Experience

Return Solutions, Inc.
• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Product Advisor

  • Sep 2019 - Present


Sarah Jennings Designs

• Digital Creative Consultant

  • Nov 2017 - Present

  - Advising on and building print / digital brand collateral for emerging companies, resulting in millions of dollars in seed funding. - Designing, building and maintaining Wordpress based websites for multiple clients spanning a variety of industries, company sizes and stages. - Prototyping and user testing early stage digital products to assess business viability and potential issues prior to development. - Advising on and building print / digital brand collateral for emerging companies, resulting in millions of dollars in seed funding. - Designing, building and maintaining Wordpress based websites for multiple clients spanning a variety of industries, company sizes and stages. - Prototyping and user testing early stage digital products to assess business viability and potential issues prior to development.



AlefEdge

• Director of Product Management/Product Marketing

  • Jul 2021 - Oct 2022

  - Supervising and managing expectations of the product lifecycle for an API-first platform that allows enterprises to create private 5G networks - Designing and implementing quote to cash business operations processes - Collaborating with Marketing to craft messaging to help internal and external stakeholders understand the value and capabilities of an early to market product - Supervising and managing expectations of the product lifecycle for an API-first platform that allows enterprises to create private 5G networks - Designing and implementing quote to cash business operations processes - Collaborating with Marketing to craft messaging to help internal and external stakeholders understand the value and capabilities of an early to market product



Goucher College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Adjunct Professor, User Centered Design

  • Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

  Designed, built and taught User Centered Design course for the MA in Digital Arts and MFA in Art & Technology students. Designed, built and taught User Centered Design course for the MA in Digital Arts and MFA in Art & Technology students.


Attila Security
• Germany
• Marketing

  • Jun 2018 - Mar 2021


AOL Platforms

• Internet Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Ad Innovation

  • Jan 2016 - Nov 2017

  - Led a R&D lab for ad innovation - Build awesome products that make digital advertising better for users of mobile and desktop - Build bridges internally and externally to push both incremental and explosive changes in the ad ecosystem - Led a R&D lab for ad innovation - Build awesome products that make digital advertising better for users of mobile and desktop - Build bridges internally and externally to push both incremental and explosive changes in the ad ecosystem



Millennial Media

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Director

  • Nov 2013 - Jan 2016

  - Attend and present at Sales meetings and industry events around the country as the mobile creative subject matter expert- Helped inspire clients and agencies worldwide to push themselves further in mobile from a creative perspective- Worked with internal teams to roll out multiple products and creative units. - Managed Pre-sales designers- Built employee education and engagement programs around creative, brainstorming, and increasing revenue

• Senior Manager of Creative Strategy

  • Feb 2012 - Nov 2013

  - Brainstorming and designing pre-sale concepts of ideas for sales opportunities, resulting in millions in closed business.- Working with the Sales teams around the world to develop - Managed designers in their day to day pre-sales production work- Supported and helped to grow design teams in our London and Singapore offices. - Worked with internal teams company wide to push Millennial Media's creative offerings to their technological limits. - Presented to agencies and direct clients all around the US to help drive revenue for our multiple creative offerings.

• Interactive Designer

  • Jul 2009 - Feb 2012

  • Designing and/or building landing pages, rich media, banners, interstitials, and more for hundreds of different campaigns using HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, PHP, and other languages to achieve desired results. Translating existing online and print creatives into effective mobile solutions, as well as creating totally unique mobile-specific experiences.• Developing mobile share to facebook/myspace/twitter functionality, banner and landing page integration with rss and xml feeds. Constantly pushing the boundries of mobile design, staying up to date on current technological limits of the devices we work with, as well as on capabilites of our competitors creatives in order to secure our place as a mobile innovator.• Designing, developing, building and maintaining the Creative Services Library - organizing and inputting over 1500 different creatives spanning the creative life of the company to use as a tool for sales• Brainstorming and designing pre-sale concepts of ideas for sales opportunities, resulting in millions in closed business.


Fluid Movement
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director

  • Feb 2009 - Aug 2010


baltimoresun.com

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Designer

  • Mar 2008 - Jul 2009

  · Update and maintain multiple web sites including www; , and various internal and client based microsites as directed. · Collaborate with design team to develop new sites and products for the sales and marketing departments to increase site traffic and advertising revenue · Design static and flash online advertisements of various sizes to client and internal specifications, meeting constant strict deadlines. Daily advertising design projects include: web banners, e-mail marketing pieces, contest pages, splash pages, and micro-sites.



Fetchfood.com

• Assistant

  • Apr 2007 - Mar 2008

  Administrative duties – Maintaining and updating restaurant and menu information for over fifty restaurants in the directory, billing, writing newsletters, and assisting with day to day running of the business. • Hand-coding sites using HTML + CSS for individual restaurants to their specifications. Created the CSS Template for Pekofit, a Fetchfood widget that allows restaurants to process online orders from their own sites. • Designed pamphlets, postcards, and fliers for different marketing efforts using the Adobe Creative suite.



CENTERSTAGE

• United States
• Marketing Services

• Assistant Costume Shop Manager/stitcher

  • 2004 - 2007

  • Built costumes and crafts out of a wide variety of materials for world renowned designers such as Willa Kim, Paul Brown, and Catherine Zuber. Pieces that were created have gone to the Metropolitan Opera and Broadway. • Created and maintained organizational paperwork for productions i.e. build schedules, scene breakdowns • Designed and created custom props and costumes for educational and promotional programs at the Science Museum of Virginia, The National Aquarium of Baltimore, and others. Managed properties for a series of operas in Rome, Italy. Organized, built, and mastered properties for two summers. • Worked collaboratively with designers to assure faithful realization of their designs.



The Santa Fe Opera

• Performing Arts
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Costume Craftsperson

  • 2004 - 2006

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WHOO-TV

• Station Manager/Founder

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  · Raised over $30,000 for equipment, space, and bandwidth for the University of Virginia's first student television station. Recruited, trained, and organized 80+ students who produced programming. · Raised over $30,000 for equipment, space, and bandwidth for the University of Virginia's first student television station. Recruited, trained, and organized 80+ students who produced programming.