Scott Lester Email & Phone Number

Des Moines, IA, US

Ankeny, Iowa

Des Moines, IA

• Successfully lead functional resources in the innovative design for a large media organization. Engage readers and clients by producing creative and dynamic illustrations that encompasses an intriguing and compelling.
• Capture client’s requirements, present visual demonstrations and motivate internal and external stakeholders to be creative, collaborative, and uniquely bold. Partner with clients to ensure each project is.
• Coach and mentor new hires and staff on best practices and design options; facilitate the implementation of new protocol to improve productivity and increase overall revenues.
• Apply working knowledge to internal software tools and invest myself in learning all features of tools.

• Facilitated a player-coach position for the design team, led staff in a consistent and creative model and guided resources to apply best practices and corporate policy. Directed new design elements, including story.
• Earned several awards for providing design excellence, including the Illinois Press Association.
• Partnered with clientele to fully define schedules and workflows, committing to specific deliverables.

• Created new design themes for newspaper sections. Designed the front page for daily and Sunday editions and employed multiple creative techniques to capture the attention of readers and quickly deliver a captivating.
• Personally captured the communication from the field and delivered captivating stories that engaged readers. On-site for some of Iowa’s largest news stories, including Iowa Caucus and historic flooding.
• Earned several awards for providing design excellence, including the Society for News Design.

Designed daily sports pages and edited selected artwork. Wrote headlines and captions while mentoring new staff and writing with purpose in order to engage with readers. Prepared design packages for large events, including Super Bowl and NCAA Tournament.

• Responsible for ensuring the newspaper fully covered the day’s action in sports by editing and compiling major and minor sports results, box scores, team standings, league leaders and schedules. Build and create.

• Write and edit a bi-weekly newsletter, Ragan’s Media Relations Report, for the public relations industry. Report on issues and products important to public relations professionals to help them thrive in today’s media.

• Publish two trade publications — 21 issues a year — for the managed recreation industry. Ensure staff meets and follows strict deadlines during all stages of production; supervise an in-house staff and coordinate with.