Joanne Townsend
Marketing & Graphic Design
RESUME
Professional
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Graphic designer with 5+ years of experience in a marketing and advertising environment. Highly organized with a keen ability to manage a multitude of projects and translate proposals into effective designs in a deadline-driven environment.
Work
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Prime Systems, Inc. | Carol Stream, IL
Marketing Specialist
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Lead effort to restructure product lines to make them easier to understand and sell.
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Introduced SEO and keyword research concepts to written content.
Ebsco Industries | Waukegan, IL
Graphic Designer
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Responsible for all incoming design requests from the sales department including sell/spec sheets, instructions and catalogs.
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Successfully managed communications and logistics for over thirty trade shows every year.
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Planned and completed numerous photoshoots each involving over two dozen products, in multiple scenes and configurations, all in a normal eight-hour workday with minimal support.
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Led effort to compile 25 years of media into a modern data asset management system.
Inventables | Chicago, IL
Fulfillment Operations Manager
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Promoted from Inventory Specialist to Operations Manager because of commitment to quality.
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Implemented a new QC process that led to a five-fold decrease in sales returns.
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Gained Hazmat certification - brought company up to hazmat compliance for shipping hazardous materials.
Michaels Arts & Crafts | Tinley Park, IL
Customer Experience Manager
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Promoted from Sales Associate to Supervisor to Customer Experience Manager in under a year for my exemplary service skills.
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Selected for transfer to raise the customer service scores of the store with the lowest scores in the district - raised it to the highest in the district.
Joliet Pattern Inc. | Crest Hill, IL
Graphic Designer
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Graphic design and pre-press work for companies such as Kraft Foods and Absolut Vodka.
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Account Lead for the Dairy Queen Custom Design Program
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Photographed finished products.
Skills
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Adobe Photoshop
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Adobe Illustrator
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Adobe InDesign
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Microsoft Office Suite
Additional Skills:
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Photoshoot Direction
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Event Planning
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Trade Show Coordination
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Product Photography
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Copywriting
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Graduated 2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Major in Print Graphic Design
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Minor in Animation