• Create and design media ads for national magazines and direct mail pieces for printing and mailing to house customer list.• Maintain Journey's brand standards company wide and across all media channels.• Adjust color correction, heavy photo manipulation, retouching and merging photos for web press printing. • Redesigning/updating the look of printed materials by constantly incorporating current design trends.• Interact directly with Vice President of Catalog Sales, Corporate Merchandisers, and Catalog Designer on photography needs that convey an understanding of product usage for catalog print and form effective advertising campaigns consistently on time and under budget.• Collaborates with merchandising, marketing, sales, internet and creative departments to form effective advertising campaigns consistently on time and under budget.• Cross-train creative teams in hardware/software, layout, design, and digital photography.

• Assist Creative Service Manager in catalog design and layout• Organized and did photography and videography for new and existing products

• Create and manage brands.• Successfully manage and coordinate print and web graphics from concept to completion.• Collaborate with B2B and B2C clients to create vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadline requirements.• Design, redesign and/or manage websites for clients.• Perform IT troubleshooting and web security for clients.• Translate subject matter into concrete design for newsletters, promotional materials, and sales collateral for print and web.• Brand consultant for a vast array of clients.• Promote the arts and is a mentor to other artists.• Establish trusting relationships with vendors and key clients.• Manage all operational, strategic, financial, quote/bid, and administrative functions.

• Successfully managed and coordinated print and web graphics from concept to completion.• Collaborated with clients to create vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadline requirements.• Coordinated with account managers, printers, and vendors to meet all project requirements.• Created highly persuasive sales and marketing presentations.• Supervised digital, web, and social media development for national car dealerships.• Created and managed internal brand.

• Effectively built, motivated, and directed design and production teams.• Coordinated with the Account Executives and Editorial department to meet all deadline requirements.• Delegated and supervised illustrators, photographers, and interns.• Participated in team effort to produce streamlined production of policy manuals and educational materials for newly hired employees and freelance photographers.• Collaborated with print companies to test and produce weekly newsprint.• Created covers, article layouts, and advertisements.• Established trusting relationships with designers, vendors, and key clients.

• Created new design themes for marketing and collateral materials.• Collaborated with team to design and produce computer-generated artwork for marketing and promotional materials.• Participated in the production of print and promotional items for key clients under direction of Marketing Department.• Maintained and designed websites, web advertisements, and e-blasts for many clients.

• Managed and coordinated graphic design projects from concept through completion.• Collaborated with staff to create vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadlines and requirements.• Lead, motivated, and built the Creative Arts Department.• Managed strategic, financial, and quote/bids.• Converted sermon notes into PowerPoint presentations.• Created all internal web and printed promotional material.• Conducted and organized staff web meetings and streaming video.

• Created new design themes for marketing and collateral materials.• Created websites, book covers, CD covers, DVD covers, and other print marketing materials for companies nationwide.