Operations Manager Marketing

JAMES DESALVO

** ********* ****, ******** ******, NJ 08690 609-***-**** Email: **********@*****.***

PROFILE

Successful leadership experience in print production, pharmaceutical marketing operations and project/traffic management operations for over 25 years. Broad scope cross-functional skill sets related to process development, budget, vendor and resource supervision. EMPLOYMENT & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

James DeSalvo Photography, LLC, Hamilton Square, NJ Est. 2010 Photographer/Production Editor/Business Owner

• Established as a small portrait and event photography and photo editing business.

• Expertise with studio and location lighting techniques.

• Website – http://www.jamesdesalvophotography.com Photography by David’s Bridal, Conshohocken, PA 2012 – 2013 Production Operations Manager (Division closed 2013)

• Reconstructed the photography department’s digital photo editing processes as focus was customer satisfaction.

• Developed matrix and guidelines to stimulate QC improvement processes and product cycle times.

• Effectively integrated internal workload with external editing resources and numerous service vendors.

• Staff management of 16 photo editors, traffic and creative personnel. Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro, NJ 2009 – 2011

Print Production Specialist (2 yr. Contract)

• Supported multiple brands with the purchase and deployment $4 million in digital, print & all marketing assets. MedImmune (AstraZeneca), Gaithersburg, MD 2007 – 2009 Senior Marketing Operations Manager (Corporate restructure 2009)

• Built and led a team of 4 professionals for the development of digital and print related promotional marketing programs to support a national sales force for this market leader in the $12MM biotechnology space.

• Staff management of graphic, photographic, print production and administrative personnel. Princeton Partners, Princeton, NJ 2006 – 2007

Director of Production Operations

• Responsible for overseeing all production and traffic functions for $7 million in annual digital and print pro- grams as well as vendor relations and internal controls.

• Staff management of graphic production, IT, project/traffic management and creative personnel. Organon (Merck), Roseland, NJ 2004 – 2005

Senior Manager – US & Global Sales and Marketing Procurement

• Leadership of global strategic sourcing of suppliers for $5 million in annual marketing, fulfillment and distribu- tion for this multinational provider of core therapeutic products.

• Staff management of national and international procurement and administrative personnel. JAMES DESALVO Page 2

Pharmacia (Pfizer), Peapak, NJ 2000 – 2003

Senior Marketing Operations Manager - Customer Development Unit (Corporate buyout 2003)

• Accountable for the production management of the Managed Markets division’s $14.6M of promotional and ed- ucational materials development through fulfillment.

• Developed and designed a digital national template program aimed at empowering the sales force on the local level with customized materials.

• Responsible for website development, strategic sourcing, design, production, procurement and distribution for all branded and non-branded marketing programs.

• Planned and conducted onsite events and product training initiatives. Staff management of print production, project/traffic, inventory and administrative personnel. PRINT INDUSTRY & HEALTHCARE ADVERTISING EMPLOYMENT Echo/Torre Lazur, Parsippany, NJ – Production Contractor (Pharma Advertising Agency) Carbon/CommonHealth Advertising, Parsippany, NJ – Production Contractor (Pharma Advertising Agency) Synergy Healthcare Comm., Bridgewater, NJ – Senior Operations Contractor (Pharma Advertising Agency) Healthanswers, Pennington, NJ – Production Manager (Healthcare Sales Training/Design Agency) Dudnyk Healthcare Group, Horsham, PA – Production Director (Pharma Advertising Agency) Gillespie, Princeton, NJ – Production Manager (General Advertising Agency) Webcraft Technologies, North Brunswick, NJ – Production Manager (Offset/Web; Direct Response) Noral Color Corporation, NY, NY – Customer Services Manager (Color Separations; Offset/Sheet-fed) EDUCATION (MILITARY & CIVILIAN)

Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ

A.A. Degree Program in Digital Media – Web, Video & Design Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA

State of Pennsylvania – Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic Program New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY

A.A. Degree Program in Advertising Production Management United States Navy

Ocean System Technician - OT School - Key West, Fl. COMPUTER PROGRAM EXPERIENCE

MAC- Adobe Products:

Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Premier Pro, File Maker Pro PC- Microsoft Products:

Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Visio, Ariba

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