Rachel Duncker Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Can confidently produce and train teams in nearly any medium of production; have served as acting Department Head; adept at leading and inspiring teams; and can nimbly navigate complex organizations and quickly distill complex projects to obtain innovative, efficient results.Oversees and owns all aspects of integrated production across the agency's two largest accounts, Unilever and Molson Coors, by building staff plans; identifying and allocating appropriate resources; developing employees’ individual skill sets to suit their personal career goals and various current and future client needs -- all while personally simultaneously leading dozens of projects, across all mediums and stages of production.

Greater Chicago Area

Worked on agency’s largest client account, Molson Coors, and owned all aspects of creative production on all national shopper marketing activations for Molson Coors’s largest brand, Coors Light, as well as several other major brands like Blue Moon and Coors Banquet. Routinely led initiatives to optimize how the team collaborated, evolved, and operated with both internal counterparts and members of the Molson Coors organization and supply chain to ensure efficient agency operations and maximize revenue for both agency and client.

Greater Chicago Area

Oversaw all aspects of still asset production and print buying for brand-level and retail executions, including print campaigns, retail, OOH, digital, social, and TVCs, for top-tier brands like Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, Milk-Bone, Meow Mix, BOTOX Cosmetic, and Allergan eye care.Piloted FCB’s integrated production process for shoots involving both motion and still photography following increased client demands for cross-platform productions and assets. Was selected by leadership from three departments to spearhead, test, and refine these processes due to my demonstrated eye for process optimization combined with my nimble production approach and versatile skill set.

Greater Chicago Area

Provided oversight on retail and brand activation including POP, packaging, OOH, digital, and corporate partnerships on one the world’s largest brands, McDonald’s, by managing the production aspects of retail merchandising for the 14,000+ U.S. restaurants. — Played key role in the development and continued evolution of the workflow involved with McDonald’s digital menu boards by defining and implementing new, efficient, and effective processes with content management systems, external vendors, stores profiles, and internal resources. — Managed the production and project management aspects on the national menu board update for the All Day Breakfast launch. Program required the development of over 450 keylines for deployment across 14,000+ restaurants nationwide on a very truncated, evolving timeline. Implemented new keyline review process that has since been presented to the larger Arc McDonald’s team as a “best practice” for similar high-volume, truncated-timeline jobs. — Built a lean and effective spreadsheet to track project load, asset development, deliverable quantity, and financials for the entire production department to replace pre-existing and long-standing project management and financial tools. — Served as member of the Arc McDonald’s Onboarding Committee and was responsible for onboarding all new Arc McDonald’s employees to our workflow systems. — Presented key learnings and led discussion on the consumer experience and best practices at retail to the entire production department following a conference with industry experts.

Greater Chicago Area

Led agency initiatives in workflow process refinement and played large role in new employee education and onboarding all while leading all print production initiatives on accounts across multiple sectors (CPG, telecom, malt beverage, etc.).Hired early from agency internship program and promoted to mid-level position within one year.

Chicago, Il

Copy writing and graphic design: Wrote and designed external communications, promotional materials, acknowledgement correspondence, and website contentDevelopment and implementation of SBAIL Newsletters: Identified topics and relevant material for e-newsletter; Scheduled and coordinated most aspects of publication production; Organized material, wrote and edited news articles; Designed publication layout and produced web-ready final productWeb communications: Posted and/or updated items on the SBAIL website, Facebook page and Twitter account; Monitored evolving web technologies that could assist the Association in improving outreach and communicationsAdministrative Support: Provided administrative support as needed

Worcester, Ma

Wrote articles for the College Website's "News & Events" sections; Conducted interviews of relevant persons for each story; Proposed potential stories for use on Website; Suggested photos for use on Website's homepage

B.A., English, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Women’s Varsity Track and Field (2008-2009), International English Honor Society, Student Advisory Committee.

Honors College Prep Diploma