mark stritzel: Creative Consultation in Pasadena, CA

EMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW 2017—Current, Creative Consultation Mark Stritzel Creative, Pasadena, CA Contract creative concept and project development, design and production, vendor brokering, and fulfillment for variety of clients, including advertising and promotions, ecommerce, brochure, catalogue, publications, identity and brand development, art direction and styling. 2017, Creative Project Associate Robert Meyers Studio, Pasadena, CA Contract design, production, and installation of ADA compliant and architectural signage for Collins & Katz Family YMCA complex in Santa Monica. 2016—2019, Accounting Manager, Business Consultant Graphic Design Services, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA Corporate closure, collection, and dispensation activities. Account management and collections, payroll and insurance closure, material and equipment sales, general accounting, municipal and state filings, general assistance to president and operations downsizing and closure. 2011—2018, Managing Partner Eon Editions, LLC, Pasadena, CA Formed, manage and direct the LLC, including all ecommerce, business, marketing, and creative operations. Eon Editions, LLC publishes fine art and literary materials online through ibooks, Amazon, and Barnes+Noble, and through public ecommerce site, www.eoneditions.com. This ecommerce entity allows sales for several hundred distinct sales codes, and is integrated with legal, shipping, and payment requirements. Developed promotional campaigns with SEO, banner buys, ebrochure, and traditional direct. 2009—2011, Managing Director of Publications Center for Civic Education, Woodland Hills, CA As Managing Director, provided complete directorial and managerial oversight of the design, marketing, and publications programs of the Center. Created the publications master plan, budg- etary and resource requirements, timelines, tracking, analysis, policy and quality compliance, and contracting. Collaborated closely with stakeholders including executive, grant program, and editorial directors to identify, strategize, develop, market, and distribute defined projects within the master plan. Responsibilities as Creative Director and Marketing Director contin- ued. Developed, calendared, and managed marketing programs and materials in collabora- tion with executive and program directors. Included demographic target identification, distribution channels, and media formats. Contracted with external vendors in support of promotion and marketing functions. Created synchronized marketing campaigns across mul- tiple media for product and promotional releases, distributed through network partners, or- ganizations, associations, and educational institutions. 2002—2009, Creative Director Center for Civic Education, Calabasas, CA Creative management and direction for all Center publications and visual initiatives. Project management included internet, multimedia, video, and print product forms of books and sup- plementary curricular materials; user experience and architecture for internet sites and dis- tribution portals; identity systems; environmental signage systems; program marketing systems including brochures, conference handbooks, presentation packages, newsletters, onesheets, awards; board reports, annual reports, and research summaries; and external promotional campaigns including direct mail, print, internet and email marketing; and pre- and post-pro- motional informatics and analyses. 2002—2006, Graduate Academics Faculty Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA Instructive facilitation of exhibition graphics, collateral, digital, and print material for graduate level fine art students. Advised on aesthetic, technical, and production specifications as well as external contracting. Support for over one hundred successful exhibitions.