Melissa Coney

Managed 30 package design projects for 5 major CPG clients. Provided highly responsive customer service. Estimated new projects, wrote proposals based on meetings, phone conversations and emails. Brief Creative Director, Production Manager, Design Directors and Designers on new projects. Provide project timelines, marketing objectives and project deliverables. Manage designers and production artists, keeping them on track and on budget. Set up conference calls with separators and printers to ensure printable designs. Present designs to clients, offering recommendations based on internal critiques. Attend vendor press runs for clients as necessary. Manage detail intensive production jobs averaging 20 - 80 SKUs. Monitor studio billing/budget reports to keep projects profitable. Manage monthly client invoicing

Directed the development of new and existing company packaging artwork, ensuring that quality, timing, and budgets were met. Managed all phases of packaging graphics projects for the internal marketing divisions, including creative design, refinements, corporate approvals, final artwork mechanicals and print production. Directed outside design agencies, as well as in-house design, regarding Clorox design standards and guidelines for all graphic artwork development. Managed the daily interaction with engravers, color separators and printers in artwork proofing and color development/approval, meeting quality expectations and project timing requirements. Attended vendor press runs assuring quality results for new vendors and new package designs. Established and monitored project budgets and timelines throughout the entire work flow process. Selected design agencies, engravers and print vendors for new packaging projects based on qualifications, experience, costs and technical skills. Managed staff of three Packaging Graphics Specialists, providing training and

Senior Manager Creative Services Institutional & Retail Packaging