Inspirational creative director and graphic designer that loves to translate your creative visions and foster cross functional team collaboration and idea brain storming to develop on-target solutions that produce profitable sales.

CREATIVE, VISUAL DESIGNER WITH MANAGERIAL SKILLS
Translating business visions into profitable on-target solutions and result-driven products.
--Exceptional organization					--Strong attention to detail
--Ability to manage/prioritize multiple projects	--Well-developed communication
--Strategic and analytic creative thinker		--Collaborator and team player
--Highly effective presentation skills			--Directing photo shoots
--Process improvement and project scheduling	--Strong corporate branding
--Track record as leader who inspire teams		--Color theory and typography
--Experienced in administrative tasks			--Cost estimating and budgeting 
--Worked on both Mac and PC platforms		--Quickly learns new things 
--Training and coaching others				--Interviewing new recruits
--Expertise with resource allocation			--Conducting performance reviews

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE: Art Director and Visual Display Design (Jan 2010-Current)
--SKILL: Worked together with teachers to provide a fun learning environment.
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Developed and installed classroom displays that provided increased learning by 50%.
--SKILL: Designed elementary mascot logo and edited videos for various celebrations. 
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Retouched hundreds of digital photos within shortened schedule.

TARGET, La Canada Flintridge, California
Style Consultant promoted to Style Team Leader (August 2018-Current)
--SKILL: Managing retail sales team to serve guests and enhance shopping experience.
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Continue to increase sales each year by teaching quality department recovery skills and visual merchandising.

KOHLS, San Gabriel, California 
Sales Associate and Jewelry Consultant (Nov 2015–Jun 2016)
--SKILL: Contributed to a successful customer service environment and ensured cash handling procedures were in accordance to open, close, and balance registers.
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Processed sales, returns, exchanges and credit applications in a professional and efficient manner creating 100% satisfied customers.
--SKILL: Assisted customers at point-of-sale and performed recovery of departments.
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Customers were 100% satisfied with an organized environment and help given to them in locating advertised items or in finding special gifts.

THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, Woodland Hills, California
Glencoe, a unit of McGraw-Hill School Education Group, is a leading innovator and provider of 21st century teaching and learning solutions in K-12 print and digital educational products.

Creative Supervisor (Mar 2002-Dec 2009)
--SKILL: Effectively provided leadership, motivation, support, and creative direction to a group of 9 graphic designers and photo editors.
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Recognized for inspiring teamwork throughout the corporation and received Company Team Award.
--SKILL: Conceptually collaborated and co-led focus groups to create visually appealing and innovative designs within established brand guidelines.
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Enhanced the creative strategy of a high-profile health product to exceed sales by 34% and won a Corporate Award for Innovation.
--SKILL: Streamlined best-practices, devised new presentation approach, and improved online procedures of storing and retrieving digital assets using naming conventions.
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Reduced production schedules by three months with new approach of coordinating multiple teams in a high volume, deadline driven environment. 
--SKILL: Creatively produced a variety of successful designs in books, packaging, digital media, and marketing collateral of e-blasts, direct-mail flyers, and sales brochures.
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Addressed emerging technologies as key member of an innovative development team that conceptualized first hybrid product of print plus online learning in one.

Senior Designer (Sept 1998-Mar 2002)
--SKILL: Adapted to company reorganization that created a one-person art department.
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Researched current industry trends to identify key solutions to using freelance designers to maintain new department budget.
--SKILL: Created age appropriate designs and improved digital archival system 
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Developed a solid track record of providing results-oriented presentations to top executives and produced new guidelines with 100% retrieval.

Designer (Dec 1994-Sept 1998)
Associate Graphic Designer (Jun 1991-Dec 1994)

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE EXPANDING WALL, Glendale, California
Retail Sales Associate and Visual Merchandiser
--SKILL: Maintained and designed appealing multi-store window displays and signage.
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Improved sales by 75% through successfully conveyed seasonal campaigns and new merchandise trends within displays.

HONORS
--Received 2009 and 2005 Corporate Achievement Awards for Innovation 
--Received 2008 Company Team Award
--Received 2003, 1999, and 1996 Bookbuilders West Book Show Certificates of Excellence

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SKILLS
BA, Graphic Design, California State University of Northridge, Northridge, CA

Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash), Quark Xpress, iMovie, Microsoft Office Suite