Sandy Lanning Email & Phone Number

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

As an Account Manager at Zephyr, my position requires many responsibilities and skills, including:- Project management - optimize and maintain projects and schedules for each client using Asana. Communicate out timeline, budget and project status, as needed.- Account Leadership - interact with each client on a bi-weekly basis; learn their goals and needs; strategically provide guidance to clients and to staff on how to reach/maintain those needs/goals.- Budget management - discuss budget constraints with clients; get quotes on projects as needed and advise recommended strategy to stay within budget; get budget approvals as needed.- Copy creation/management - create and edit copy as needed for a variety of needs, such as email, web, social plus print collateral or signage.- Web site page creation & maintenance - working mostly in WordPress, make edits to web pages as needed; also may create pages to add space or additional functionality to a web site.- Work with agency Director in providing information/feedback on billing the clients.- Edit, and periodically create, artwork for email, social posting, web, and print usage using the Adobe Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat).- Create documentation and reports for client meetings using Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Worked closely with our marketing partners and others on the Creative team to design, edit and output collateral for Sales and other business areas. This position required creativity, accuracy, and great attention to detail.• Prepared materials for presentations and meetings; created comps and pre-press files; edited files as requested by business partners or team members; created charts and graphs for use in multiple materials. Reviewed projects for accuracy and typos.• Prepared digital files for projects based on established communication strategies and deadlines.• Maintained photo licensing access and managed purchases for the team.• Collaborated closely with designers, business partners, and project teams to evaluate requests and refine design project specifications.• Ensured brand standards were being met for color, fonts, and production quality.• Evaluated and cleaned up files for consistency across multiple pieces and projects through the pre-flight process to prepare files for release to third-party vendors.• Educated/trained staff and business partners on team workflow process and procedures; included maintaining the service level agreement for Brand Services. • Developed resources and maintained relationships within the paper and printing industries, as well as with various other vendors and external agencies. • Developed proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite products as well as Microsoft Office products.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Managed projects for the Brand Services team and acted as liaison between the team and our business partners. My main objectives were to understand the goals, the budget, and the timeline for each project; this included coordinating meetings and schedules between multiple teams and tracking projects through the entire lifecycle.• Acted as an account manager for our Learning Quest 529 product; worked with my Marketing partner and an external agency on various aspects, some of which included digital ad banners and websites, printed flyers, and direct mail postcards.• Assisted in reviewing team projects and in providing Brand direction for print, video, and digital communications.• Educated and trained staff and business partners on team workflow process and procedures; included creating and maintaining the service level agreement for Brand Services.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Acted as a lead designer on visible projects, some involving key corporate business initiatives; continuously met a variety of deadlines.• Presented and rationalized creative solutions to business partners; provided photo research and direction.• Managed and produced materials utilizing specialty printing and finishing techniques. Worked with the print production team to provide press check approval as needed.• Provided art direction to production staff team members for print/digital communications to support marketing, sales, advertising, business-to-business communications, and brand strategies.• Assisted as a branding and identity advisor to business partners; also participated in creating and applying the company’s Brand identity to various mediums.• Developed and maintained productive relationships with business partners.• Developed resources and relationships within the paper, pre-press, and printing industries, along with various other vendors.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Worked with Senior Designer to create new and original designs based on client specification, needs, and brand guidelines. • Created and maintained files for all creative assets and resources, such as software, art materials, and special fonts, which are needed for record-keeping and referencing. • Worked with other members of the graphic design team to maximize creativity and excellence in performance and delivery.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Provided administrative support for the Financial Advisor segment of the Institutional Department.• Instrumental in setting up the first one-page fund profile format used for blast-faxing information to clients.• Created marketing/presentation materials, which included communications with and review by Compliance, Graphics, and Sales.• Provided word processing, answered phones and communicated with internal and external clients.• Handled special and routine projects, such as organizing and updating mailing lists, preparing and assembling mailings, coordinating the article reprint process, and organizing the quarterly blast-fax process.• Provided general administrative support for Information Systems, including word processing, telecommunications, database management, proofreading, and data analysis.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Trained to take on branch management duties, such as updating client ledgers each day, running the monthly statements, running daily branch data back-up, pricing materials to clients by phone, taking inventory daily, handling mail distribution, and setting up client visits/training.

Bba, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Crimson Heart for Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternityMinor in Spanish

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