Suezanne Howard: in Garden Grove, CA

• Conducted interviews, created a team of 3 graphic designers • Managed 3 graphic designers & 1 graphic design holiday temp to ensure deadlines are met and workload is balanced • Conducted annual reviews & employee improvement plans • Meet weekly with CEO, CMO & Director of Marketing on chain ads • Ensure marketing efforts are clear, relevant & consistent • Train advertising partners on digital ad proofing site • Meet with Marketing team for consistent understanding of ad versions • Collaborate with photographers to ensure product photography is aspirational & successfully drives traffic • Partner with IT to ensure Macs, software and printers aligned with the needs of a graphics team • Graphic Design - (same as prior title) • Support all in-house design needs for Store Operations, Recruiting, Training, Loss Prevention & Safety

• Create Graphics advertising schedule with start to finish ad time line • Implement company wide brand consistency training • Develop logo guidebook & private label guidebook to provide Pantone colors, font styles & logo standards to create brand consistency both internally & with external partners • Manage a graphic designer & holiday graphic designer temp to ensure deadlines are met & workload is balanced • Ensure marketing efforts are clear, relevant & consistent • Collaborate with photographers on ad photography • Weekly direct mail print ad design • Product photo color corrections to minimize photography cost • Organize ad versions based on language, region and product • In-store signage design to create seasonality and branding throughout the store • Packaging design for private label packaging • Logo design for internal events and conferences • Partner with product buyers to ensure marketing efforts are clear & relevant • Partner with IT to ensure Macs, software and printers aligned with the needs of a graphics team • Support all in-house design needs for Store Operations, Recruiting, Training, Loss Prevention & Safety

• Weekly direct mail print ad design • Product photo color corrections to minimize photography cost • Organize ad versions based on language, region & product • Create version plate charts for printers • Maintain addresses of stores for print ads • Logo design for internal events & conferences • Partner with product buyers to ensure marketing efforts are clear & relevant • Partner with IT to ensure Macs, software & printers aligned with the needs of a graphics team • Partner with photographers for product pickup, photo transfers & product return • Support all in-house design needs for Store Operations, Recruiting, Training, Loss Prevention & Safety

• Designed weekly direct mail ads, brochures, magazines & programs for a variety of clients including Anna's Linens, Welcome magazine & Angels Baseball • Combined vendor ads with editorial magazine content • Created logos for retail stores • Collaborated with clients on corrections to meet print deadlines