Functional Skills
Project Management
Operations Management
E-commerce Implementation
Brand Strategy
User-Interface Design (UI)
Digital Marketing / Advertising
Marketing Operations
Software Skills
Adobe Creative Cloud
Microsoft Office
Monday
Sector Experience
Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
Media & Entertainment
Retail
Travel & Hospitality
Languages
English
French
Notable Clients
Janie's Baked Goods
Weber Shandwick
Winston Flowers
Fortune 500
Experience
Veraqua
Design
Creative Consultant
1/2003 - Present
Seamlessly integrate brand strategy, market analysis, and operational efficiency to create cohesive brand presences and visionary marketing programs during extended tenures.
Select Additional Clients: Ahmesa, Canto, Full Armor, Icon Architecture, Janie's Baked Goods, Key Construction, Lilybranch, Loving Culture, Pillar Search, Talieri Hospitality, Wine Dads
Select Additional Clients: Ahmesa, Canto, Full Armor, Icon Architecture, Janie's Baked Goods, Key Construction, Lilybranch, Loving Culture, Pillar Search, Talieri Hospitality, Wine Dads
Lavazza
Design
Creative Consultant
1/2020 - 1/2023
• Designed brand-adherent omni-channel campaigns alongside in-house and outside creative agencies
• Implemented project management SaaS to bridge marketing programs across multiple departments
• Developed filing protocol and structure to organize shared servers and eliminate redundancy
• Implemented project management SaaS to bridge marketing programs across multiple departments
• Developed filing protocol and structure to organize shared servers and eliminate redundancy
English Guinea
Corporate Strategy & Development
New Business Consultant
1/2015 - 1/2020
• Established brand guidelines and policed consistency across all touch-points
• Created package design program that aligned with company's sustainability commitment
• Defined visual standards and styled and executed photo/video shoots accordingly
• Built e-commerce website with integrated wholesale portal and dynamic inventory management system
• Designed exhibit space and support materials and managed overall presence at trade shows
• Initiated third-party vendor and wholesale relationships
• Created package design program that aligned with company's sustainability commitment
• Defined visual standards and styled and executed photo/video shoots accordingly
• Built e-commerce website with integrated wholesale portal and dynamic inventory management system
• Designed exhibit space and support materials and managed overall presence at trade shows
• Initiated third-party vendor and wholesale relationships
Montblanc
Design
Design Consultant
1/2008 - 1/2012
• Designed and copyedited product-driven marketing programs for this luxury brand
• Developed secure DAM for wholesale data and media distribution within North American sales channels and to authorized resellers
• Developed secure DAM for wholesale data and media distribution within North American sales channels and to authorized resellers
NDA
Design
Creative Consultant
1/2006 - 1/2007
• Presented creative strategies and photo styling concepts to the executive leadership team
• Assessed creative group's processes, defined inefficiencies, and realized improved workflow ROI via multi-departmental integration and resource forecasting
• Managed daily creative operations and staffing for this $500MM retailer
• Assessed creative group's processes, defined inefficiencies, and realized improved workflow ROI via multi-departmental integration and resource forecasting
• Managed daily creative operations and staffing for this $500MM retailer
MilliporeSigma
Marketing
Creative Director
1/2002 - 1/2003
• Initiated global marketing programs including advertising, direct mail, and sales collateral
• Developed customer retention and reacquisition programs for US sales team
• Managed photo shoots from sourcing to styling and ensured deliverables met directives
• Instituted CMS for sales and marketing assets to streamline creative group's relocation
• Developed customer retention and reacquisition programs for US sales team
• Managed photo shoots from sourcing to styling and ensured deliverables met directives
• Instituted CMS for sales and marketing assets to streamline creative group's relocation
Clearway technologies
Design
Design Manager
1/2000 - 1/2001
• Enforced brand guidelines across all media to ensure uniform visuals and messaging
• Identified customer and consumer behaviors and their intersection to use as the strategic foundation for ad campaigns and in-person experiences
• Oversaw creative budget, sourced vendors, and managed media purchasing
• Identified customer and consumer behaviors and their intersection to use as the strategic foundation for ad campaigns and in-person experiences
• Oversaw creative budget, sourced vendors, and managed media purchasing
Grand Circle Corporation
Design
Art Director
1/1999 - 1/2000
• Designed catalog and other direct mail programs targeted to the over-55 travel community
• Identified staffing needs, sourced talent, and merged separate design studios into a single team
• Streamlined production and printing processes via PDF workflow, CMS, and archival plan
• Instituted Mac-skilled IT department to eliminate vendor dependency and reduce expenditures
• Identified staffing needs, sourced talent, and merged separate design studios into a single team
• Streamlined production and printing processes via PDF workflow, CMS, and archival plan
• Instituted Mac-skilled IT department to eliminate vendor dependency and reduce expenditures
Avery Dennison
Design
Creative Design Manager
1/1997 - 1/1999
• Directed food and beverage sector creative campaigns to showcase innovative labeling technologies
• Designed packaging for fictitious CPGs from original naming to final converted structure
• Storyboarded product and lifestyle photo shoots, hired and managed photography team
• Designed packaging for fictitious CPGs from original naming to final converted structure
• Storyboarded product and lifestyle photo shoots, hired and managed photography team