Renee Kousek Email & Phone Number

• Working with an in-house team of marketing creatives, assist with the digital marketing efforts of the Bostik Consumer and Construction business unit. Responsible for Bostik websites, Bostik Pro mobile app, digital.
• Use CMS Jahia to add and update content on the Bostik North America websites
• Lead updates on the look and functionality of Bostik websites
• Create wireframes/rapid prototypes of new web pages and user interfaces
• Provide regular oversight and maintenance of the distributor locator and other digital tools
• Edit and repurpose promotions, case studies, blog posts, videos, articles and other content for digital platforms

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States

• Graphic Design
• Create new publications utilizing corporate brand standards
• Update existing packaging and publications to comply with Bostik global identity
• Create original designs for digital advertising campaigns within brand guidelinesDigital Content Management
• Use CMS EpiServer to add and update content on the Bostik North America websites
• Lead updates on the functionality of Bostik websites

Sturtevant, Wisconsin, United States

• Assisted with the global identity re-branding efforts for Sealed Air Diversey Care. This includes collateral, technical publications, packaging materials and trade show graphics.
• Responsible for customer-specific collateral projects. This includes major retail brands including Target, Walgreens and Whole Foods Market
• Maintain brand standards and update technical collateral for private label retail brands including SC Johnson Wax

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States

• Contributed to the global identity re-branding efforts for the Consumer & Construction Business Unit. Projects included catalogs, technical publications, trade show graphics and product packaging materials.
• Created new publications utilizing corporate brand standards
• Updated existing packaging and publications to comply with the new Bostik global identity
• Responsible for updating graphics for private label retail brands including Lumber Liquidators, Sherwin-Williams and Liquid Nails

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

• Provided graphic design solutions for a global mining equipment manufacturing company. Emphasis on print collateral and technical publications for surface mining products.
• Lead designer for Conveyor and Dragline product line publications
• Responsible for Joy Global e-billboard graphics
• Developed executive and sales PowerPoint presentations
• Worked directly with print vendors, both in-house and outsourced
• Member of design development team responsible for re-branding all Joy Global collateral materials

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

• Emphasis on corporate-level business-to-business creative design for a global manufacturing company. Responsible for a variety of projects with customer facing and/or internal employee audiences.
• Collaborated with marketing communicators across all divisions including corporate, product marketing, software and vertical industries
• Interacted directly with executive, human resources, engineering, legal and financial personnel, both global and domestic
• Partnered with the Brand Manager to develop company brand standards, guidelines and templates
• Successfully led effort to eliminate outsourcing creative design of the RA Annual Report, resulting in cost savings of $50k annually
• Design lead for Strategic Maintenance, a 108 page sales publication in a magazine format

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States

• Responsible for the creative design of a variety of role-playing game materials.
• Graphic Designer for AdventureQuest magazine, a publication for European audiences
• Supported Dungeon Adventures and Dragon magazines as illustrator and production artist
• Promoted to Games Division after six months employment
• Member of the Product Development Team for the Birthright campaign setting
• Graphic and package design for Forgotten Realms and Red Steel campaign settings

Certificate, Social Media Management

Certificate, Managing Digital Content

Web Design And Development, Gpa 4.0

Coursework in front-end web design and development, Dreamweaver and Flash.

Bachelor'S Degree, Illustration