Chris Thorson Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Creative Services:
• Actively lead and evaluate current creative services offering
• Develop creative service and talent strategy to support growth
• Manage current client and agency creative projects and empower the team to ensure delivery of excellent work – on time and on budget
• Assess and optimize agency tech stack to support delivery of creative services
• Develop processes, tools and workflows to optimize creative services for growth

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Completion of IRS application 1023 for 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity status
• Develop market analysis and plan for acquiring financial and volunteer support resulting inincreased community awareness and involvement
• Researched logistics and practicalities of a 501(c)(3) including federal, state, and local laws
• Collaborated to develop mission, vision, and core values

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Served as Interim Executive Directive during the planning and launch of NCYD
• Research logistics and practicalities, including federal, state, and local laws
• Collaborate to develop mission, vision, and core values

Knifemaker, leather worker, educator. community builder.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Senior Leadership Team - EOS Leadership and Data meetings
• Cross-functional team leader ensuring information flows smoothly across the organization by identifying roadblocks and improving workflows
• Implemented customized workflow management system to collect data on asset volume, review cycle time, and process compliance resulting in 30% increase in project efficiency across the business
• Budgeted and secured a complete computer hardware upgrade for five-person department resulting in 5-10% increase in productivity

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Initiated transition of work from external agency partner to Shutterfly’s new CreativeProduction Studio resulting in reduced costs, shorter turn times, and a more agile team
• Led and scaled the new creative studio team to achieve a billable utilization rate of 85% to90% by understanding how to effectively manage the emotional dynamics of the team
• Provided updates to partners as project milestones approached, were met, and completed

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Senior and Creative Management Teams - EOS Leadership and Data meetings
• Adapted project management methodology to build functional, and healthy teams byaligning talent with business opportunities to reduce project completion time by 20%
• Advanced productivity KPIs through training on the agency process resulting in increasedcreative department utilization by 15% to an optimized 85% utilization rate
• Evaluated client briefs and assigned talent based on deliverables and timelines to developa creative execution plan that mobilizes the team with clear direction while providing updates as project milestones approach.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Creative Leadership Team
• Built and scaled seven-person Creative Studio Team
• Instituted workflow management systems to monitor productivity and KPIs with the ability tojuggle multiple tasks without becoming overwhelmed or stressed
• Orchestrated internal, contract, and freelance talent for digital, print, and event verticalsresulting in on-time and on-budget creative deliverables
• Created budgets for staff development, training, and freelance talent

Minneapolis

• Senior Leadership and Creative Management Teams
• Initiated Creative Process to monitor asset volume, review cycle time and processcompliance resulting in increased creative department utilization
• Boosted department utilization to 90% via billable work, case studies, and content creation
• Advanced project management, server work-flow, and digital asset management processes
• Created budgets for staff development, training, and freelance talent

• Collaborate with Creative, Account, and Project Management to understand and deliver our best work based on client needs
• Vendor management for a variety of print and digital services
• Manage agency creative process and creative archive
• Partner with external IT support services

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Maintain and build my client roster while providing exceptional customer service
• Generate and maintain new and long-term business relationships
• Advocate for my clients and build trusting relationships with the internal teams
• Exceeded sales goal by 13% during my tenure

Bs, Sociology, Family Social Science, American Studies – The American Family In Post World War Ii Usa.

Aas, Design And Graphics Technology

Activities and Societies: Graphics department President. Student body Treasurer. Student interview committee for incoming Dunwoody.