QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Highly creative and proactive Designer with extensive experience in advertising, marketing and print design. Exceptional collaborative and interpersonal skills; able to bring a project from ideation to completion efficiently and expeditiously. Highly skilled in client and vendor relations and negotiations. Accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on quality control and motivating team members. EXPERIENCE

Independent Contractor (5/2001-present) NYC

Designer/Production Artist

• Advertising Agencies: Bozell Worldwide, Frierson & Mee, Grey Advertising, Hill-Holliday, Lowe & Lintas, McCann-Ericksen Worldwide, Mezzina Brown, Ogilvy & Mather, OmniCom, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, Young & Rubicam

• Publishing: The New York Times, Cigar Aficionado, FireIsland News, FoodArts, HarperCollins, Hearst Corporation, Niche Media [Gotham, Hamptons, LA Confidential], Scholastic Books, Wine Spectator

• Fashion/Jewelry Houses: Calvin Klein, DKNY, Faraone-Menella, Nicole Miller, Tourneau Watches

• Finance: Apollo Asset Management, OppenheimerFunds, Pinnacle Asset Management, UKTI (United Kingdom Trade Industry/British Consulate) USAA (8/2019-4/2021) SA-TX

Senior Creative Designer

• Creates and executes concepts and designs to establish the “brand” for this new department; encompassing 6K employees

• Applies and teaches, advanced knowledge of design principles

• Collaborates with key stakeholders to ensure all executions fulfill requirements

• Ensures compliance with design, brand, legal and/or accessibility standards/requirements, as required JPMorgan Private Bank (8/2013-8/2016) NYC

Creative Services Production Artist

• Responsible for all print production, e-communications, website development & event sponsorship (US Open, Paris Photo, et al.) materials in the marketing of the Private Bank

• Aided in the rebranding of JPM Private Bank across all marketing platforms

• Strong production capabilities, sound project management skills & professional level mastery of Adobe Creative Suite applications

• Design, editing and image search for marketing materials, while ensuring consistency among the brand

• Coordinated and produced ad hoc requests with global creative service members, private bankers & marketing professionals Goldman Sachs Asset Management (9/2010-4/2012) NYC Strategic Marketing Creative Services

• Responsible for all print production, e-communications and promotional campaigns for the marketing of GSAM (Goldman Sachs Asset Management); Quality control and Press-Check on multi-million dollar projects

• Strong production capabilities, sound project management skills & professional level mastery of Adobe Creative Suite applications

• Design, editing and image search for all marketing materials, while ensuring consistency among the brand

• Onboarded external vendors and made sure printing process was of the highest quality and on budget

• Coordinated, developed and produced ad hoc requests with global creative service professionals, sales managers and marketing professionals

• Introduced innovative improvements in departmental procedures to increase efficiency and quality

• Organized and maintained the marketing library of printed materials & digital image library

• Initiated cost saving measures based on inventory usage analysis Lee McDonald

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Synergy (2007-2010) NYC

Account Manager/Designer

• Managed accounts in this design/communications firm specializing in the branding, marketing and investor relations needs of financial services clients

• Liaison between clients & agency creative teams

• Client Relations, Branding/Corporate Identity, Pitchbook/Factsheet design and maintenance, Style Guides, Logo, Stationary & Website Development Niche Media (Gotham / Hamptons / Los Angeles Confidential Magazines) (4/2002-8/2006) NYC Pre-Press Manager / Production Artist / Asst. Photo Editor

• Worked in conjunction with art and advertising departments to construct Gotham, Hamptons and L.A. Confidential magazines.

• Liaison with advertisers & advertising agencies to design ads

• Responsible for getting all digital files to press under strict deadlines

• Trouble-shooting and a considerable knowledge of pre-press were mandatory

• Assisted in the selection of photos & caption writing

• Assigned photogs to various social/cultural events

• Selected and purchased stock imagery thru various photo agencies

• Worked with the marketing and promotions departments on in-house materials Bozell Worldwide (12/2001-4/2002) NYC

Studio Manager

• Managed evening shift of studio production artists

• Responsible for enforcing strict guidelines & branding

• Constructing all print & marketing materials for the Verizon account

• Delivered hundreds of digital ads to newspapers daily for this national account ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Adobe: Acrobat Pro, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop; Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Excel, MS Office, MS Powerpoint, Google Slides, Keynote. Conversational in Spanish and French.

EDUCATION

Texas State University / Bachelor Fine Arts / Public Relations Communications Lee McDonald

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