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Director of Production Design...

As a Brand Guardian & Associate Director of Production Design, I oversaw all production aspects and delivered across multiple projects at a time. I also worked with our Creative Team and the client to ensure our work was always received both in a timely manner and with the client’s satisfaction. Aside from these relationships, a crucial part of my work centered around empowering and mentoring others. After a decade working with different clients and agencies I was in the position to lead a team of seven: through production and digital design, from Client requests to delivering.

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Follow development timelines, ensuring tasks are completed on time

Manage schedules & work flow for the creative team

Conduct design meetings for company clients

Interface with all levels of management, cross-functional teams & vendors

Have experience working as a QA before turning it over to the client

Maintain excellent attention to detail

Excel at creative problem-solving

Troubleshoot for all areas of layout, production & pre-press

Rectify problems as they arise with both the creative team & printer

Train others in Adobe Creative Cloud 2021

Customize website template mockups for client review

Exhibit strong project leadership & team player capacities

Supervise, train, mentor & partner with cross-functional teams

Inspire a collaborative
high-performance environment

Managed a team of production designers across the globe

"If you don't like something, change it."

- Maya Angelou

As a Production Designer...

Digital Designer:

Handle website design & development using WordPress

Use Figma as an interactive program to create & collaborate with my team & the clients

Interface with all levels of management & cross-functional teams

Optimize digital assets for app, website & web banner use

Design marketing collateral (e.g. case studies, banner ads & website pages)

Print Production Artist:

Manage multiple print & digital projects & produce social media advertisements

Work off established guidelines, dimensions & designs, ensuring brand consistency in print & social assets

Have extensive expertise in layout, production & pre-press

Collaborate closely with art directors, designers & developers

Modify & update websites via client’s requests

Establish a new company’s brand identity & produce its style guide

Retouch products & lifestyle images for print & web

Lead production artists across simultaneous projects

Design & format decks for client presentations & new pitches

Retouch & manage art and digital assets for output to newsprint, publication & packaging

Print Specialist:

Cover asset management, retouching,
pre-press / file prep & color management

Create custom die-lines

Create booklets & brochures with saddle stitching & perfect binding

Make artwork production-ready & resolve any artwork issues that arise during production

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY

Wordpress / Figma
Adobe ( Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator )
Keynote / Powerpoint