Robert Werner Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

• Leads Presentations/Outreach Committee, New York City chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby to pro-actively present solutions to climate change.• Co-founded the Climate Communication Project to bridge the divide in solving climate change issues via effective and strategic communication. • Co-organized a Carbon Pricing Forum to mobilize devotees and educate adversaries on proven answers to climate issues.• Moderated audience discussions after the screening of environmental films.• Lobbied 4 members of Congress on climate change solutions.

New York Area

• Develop merchandising strategies, creative concepts and innovative, environmentally-friendly designs for product displays to drive incremental revenue for a boutique display and promotional manufacturing firm for retailers and consumer products.• Cultivate strong collaborative client relationships to ensure marketing and display strategies meet business needs; hire and manage freelance designers and renderers. • Design customized promotional display solutions for leading brands including Walmart, Target, Walgreens, Bulova, Barnes & Noble and Hasbro (Sesame Street, Nerf and Play-Doh); create special displays for flagship stores (M&M’s and Toys “R” Us in NY and Playskool in Jakarta, Indonesia).• Introduce use of design briefs and project plans, perform competitive analyses and oversee budgets, production and delivery.• Establish a display library to showcase creative solutions for current and potential clients; drive design reuse to reduce waste and accelerate the approval process.

-Designed and oversaw production of branded displays for a variety of clients including Sound Earth organic cleansers and Ubiquity Brands premium snacks.-Strategized with marketing teams to improve retail product placement.

New York Area

• Directed team that developed creative concepts for award-winning point-of-purchase displays during significant corporate expansion across all brands (5,000 new stores and 25% increase in square footage overall).• Oversaw distribution and expanded footprint of Revlon Express merchandising system that accounted for 33% of Revlon’s overall profit in year-one and $100 million+ in profit over 10 years.• Championed sustainable displays, developing green design concepts that reduced solid waste, increased profitability and controlled costs; developed display parts library to encourage materials recycling and designed interchangeable parts and reusable tooling for significant cost savings.• Accelerated client approval and production processes by leading early-stage creative merchandising meetings with clients and creating test environments for proposed designs.

Greater New York City Area

• Oversaw design and development of displays for leading retailers and conceptualized and developed Revlon Express, a revolutionary 100% recyclable plastic merchandising concept that maximized space utilization and product visibility. -Revlon Express generated $13 million profit in year one with a 250% increase in sales per foot. -Compared to regular displays, Revlon Express reduced tooling costs by 33%, display costs by 75%, installation time by 66%, plastic requirements by 87% and shipping weight/volume by 50%.• Designed an innovative snap-together wall for Revlon and Almay brands that reduced manufacturing costs by $3 million, materials use by 25% and installation costs 25%, utilized 100% recyclable plastic and eliminated toxic solvents.• Significantly reduced timeline of product concept to launch (2 years to 1 year) and initial display development (5 weeks to 2 weeks) by creating an internal display request process and procedure.

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area