Creative Services Manager and Graphic Designer
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Medium Rare 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, FDA artwork approvals for medical devices and website design experience with WordPress & SquareSpace.
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, & IFUs)
• Directed photoshoots, managed budgets and reduced costs
• Managed 2 designers, prioritized workload within budgets and on deadlines
• Graphic designer
• Project manager
• Brand manager
• Budget & deadline focused
• Legal & regulatory compliant
• Multi-tasker
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bachelors Degree, Graphic Design
time management excellent communication interpersonal skills typsetting photogrpahy media organiza- tion canva humble kind friendly can work with anyone fun Professional
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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 & Instructions for Use
• 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
• Marketing Materials & Packaging / Instructions for Use
• WordPress / SquareSpace web designer
• Conduit for vendor & fulfillment house relationships
• Collaborative across internal & external functions
• Solid prioritization skills & problem resolution
• Flexible/adaptable and a nerd for an order form
• Designed and Managed multiple, successful global brands
• Converted manual approval process to digital, speeding up to market release by 85%
• Successfully 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 9 major company name changes / purchases / rebrands Jennifer Saunders Design - Graphic Designer
October 2023 - Current
• Creating all manner of graphic design for freelance clients - Logos, sales tools, brochures, social media packages, product photography and color correction, illustrations and branding
• Creation of informational websites for small businesses and festivals JS
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Jennifer Saunders
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