ABOUT ME
Extensive experience in multimedia, marketing and print design. Exceptional
collaborative and interpersonal skills; dynamic team player with well-developed written and verbal communication. Highly skilled in client/vendor relations and negotiations; talented at building and maintaining partnerships. Inventive creator of strategic marketing campaigns; accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments and working within budget.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2010-2017 SENIOR GRAPHIC EDITOR AND DESIGNER CosmoProf/SBH Creative director, project manager and designer of BeautySpan, a beauty industry magazine. BeautySpan delivered trends and product launches to the full-service sales team in an attractive, comprehensive business format for US and Canada. Managed additional marketing projects: Toolbox, Education, Sales Flyers, Salon Signage, the Holiday Campaign and other Specialty Campaigns. These projects involved multiple moving parts that required strong creative, conceptual, organizational, communication and leadership skills to facilitate. Coordinated print and provided print-ready files to meet deadlines. 2002-2010 MEDIA COORDINATOR Aerial Company
Coordinated and implemented marketing projects for the salon and store channels. Developed sales tools that aid associates in achieving sales goals and worked with store personnel and customers to understand their marketing needs. One of my most comprehensive assignment was the complete design of the Aerial Urban Style stores; provided color schemes, designed wall decor/banners and printed materials. Project leader of many campaigns and company initiatives. Each campaign included multiple marketing assignments and involved print vendors, sales associates and brand managers. 2001-2002 GRAPHIC ARTIST EagleHerald Publishing
Worked with customers and sale representatives on a daily basis to create advertisements for the newspaper and other EagleHerald publications. Partnered with other graphic artists on specialty projects and was exclusively responsible for specific pages of newspaper from start to finish.
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BUSINESS
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Marketing Major with emphasis in
Advertising; Art Minor with emphasis
in Photography 1993-1997
MACINTOSH COMMUNICATIONS
NWTC-Green Bay 1999-2000
G.R.O.W.T.H. LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
Aerial Company 2006
EDUCATION
PLATFORMS: Mac and Windows
PROFICIENT IN ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE:
Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat
KNOWLEDGEABLE IN MS OFFICE SUITE:
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
COMPUTER SKILLS
PROJECT DESIGN
BRAND DEVELOPMENT
MARKETING AND ADVERTISING
COPY WRITING
DESIGN AND LAYOUT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
CREATIVE EDITING
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
EXPERTISE
CREATIVE EXPERIENCE
• Magazines and Catalogs
• Corporate Identity Binders
• Brochures
• Newsletters
• Logos
• Business Cards
• Signage
• Posters
• Postcards
• Stationery/ Invitations
• Product Packaging
• Photography
• Photo Retouching
• Photo Restoration
• Social Media
• Email Eblasts
• Coupons/Barcodes
• QR Codes
MARY WENDT
MARKETING, SALES AND DESIGN
N1116 Behnke School Road
Coleman, WI 54112
EMAIL: ******@*****.***
CELL: 715-***-****
CONTACT
CAROLYN CORPORON
Vice President of Marketing, CosmoProf/SBH
3300 Santa Monica Drive
Denton, TX 76205
Cell: 940-***-****
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SHARON JOHNSTON
Director of Marketing, CosmoProf/SBH
403 Jefferson Street
Marinette, WI 54143
Home: 715-***-****
Cell: 715-***-****
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PATTY CADENA
Director of Marketing & Sales Planning, CosmoProf/SBH 429 Mountain View Drive
Martinez, CA 94553
Home: 925-***-****
Cell: 415-***-****
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BARBARA HURST
Director of eCommerce, CosmoProf/SBH
2814 Trophy Club Drive
Trophy Club, TX 76262
Cell: 972-***-****
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TAMMIE HUNT
Vice President of Marketing, Celeb Luxury
6545 Nova Drive, Suite 201
Davie, FL 33317
Work: 954-***-**** x204
Cell: 704-***-****
****.******@*****.***
TANIA BARRE
Key Account Manager, Schwarzkopf Professional
101 Austen Drive
Weatherford, TX 76087
Work: 817-***-****
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MARY WENDT
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES