Jennifer Saunders

Seasoned Creative Services Manager and Graphic Designer with experience in the

complete design process - concept to delivery. Proven at brand development & management, photoshoot direction, sourcing vendors, negotiating costs, working within budget & deadlines, project management & problem solving. Skilled at Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop & Rush), Microsoft Office Suite, management & training of design talent, and FDA artwork approvals for medical devices and experience with WordPress.

Bank of America - Print Buyer (Contract)

January 2001 - June 2001

• Purchased materials for statement inserts, mortgage information, and bank signage

• Worked closely with the Graphic Designers, Marketing team and Vendors to negotiate pricing, kitting, shipping dates, and delivery instructions Yale Security Inc. - Sr. Graphic Designer

August 1995 - May 2000

• Designed and managed 6 brand manuals

• Created all marketing & sales materials including trade show materials & packaging (boxes, labeling, & instructions for use) and managed tradeshow planning

• Directed photoshoots, managed budgets and reduced costs

• Managed 2 designers, prioritized workload within budgets and on deadlines

• Graphic designer

• Video editor

• Project manager

• Brand manager

• Budget & deadline focused

• Legal & regulatory compliant

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Bachelors Degree, Graphic Design

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BSN Medical Inc., an Essity company - Marketing Services Manager/Graphic Designer June 2001 - October 2023

• Direct, and manage 8 brands under Essity, for all Marketing & Sales literature, Tradeshows & Global Packaging

• Plan, Prioritize, Direct & Manage workload, design team, medical artwork approval process

(FDA compliant), across all internal functions and external vendors

• Ensure all artwork is created, approved and available ahead of launch/show/training - within budget and deadline

• Lead and develop team of 2 graphic designers

• Create, plan, implement and maintain artwork approval process & file storage architecture to meet business, FDA, Regulatory and approval process for approximately 35k skus - including newly acquired companies/products

• WordPress expereince

• Multi-tasker

• Conduit for vendor & fulfillment house relationships

• Collaborative across internal & external functions

• Solid prioritization skills & problem resolution

• Flexible/adaptable and nerd for an order form

• Designed 7 key global brands

• Converted manual approval process to digital, speeding up to market release by 85%

• Sucessfully managed in-house creative departments, consistently reducing agency costs year over year

• Managed and followed the strict FDA approval requirements for medical devices for 22 years without incident

• Took Change Agent role in 8 major company name changes / purchases 704-***-**** jennifersaundersdesign.com

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