Frank Manley Nelson: Creative Director in Santa Ana, CA
Frank Manley Nelson

Creative Director
Santa Ana | United States
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Vance & Hines
Creative Director | 08/2017 - Current
Responsible for conceptualizing brand image and maintaining an industry-leading look and feel for print, web, social media, advertising, and television.
- Work with Executive Management Team to define company objectives, Sales & Marketing goals and communicate directives to Creative Team.
- Provide leadership and empowerment for the Creative Team to evolve and push for new ideas to keep the branding fresh and relevant.
- Drive projects from conception to completion, with tight deadlines to set project milestones in a fast-paced working environment.
- Translate love of design, passion for typography, and editorial composition into high-quality materials that
curate an inspirational brand story that enhances the consumer's experience.
- Measure and analyze digital analytics and insights for Social and Web to develop KPI metrics and executing directives based on informed data-driven decisions.
- Collaborate with New Business partners on engaging go-to-market product-marketing strategies.
- Engineering Department cross-platform partner responsible for functional prototyping of UI/UX for user-centered App Development.
- Travel to represent the company at events to meet with key industry leaders and communicate brand status and current B2B marketing goals.
- Compile assets ad-hoc from contributing cross-platform parties, and present collaborative materials to Executive Team.
- Manage and provide hands-on creative direction to a lean Creative Team across all media platforms; print, photo/video, social media, and web.
- Present concise visual communication strategies, including storyboarding, photo/video shoot coordination, on-set direction, and production.

Vance & Hines
Marketing Director | 04/2015 - 08/2017
Recruited by Founder/CEO Terry Vance to be an integral part of the company's first-ever in-house marketing department, duties include (former: Graphic Designer, Senior Designer, Creative Manager)
- Oversee the Marketing Department for $70MM business while maintaining and closely monitoring a flexible budget.
- Work closely with President, Vice President, and Executive Management Team to define company objectives, Sales & Marketing goals and communicate directives to Marketing Team.
- Travel to represent the company at events to meet with key industry leaders and communicate brand status and current Marketing goals.
- Present Marketing Plan to company Executive Team and External Stakeholders
- Negotiate contracts and pricing for print, packaging, POP products as well as online and print AD spaces for maximum brand exposure while staying on budget.
- Drive projects from conception to completion, work with tight deadlines to set project milestones, compile assets from contributing parties, present materials for approval, submitting artwork, and following through on production.
- Manage and provide hands-on creative direction to a lean Creative Team across all media platforms; print, photo/video, social media, and web.
- Interface with Photography and Video Department to provide concise visual communication strategies, including storyboarding and photo/video shoot coordination.