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Suttle-Straus is a forward-thinking company that delivers marketing services to our clients. Our turn-key solutions custom fit our client needs beginning with a strategy utilizing any number of our in-house services. Multi media campaigns may include creative services, various technology solutions such as e-commerce sites, micro sites, and/or print-on-demand; as well as short and long run printing, digital print, variable data and extra-wide format point of purchase materials. We round out our offering with fulfillment services, shipping and/or direct mail including mailing list management and targeted list acquisition. Our products when bundled together provide our clients with superior customer care, single-source services and added value.

Responsible for managing customer and internal projects of medium to large risk, scope and complexity, by planning and delivery of agreed quality solutions on time and within costs.

Provided leadership to a creative staff of 36, located in four cities. Responsible for planning, administering, troubleshooting, workflow distribution and problem solving. • Managed over a $1.5M expense budget. Routinely came in under budget. • Successfully managed and implemented a $580,000 capital expenditure project to convert and update the hardware/software in the four cities. During the six week physical conversion there was no disruption to business, no staff turnover, and designer adaptation was higher than expected.

Managed fifteen award-winning Advertising graphic designers. Hired and provided coaching, performance management, assessment, training, and personal development of staff.• Integrated creative designers and prepress artists with account executives to create a sales team environment that increased revenue, improved communication, accuracy, ownership, and decreased turnaround time. Customers enjoyed better design solutions and in the first six months a 45% increase in speculative ads was realized.

Responsible for leading and directing four Advertising designers and one direct Marketing designer in the creation of speculative and production advertisements. Provided coaching and personal development. Assisted as necessary in the creation of advertising materials.

Responsible for designing/producing advertisements for newsprint and glossy publications.Attended press checks, held a lead position, which coordinated workflow.

Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Masters Certificate Of Project Management

Project Management: Planning, Scheduling and Control - July 2008 Project Leadership Communication - November 2008 Managing Project Risks.

Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate

A holistic approach to problem solving. Six Sigma is a step-by-step process of interventions and statistical tools that allows companies.

Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate, Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate

Integrating Lean and Six Sigma for Manufacturing Excellence - October 2010 Six Sigma Data Measurement, Analysis, and Tools - May 2011.

Associate Degree, Graphic Design