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experience

May 2021 – present

Senior Designer

TrendyMinds, Inc.
531 E Market St | Indianapolis, IN 46204 | trendyminds.com

Job Description: Lead designer for the Humana account. Providing concept development, strategy and design for multi-channel marketing campaigns and digital customer journeys. 

Responsibilities include:

  • utilize Figma and Sketch to create landing pages and emails
  • create animated social media advertising using Adobe CC and banner snack
  • develop customer experiences for virtual and in-person events
  • collaborate with the HIVE, (Humana’s internal creative team) to develop digital and print marketing collateral
  • advise Humana marketing team members on best practices and ideal communication techniques customized per initiative

May 2018 – Feb 2021

Creative Director

Vology
15950 Bay Vista Dr. | Clearwater, FL 33760 | vology.com

Job Description: In early 2018, Vology brought all of its advertising in-house from an agency, and needed a creative leader to provide direction for the brand going forward. In this role, I provided concept development, creative direction, brand guardianship, and design leadership for all campaigns and communications including the complete design and build of Vology’s new website launched in March 2019.

Additional responsibilities included:

  • Management of marketing team and strategy
  • Customer event organization, management, and promotion
  • Webinar planning and promotion
  • Customer communication cadence and management
  • Marketing automation oversight (Salesforce & Pardot)
  • Development & maintenance of project management system
  • Filming, editing, and producing internal and customer-facing videos
  • Management of vendors and department resources
  • Oversight of social media presence

October 2017 – May 2018

Senior Creative

Experian | Clarity Services
15550 Lightwave Dr #350 | Clearwater, FL 33760 | clarityservices.com

Job Description: Partner with Marketing Director, product and marketing teams on multi-channel marketing plans and campaign concept development. Design of digital and print creative projects. Assist with content and positioning strategy for new product launches and existing product lines. Design for social media channels, website, digital sales pieces and promotional emails. Implement new branding throughout all sales materials. Ensure brand adhesion and assist with project management and organization.

October 2014 – October 2017

Art Director

Bankers Financial Corporation
11101 Roosevelt Blvd. N. | St. Petersburg, FL 33716 | bankersfinancialcorp.com

Job Description: Collaborate with Chief Marketing Officer and corporate marketing team to concept, design and produce multi-channel automated marketing campaigns. Create complete identity and branding for a new company launch (2017). Design UX friendly websites, social media marketing artwork, email campaigns and printed marketing pieces. Direct photoshoots, assist with copywriting and editing creative content. Present campaigns to clients and other staff. Create and send promotional emails using Sales Force Marketing Cloud and Constant Contact software. Develop and maintain corporate branding guide for eight business units. Mac and PC platforms

April 2001 – October 2014

Art Director

Sexton Printing | Sexton Strategic Marketing
250 Lothenbach Ave. | St. Paul, MN 55118 | sextonprinting.com

Job Description: Assist with multi-channel marketing plan development with clients, marketing, sales and creative staff. Concept, design and produce print and online creative visual materials including publications, logos, ads, brochures, websites and interactive documents. Develop corporate ID standards and maintain existing ID standards for 75+ clients as well as 
Sexton Printing and Strategic companies. Mac and PC platforms

awards

GOLD OBIE Award Winner for Centricity Brand Launch Campaign
Best Marketing Campaign/Promotion – Budget over $10,000
Complete Identity and Brand Development, Brand Launch Campaign and Marketing Collateral

Silver Award Winner for Centricity Brand Design
Best Marketing Promotion by Supplier or Industry Partner
National Sales and Marketing Council (NSMC)
Complete Identity and Brand Development, Brand Launch Campaign and Marketing Collateral

Award of Excellence in Visual Design
Dakota County 
Community Development Agency collateral materials
Annual report, Calendar, Brochure series

Winner of Advertising Design in New Sales Generation
for Surface Mount Technology Association
Event Advertisement

education & training

2016
AIGA National Conference
Las Vegas, NV

2010-2011
“Cross-Media Communications”
“Designing for Mobile Notepads”
“Dramatically Increase Your R.O.I.”
Sexton Trendtech Seminars

2006-2009
AIGA Design Camps
AIGA Minnesota

2008
Advanced Illustrator Training
MN Science Museum

1999
Advanced Photoshop Training
Bolger Printing

1997 Graduate
Bismarck State College
Bismarck, ND
Graphic Design

software

Expert in Adobe CC
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Proficient in WordPress
Proficient in Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Proficient in Salesforce Pardot
Proficient in Constant Contact
Knowledge in Salesforce CRM

Knowledge in HTML and CSS
Knowledge in Survey Monkey

(Proficient in Macintosh and PC environments)

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