Suzanne H.

Creative Art Director/Designer educated, skilled with extensive experience in: Design, Art Direction, Conceptualize, Editor & Marketing Manager, Brand Manage. Experience includes, but not limited to: Simultaneously created designs & promoted ads for multimedia output: • Print (Newspaper, Direct Mail, Retail Interior/Exterior Temporary & Permanent Signage) • Online (website landing & promotional pages, content editor/designer & third party web banners) • Direct email blasts • In-store P.O.S. signage, hang-tags • Trade shows/expos • Outdoor Billboards, Vehicle Ads, etc. • Advertising Department Manager • Marketing Manager: Planned a 12-month roll-over calendar of events and allocated dollars to each event; Managed a 2 million dollar annual budget. • Created brand & advertising aesthetics & consistently ensured branding identity was exceptional to separated us from our competition. • Presented concepts to VP of Marketing and District Managers. • Managed, designs for print and for web which included managing the web catalog ... product content (images & copy descriptions) to ensure our website was accurate with retail stores & current sales. • Directed photo shoots. • Selected feature & sub feature imagery from: photo shoots. Plus stock-photography, vendor photography and/or in-house photo library. • Managed marketing coordinator, outside printers, contract web developers, etc. to ensure tight deadlines were met. Specialties • Creative Art Direction/Design/Concepts: print/web • Direct Photo Shoots (models/photographers/stylists) • Select Feature Shots to match advertising concept • Advertising Manager hands-on design executing all creative designs & services • Marketing Manager planned an annual advertising calendar with 2 million dollar marketing budget. • Print Production Manager: ensure color process, timelines in-house and/or outsourced • Dreamweaver CSS, HTML, Adobe Image Ready for website production • Director and producer for trade shows/expos