Sales Director
Resume:
Kim F. Murauskas
Chicago, IL
***********@*****.***
As an award winning creative director, I possess the knowledge and skills
to execute my ideas and meet my client's needs, to an exacting standard.
Proven strengths are a sophisticated visual sense, strong conceptual
thinking and the ability to translate merchandising and marketing
strategies into successful creative execution.
Experience
Freelance Art Director
Ford Artists
November 2010 - present
Responsibilities include: developing creative concepts, art directing
complex fashion, interior and still life photo shoots, editing film and
creating story sequencing. Staying abreast of fashion, photographic and
design trends.
Creative Director
GSP Marketing
February 2004 - November 2010
Being a creative director at a small fast-paced agency allowed me to learn
the fine art of balancing creative requirements with client business
requirements and
coming up with design solutions that met or exceeded strategic objectives.
Clients include: Naturalizer, Votre Vu, Sears, Lens Crafters, FTD, Cintas,
MB Financial Bank and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Naturalizer: The challenge: to develop a new marketing and branding
strategy and increase sales. Met this challenge with new creative, combined
with pagination analysis and testing, for optimum page density and proper
pacing. First catalog created by my team, in the spring of 2005, had an
increase in sales of 11% and an increased ROI of 150%. We won the bronze
RACie award for direct response in 2005.
Votre Vu: The challenge: Votre Vu was a start up brand that approached us
to translate their
vision for French inspired, luxurious, all natural skin care into a high
end catalog. Met this challenge by building a solid brand strategy and
executing a targeted catalog. Sold only online and through independent
consultants, sales were close to $1 million dollars in the first two
months.
We received the Silver Davey award for our work.
Senior Art Director
Spiegel
September 2000 - June 2003
Responsibilities included: developing creative concepts, art directing
complex fashion, interior and still life photo shoots, editing film,
designing page layout and typographic treatments and creating story
sequencing. Staying abreast of fashion, photographic and design trends.
Freelance Art Director
February 1998 - September 2000
Clients: Spiegel, Linen Source, Lens Crafters, Neiman Marcus
Creative Director
Big Deahl Studios
August 1997 - February 1998
Clients: FTD, Spiegel
Conceptual Designer
Spiegel
September 1995 - August 1997
Art Director
Hammacher Schlemmer
July 1993 - September 1995
Associate Art Director
Spiegel
March 1990 - July 1993
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
Quark
Microsoft Office
Education
Northern Illinois University
B.A. in Art
Minor in Art History
References
Liz Lang 773-***-****
Greg Bond 847-***-****
Margaret Ambo 773-***-****
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