Experience

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  Blue Boat Studios

  • Owner

    • Feb 2014 - Present
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  Various

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Freelance Project/Traffic/Production Manager

    • Jan 2013 - Present
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Freelance project management for print and web. Hands-on print production and web content management for clients in healthcare, marketing and small business.

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  Physicians Interactive (Aptus Health)

  • Libertyville, IL

  • Digital Traffic Manager (contract position)

    • Feb 2013 - Jun 2013
    • Libertyville, IL

    Workflow management for creative services department of pharmaceutical marketing company. Projects included email campaigns, app development and desktop and mobile marketing programs. HTML email production (Dreamweaver).

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  NMMA

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Assistant Director, Creative/Web Services

    • Jan 2003 - Dec 2012
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Project management for collateral, print advertising and web projects for trade association representing the marine industry. Print projects range from corporate statistical and annual reports to promotional materials and integrated marketing campaigns for 20+ consumer boat shows. Scheduling, est...

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  Reed Business Information

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Production Director, the Ashley Group

    • Mar 2001 - Feb 2002
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Director of production department for specialty book division of international publishing company. Responsibilities included estimates, production schedules, budgets, workflow, vendor management, and quality control for more than 20 sourcebooks serving the luxury home building market. Primary lia...

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  Leapnet

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Resource Manager

    • Mar 2000 - Feb 2001
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Managed agency workflow and resource utilization for creative and marketing division of Internet professional services company. Project staffing, traffic, and project management for interactive and collateral projects. Primary liaison between creative, marketing, strategy, consulting, project man...

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  Austin Knight

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • National Production/Traffic Manager

    • Oct 1995 - Feb 2000
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Senior creative services manager of a $50M+ advertising agency, overseeing four regional creative hubs. Projects included brochures, catalogs, direct mail, collateral and print and interactive advertising campaigns. Established processes and managed all traffic and production activities on a nati...

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  JWG Associates

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Production/Traffic Manager

    • 1990 - May 1995
    • Greater Boston Area

    Project management for collateral projects from initial project assignment through final billing, including scheduling, estimating, print buying, and press approvals. Workflow and file management, hands-on production, and quality control. Liaison between account services and creative departments....

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  Miller Freeman Expositions

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Art Director

    • 1989 - 1990
    • Greater Boston Area

    Managed design and production of promotional and sales materials for 11 trade shows. Supervised, scheduled, and trained both internal staff and outside freelancers.

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  A.C. Nielsen

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Graphic Designer

    • Mar 1984 - Aug 1988
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Design and production of promotional brochures, logos, presentations, collateral materials and reports.