Zachary Waldrop Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Trends International, LLC (Trends) is the leading publisher and distributor of licensed products consisting of posters, calendars, social stationery, stickers and other related products to major retailers throughout North America from facilities in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Indianapolis, Indiana

• Devised, deployed and monitored processes to boost long-term business success.• Observed employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness.• Assisted with marketing strategy creation and advertising initiatives to better promote facility to public.• Managed, trained and motivated team to continuously improve knowledge and abilities in printing field. • Appraised inventory levels every week and placed orders to keep quantities well-stocked. • Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issue directly and implementing timely solutions. • Instrumental in the addition of new equipment purchases and budget impacts that have helped to keep the Fairgrounds running smooth and under budget in 2019.

Indianapolis, Indiana

• Avoided downtime by addressing issues with prepress equipment immediately and applying troubleshooting techniques to identify root cause issues. • Met with art room and management to discuss new ways to improve processes and increase productivity. • Supervised production planning while using appropriate tools and analysis for smooth production output. • Communicated value and position to sales team and developed tools to support selling process. • Established in-house design capability, evolved visual identity, and created a consistent look and feel across print ad campaigns, website landing pages, direct mail, company collateral, and product/service logos.

Greenwood, In

Graphic Designer from ‘06 - ’10; Elevated initial position of Graphic Designer to Production Manager in 2010. As Production Manager: • Directed manufacturing process and operational eciency procedures to achieve goal of first run capability. • Planned, organized and managed operations, including ordering materials and supplies, workflow management and timely production. • Successfully managed production activities to achieve on-time shipment of orders. • Managed documentation of and training on production procedures and work instructions. As Graphic Designer: • Developed creative design for marketing packages, including print materials, brochures, banners and signs. • Coordinated, created and scheduled content, designs and periodic updates to company website. • Worked with clients to gather and define requirements, establish scopes and managing project milestones. • Employed design fundamentals when selecting typography, composition, layout and color in design work. • Built corporate brands by designing cohesive looks between elements such as logos and letterheads.

Technical Certificate, Business Administration And Management, General

Cad/Cadd Drafting And/Or Design Technology/Technician

High School Diploma