Creative director and graphic designer with brand- and design-side experience creating communications with purpose and imagination across media for companies large and small, from nonprofits to industry leaders. Core competencies include art direction; communication design; concept development; integrative thinking; project management; team leadership; and written, verbal, and presentation skills.PROFESSIONAL SUMMARYCreative▮ Won department’s first national design awards by inspiring 18-person team to achieve greater heights▮ Created company’s first retail store by overseeing creative and vendor teams to launch 9 initial locations▮ Upgraded proprietary photography library by directing multiday shoots to add 3,500+ distinct imagesLeadership▮ Expanded Creative’s influence by building multidisciplinary team to support marketers across enterprise▮ Initiated Agile mindset by introducing practices and principles to enhance teamwork and communication▮ Increased staff retention rate by 50% over 5-year period by using Agile leadership to empower teamManagement▮ Lifted client satisfaction score by 11% by using Agile collaboration to grasp stakeholder needs and goals▮ Optimized $375K budget by managing expenses to allow for pandemic-related costs and impacts▮ Reduced end-to-end project time by 34% by resolving process bottleneck to improve speed to customerSELECT AWARDSRecognition includes GD USA American In-House Design Awards for creative direction, Communication Arts Photography Annual for art direction, and Mead Annual Report Show for design.