cleo creech

Experience

APA Color Graphics

Production Manager

• Supervising department heads and large staff in the printing, finishing, fabrication and shipping areas.
• Responsible for day-to-day operations, getting a large volume of jobs processed, produced, and out the door.
• Set up new Quality Control Department.
• Reworked job traffic procedures, routing slips, and departmental checklists.
• Managed staff resources and scheduling, hiring of new personnel.
• Ran weekly staff meetings. 

03/07-04/09

Contract/Freelance

• SunTrust – Long term project reworking/formatting Business-to-Business marketing materials and slide shows across financial products departments.
• Infinitee Advertising – Signage, brochures, advertising for real estate and mall management clients

 09/06 – 03/07

Ambrosi-Atlanta (Schawk Worldwide)

Production Coordinator/Signage Lead, Home Depot Account

• Project supervisor on large signage initiatives for Home Depot
• Supervising other staff and contractor teams
• Working with outside print and design vendors
• File prep and release to printers
• Quality control
• Ad releases (FTP, Fast Channel)
• Operations and system controls
• Cheat sheets and procedural guides

 03/04-09/06

GlobalDoc

Production/Traffic Manager

• Tracking employee resources vs. job demands, scheduling overtime and temps.
• Tracking quotes and projected time demands vs. actuals.
• Producing marketing materials in multiple languages, maintaining design feel and intent across all versions.
• Working internationally with multiple translators, client, and design firm contacts to ensure cohesive marketing look and message.
• Tracking departmental work hours, chargeability, and hours available to facilitate project planning.
• Producing production reports for management to track productivity and staffing needs.  

09/02-03/04

Deloitte Consulting

Senior Graphic Designer

• Producing marketing proposals for sales efforts in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Working with new consultants to focus marketing message and utilize existing marketing tools.
• Handling In-house graphics projects as needed and assure corporate and legal compliance.
• Supporting tradeshow efforts to most effectively reflect image of firm and increase business.
• Worked with department managers on how to best manage internal client expectations, and be more proactive in creating alternatives and solutions to common problems.  

01/02-09/02

NowDocs.com

Operations Trainer/Special Projects/Relief Manager

• Create and implement from scratch operation training and Q&A procedures for all U.S. offices, write training manuals and certification procedures.
• Staff and office evaluations around the country to assure Q&A compliance, and best practices and procedures.
• Floating and Start-up manager for all U.S. offices.
• Project Manager for high-profile, special client projects.
• Opened International office in Hong Kong.

04/00-02/01

KPMG Consulting – Florida

Senior Graphic Designer/Q&A Controller for Florida/National Proposal Team

• Managing design and proposal needs for partner meetings, national conferences, and hi-profile onsite proposal efforts.
• Producing marketing proposals for sales efforts in fast-paced demanding consulting environment.
• Doing background research and preliminary drafts/organization on proposal efforts.
• Producing RFP responses, often for very detailed, extensive government contracts.
• Producing consulting deliverables/reports to demonstrate effectiveness of consulting work to clients.
• Handling in-house graphic needs.
• Checking work in all Florida offices for strict company standards, cohesiveness
• of firm look and marketing message as well as legal compliance.

04/99-04/00

KPMG Consulting – Atlanta

National Design Team Coordinator/Operations/Trainer

• Training staff across the country during the formation of a national design group. Part of a small Atlanta group that grew into KPMG’s NDPPS (National
• Design Presentation and Proposal Services) group. Went from 3 employees to over 400 nationwide.
• Helping set firm-wide graphic and production standards and guidelines to assure consistent company look and message.
• For large high-profile clients creating custom looks and creative approaches to proposal requirements, including multi-media, video, field trips, etc.
• Created standard quick-and-dirty solution-based templates for use by consultants..
• Part of SWAT team called in on high-profile million dollar plus proposals. Some of these efforts individually led up to $70 Million dollar contracts and averaged $100 Million in additional revenue to the firm a year. These high-stress war room efforts often included onsite work and sometimes around-the-clock teamwork for weeks at a time.
• Partner meeting and board presentations and proposals, I became the “go-to” person for many senior partners and board members, who often commented that I had was able to shape their vague ramblings into “exactly what they had meant to say”.
• Producing marketing proposals for sales efforts, aside from the national efforts, our office was constantly working on all efforts in the Atlanta area.
• Producing RFP responses, often for complex and intricate government contracts.
• Producing consulting deliverable/performance reports to assure clients of effectiveness of ongoing consulting work.
• Created a FilemakerPro database with custom interfaces to track work, and generated needed reports. This was eventually used nationally.

10/96-04/99

The Coca-Cola Company

Senior Graphic Designer, International Marketing

• In-house graphics production for international marketing department.
• Following strict company design guidelines and preserving company and brand name and logo usage.
• Bottler communications, workshop materials, and presentations.
• Working with agency contacts to ensure in-house work seamlessly reinforced branding and marketing goals.
• Client presentations and marketing pieces.
• Olympic support.

12/91-06/96

Self Employment and Free-Lancing

I have freelanced and even started my own design studio between periods of

corporate employment.

Volunteer and Community Work

• Elected by neighborhood association to sit on board or NPU-W, sit on the NPU-W public safety committee.
• Volunteer coordinator with Trees Atlanta
• Active with SAND (South Atlanta Neighborhood Association).
• Volunteer design work for Atlanta Fulton County Public Library
• Volunteer design work for Atlanta Black Arts Festival
• Past Editor for the Georgia Poetry Association
• Board Member for a local literary festival.