all Bronze level accounts; backup and assistant for Gold level campaigns.-Trained new team members on process, specs and product best practices.

Greater Atlanta Area

-Edited text for individual business websites for content, quality and AT&T company style and standards.-Wrote Copy for Local Online Display Ads and proofed completed banners for content and clarity.-Proofed website functionality and worked closely with designers to ensure product accuracy.

Greater Atlanta Area

-Assisted in management of five regional issues of print magazine.-Wrote articles and sourced article ideas and concepts for freelance pool.-Edited staff and freelance pieces for content, clarity and style.-Reviewed proofs and worked with designer on layout and image placement.-Worked with advertisers to ensure ads and advertorials exceeded expectations.