Forest Love

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FLOVE CREATIVE CONSULTING North America 2004 – Present

IDEO San Francisco, CA 2014 – 2023

Production Director (2015 – 2022); Production Manager (2014 – 2015) CLIENTS INCLUDED: AliCorp, AT&T, Bendable, Campbells, Coca-Cola, Ford, Gates Foundation, Genentech, Google, Innova Schools, jetBlue, LA County, McDonalds, Meta, MicroSoft, Navistar, PayPal, Planned Parenthood, SF MOMA, Sony PlayStation, Tempurpedic, USHMM, Yeti, and others. Oversaw the creation and launch of the first production design discipline and service offering across all North America and global locations. Researched existing internal workflows and defined new standards of engagement and communication throughout the entire firm. Built up and led a diverse, cross-functional production team of six full-time employees and 10+ contractors distributed across North America. Served as the principal point of contact for project consulting including scoping and requests for proposals (RFPs). Contributed as a key member of the Creative Workspace, Wayfinding, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) signage teams.

• Designed the physical space for 3 top-quality, high-output production studios and communicated capabilities to all global locations.

• Cultivated strong, trusted relationships with all disciplines across the firm by clearly communicating intentions, values, and offerings.

• Provided technical guidance and support for physical, environmental, digital, and artificial intelligence (AI) projects.

• Fostered beneficial, long-term relations with multiple contractors and vendors across North America.

• Led extensive contract negotiations with a new vendor to consolidate 21 leases across five locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Delivered operational support in reducing the five locations into one centralized flagship location and slashed annual costs by over

$200k across offices.

• Increased workflow efficiency by designing and implementing resource management tools for tracking and managing projects, staffing, capacity, resource utilization, finances, and revenue.

• Consistently produced best-in-class physical and digital deliverables by assigning team members to specific projects based on individual skillsets and working styles to ensure success throughout the design process.

• Created billing and workflow systems that eliminated printer charges and saved over $240k in expenses. 1 of 2

About

Creative Project Manager focused on studio development, visual communication, and design execution for complex organizations. Broad technical skill-sets with Program Management expertise across physical, digital, AI, interactive, environmental, and events. I bridge the gap between concept and production with a unique ability to take new ideas from inception through planning, creative, and executional stages. Equally comfortable managing people, projects, vendors, and hands-on production/design work. Working within publishing, agency, and consulting firms, I bring a vision and strategy to creative operations, while launching innovative new workflows. With diversity and inclusion in mind, I build high-performing, cross-disciplinary teams for high-profile client projects to deliver best-in-class products on time and within budget.

Skills

CORE SKILLS: Production Studio Design, Graphic Design, Strategic Planning, Vendor and Stakeholder, Relations, Creative Services Management, Project and Event Management, Process Design/Improvement, Negotiations and Contracts, Digital and Social Media, Budget Management, Quality Control, Team Building and Leadership. TECHNICAL / SOFTWARE + TOOLS: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Light Room, Bridge), Airtable, Asana, Audacity, ChatGPT, Figma, Final Cut Pro, Google Docs, HTML, Mavenlink, Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), MidJourney AI, Miro, Topaz. MORE SKILLS: Asset management, book design, color correction, copy editing, event planning, interaction design, design thinking, image editing, internal resourcing, packaging, photography, press checks, prototyping, publishing, social media marketing, talent acquisition, template creation, typography, workflow management.

SYPARTNERS San Francisco, CA 2007 – 2014

Production Manager

CLIENTS INCLUDED: Apple, AARP, Ann Inc., Bloomberg, Coca-Cola, Deloitte, eBay, Facebook, The Gap, Huawei, IBM, Levi’s, NetFlix, Nike, PayPal, PBS, Sony PlayStation, Starbucks, Under Armour, Virgin America, Xerox, and others. Owned and drove the vision and strategy for building up a production department to align with defined creative, logistical, technical, and executional goals. Prioritized and assigned daily jobs, projects, and tasks to teams. Led hands-on production design, photography, and long- term resource planning. Managed production facility operations and contractor and vendor relations to maintain output quality.

• Fostered collaborative production relations with senior leaders and across the project, creative, strategy, operations, and business development teams.

• Partnered with the counterpart in New York to build a high-performing team to deliver on the shared production vision.

• Ensured the production, design, and strategy teams were equipped with the operational infrastructure and cutting-edge print and interactive technologies required to produce high-quality deliverables.

• Continually elevated design output throughout the firm.

• Contributed technical guidance and support for the construction of a new physical space in New York.

• Influenced senior leaders to view production design both as an executional service and as a creative partnership. More Jobs

CONDÉ NAST New York, NY + San Francisco, CA

Cargo and Domino Magazines (NY) / Wired Magazine (SF) / Production Manager

• At Cargo and Domino Magazines, I assembled and maintained production workflow system for new Condé Nast titles from conceptual stages to launch. Provided training and support for staff throughout the transition from Quark/QPS to InDesign/InCopy. Served as a hub of information for interdepartmental communications. Responsible for art and editorial trafficking and color management with external vendor. Scheduled, managed and trained freelance production staff.

• At Wired Magazine, I personally executed color retouching for all editorial pages, proofed and executed all copy edits, scheduling, and was responsible for monthly press checks at out-of-state printing plant. HEARST INC. Production Director

Esquire magazine (NY) / Production Director

• Managed production of monthly magazine. Supervised staff responsible for producing all art, styling of text and page lay-outs. Created schedules for the art and editorial departments, developed ad placement schemes, enhanced quality control with pre- press, using diligent communication skills throughout. Preparation

SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY San Francisco, CA BS in Industrial Arts, Visual Communication, and Photography; Concentration in Graphic Design & Communications Professional Development

• Internal and offsite leadership seminar at IDEO, IDEO U, and SYPartners

• Independent coursework and studies in project management, studio lighting, photography, 3D modeling, AI Imaging, bookbinding, Adobe CS, Arduino, HTML, Microsoft Excel, MasterClass Online, LinkedIn Learning. et cetera

My kids, film, art books, bookmaking, typography, the cultural intersection of highbrow and lowbrow aesthetics, photography, records, 20th century film and event posters, road trips, design systems, fixing things, making things, and helping people fix and make things.

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