Consultant & Contractor Resume Beverly Hills, CA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Senior designer, project director, consultant and team manager wif an accomplished history of working in the product industry in agency and corporate environments focused on results.
Skilled in Consumer Products, Design Management, Concept Development, Online Media, Design Thinking, Project Management and Fine Art.
Designed, delivered and exceeded targets on multi - million dollar global programs including awardwinning products, branding initiatives and first-to-market innovation.
My sweet spot is helping creative, technical, online & marketing teams grow bottomline results via consumer-centric strategies and product pipelines that deliver growth.
As a colleague, me'm always proactive and eager to help

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Consultant & Contractor

Responsibilities:

Developing / implementing brand, marketing and consumer strategy via shopper insights & analytics.
Creating multimedia content, usability guidelines, trend analysis, market research, product roadmaps advertising and copywriting for online, apps, CMS (Wordpress), presentations and promo materials.
Freelance design, product development, research testing, project & content management.

Confidential

TEMPPrincipal

Beverly Hills, CA

Responsibilities:

Developed RFP's for $300,000 capital investment and prospective retail partnership.
Developed digital brand, online and direct-to-consumer retail marketing strategies, global business segmentation, e-Commerce storefronts and SEO.
Hired and trained staff, designed operating protocols and virtual backoffice for core and sub-brands.
Developed direct-to-consumer global supply chain and dropshipping.
Managed ordering platforms, invoices and e-commerce integration.

Confidential

Mgr. DESIGN ENGINEERING

Kansas City, MO

Responsibilities:

Established product design research and usability protocols, methodologies and staff.
Aligned requirements, product roadmaps & brand language for consumer and customer strategies emphasizing emotional design and storytelling.
Managed and co-developed product and digital experiences (including interactive Voice Response) for global operations, retail & virtual products, senior level presentations and publications.
Managed 17+ interdisciplinary staff (designers, engineers, scientists) supporting digital and retail storefronts delivering ~$300 million in annual revenue.
Setup companywide training modules for Design for Manufacturing and Design for Experience (including user research, CAD, cost engineering, videography, 3D printing and design strategy).
Recruited, co-managed and developed staff and vendors for key market programs.
Managed schedules, RFPs, SOWs, LEAN project charters, resource and budget allocations.
Co-developed academic & internship programs, partnerships & diversity initiatives.
Hired and managed team frameworks, flex-staffing, deliverables, growth targets and budgets.
Established rapid-prototyping and ‘Design Play' initiatives partnering wif MIT and internal staff.

Confidential

Sr Director PD

LA, CA

Responsibilities:

Negotiated consensus financial targets wif CFO & COO to drive growth.
Worked directly wif CEO and CMOs to develop innovation pipeline growth and consumer market strategy.
Led global staff to deliver millions of products across stages of development and PLM on-time and under budget, delivering award-winning campaigns in CPG, online media and gaming.
Co-developed, presented and executed creative briefs, products and promotional campaigns meeting stringent safety, health and market requirements for Burger King, Kellogg's, Kohl's, Macy's, Kraft, WalMart, Target, RealD, Toys ‘R Us, Paramount, Fox, Warner Bros., Sony, Dreamworks, Lucasfilm, Nintendo, Microsoft, The NFL, Hasbro, Electronic Arts, Konami and others.
Responsible for multi-million dollar budgets, gross margins, revenues and top executive presentations and RFPs for blue chip clients.
Reduced external resource expenses by over 50% in three years pioneering flexible work contracts.
Built Value Engineering system delivering higher perceived value to clients & consumers while capturing unprecedented margin growth in the category (over $15 million per year for BK alone).
Zero product recalls during my tenure.