Experience

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  Pearson education

  Apr 1996 - Nov 2000

  Associate graphic designer

  ”Marketing department guru” – designed and produced a wide variety of marketing collateral, prepared specs, obtained quotes for printing, and supervised press checks for accuracy and consistency. Managed external design contractors and creative services vendors. Developed $750K Marketing Department budget, tracked collateral and department expenses against budget, and presented monthly and year-end reports to executive team.

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  Emc corporation (formerly legato software)

  Nov 2000 - Feb 2005

  Associate creative director

  Led global Creative Services department, served as C-Suite and HR creative resource, and delivered a broad range of corporate and marketing materials across all media that reinforced corporate brand through several acquisitions and iterations. In charge of both internal staff and external design contractors, and creative services vendors. Managed $600k Creative Services budget, and provided monthly/yearly tracking reports.

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  Borland software corporation

  Jul 2005 - Jan 2008

  Creative services manager

  Led in-house Creative Services department and Web Services projects through the Corporate Marketing Database, delivering marketing materials across all media that reinforced corporate brand throughout the entire organization. Responsible for both internal staff and a full complement of external design contractors and creative services vendors. Consistently managed department budget and project savings every quarter, and provided metrics reports on projects.

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  Cordys

  Dec 2007 - Nov 2008

  Creative services manager

  Led creative services department for US Headquarters, working directly with the Sr. VP – Corporate Communications on multiple global branding and design initiatives.

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  Codetermine

  Jun 2009 - Jun 2020

  Co-founder, vice president & creative director

  CoDetermine was a creative services business that provided clients with everything from: corporate marketing and branding; graphic, web, and event design; creative print and digital design; social media marketing and design. We worked with clients on projects from ideation to completion, as well as updating existing assets. <client list upon request>

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  Warner bros. discovery

  Nov 2021 - Apr 2024

  Associate project manager

  — Core member of broadcast post-production team that helped Turner networks have year-over-year growth with regards to all major tentpole events for NBA, NHL, MLB, USSF, and NCAA March Madness. — Developed and implemented Bleacher Report (B/R) Broadcast Credential Process for requesting different levels of credentials while on the ground at games and matches. This process went through multiple iterations over time as efficiencies were discovered. — Key owner and developer of Turner Asset Management Process - developed Turner Sports (now TNT Sports) process for requesting photo and video footage assets from various sources including Getty Images that had several unique logins for usage on the various networks that were part of the Turner portfolio. Also managed all requests and invoice tracking for iStockphoto, Shutterstock, Pond5, AP (Associated Press), various networks (ABC, NBCU, CBS, Fox Sports, ESPN), NCAA. Worked with legal department on rights usage as needed.— Core team member who developed daily B/R Live Stream Content and Programming Sync Process for B/R’s live stream production process for app, web, and VODs. Process grew to include technical operations and team scaled daily streams 10x from 60 streams on average per month to over 600 streams per month in one year. — Member of review team for the development of Bleacher Report Creator Studio (BRCS) that uses a very customized and tailored Hot Mic product that enables talent to go live in the B/R app without producer or technical support. This is what helped B/R scale up 10x much in just one year.— Member of Sports Emmy® 2021 (43rd Annual) and 2023 (45th Annual) submissions team for Turner Sports/TNT Sports and Bleacher Report entries. Also submitted entries for Sport Business Journal Awards.— Created new and updated already existing SOPs as efficiencies were found and/or business needs changed. Show less