Megan Green
Greenfield,MA
Summary
Innovative candidate with a proven track record of success in the design industry. A highly collaborative designer who enjoys working with other professionals to create the best designs. Organized and dependable candidate who’s successful at managing multiple priorities and tight deadlines with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet goals.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Designer, Corporate
Newell Brands - Home Fragrance - Yankee Candle
02.2022 - 02.2024
- Delivered compelling and consistent creative across all touch points, aligning with brand objectives, consumer targets, and path to purchase journeys.
- Collaborated with senior management to develop, review and finalize design concepts, guaranteeing designs adhere to company brand standards and guidelines.
- Used Adobe Creative Suite to create designs for use in marketing materials and website content.
- Retouched images for commercial use, employing specialized techniques in photo manipulation to achieve a polished look while adhering to brand guidelines.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
Visual Merchandising Clerk
Yankee Candle Company
02.2016 - 05.2022
- Developed visual merchandising plans and strategies to promote store offerings for top-tier wholesale accounts.
- Created visual displays (planograms) to highlight new, featured, and seasonal products.
- Led cross-functional collaboration between brand activation, channel marketing, operations, and sales teams to ensure successful execution of company-wide strategies.
- Proposed new ideas and concepts for additional In-store marketing based on corporate key creative visual direction and sales planning priorities.
- Maintained consistent brand identity across all channels ensuring a unified shopping experience for customers.
- Coordinated and assisted with visual setup of trade/gifts shows, conference rooms, executive office displays, and special events, applying current trends and innovative techniques to enhance education and understanding of products.
Assistant Graphic Designer
Stevens 470 Marketing & Creative
- Collaborated with lead graphic designers to develop visually engaging promotional materials for various campaigns.
- Created artwork for product packaging and promotional materials for various clients.
- Designed visually appealing event collateral that helped drive attendance at corporate functions, trade shows and industry conferences.
- Coordinated with external vendors and suppliers to verify quality and accuracy of printed materials.
- Assisting web developers to update client web content.
- Set up product shots and selected props, styling, and lighting.
- Met with clients to present design comps/mockups and collect information for adjustments.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
Graphic Designer
The Republican Co. / Newspaper
- Designed impactful print collateral such as advertisements, brochures, posters, banners, logos and more to support various marketing initiatives.
- Developed cohesive visual branding across all marketing channels, strengthening company identity and customer loyalty.
- Utilized Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to design and create informational flyers and advertisements.
- Coordinated with external vendors and suppliers to verify quality and accuracy of printed materials.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
Pre-press Production Artist
Turley Publications, Inc.
- Carefully prepared design layouts into prepress files for offset, web and digital printing.
- Helped artwork meet standards of quality and accuracy for both sheetfed and web press printing.
- Provided layout and design of advertisements, magazines and newspapers, both for clients and internally.
- Digitally edited photos using Photoshop to enhance appearance and develop strong photo-manipulation/retouching skills.
- Tracking production and customer service.
- Developed strong communication, organization and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
Education
Certificate, Web Development And Design -
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, MA06.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Graphic Design
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY06.1993
Associate of Arts - Design And Visual Communications
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, MA06.1991
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Creative Thinking
- Design development
- Print Production
- Production Support
- File and database management
- Customer Communication
- Microsoft Office
- Teamwork skills
- Self-Directed
Awards Boards
- 3 time recipient of the Yankee Candle Wholesale Grind/Genius at Work Award for outstanding individual support for visual needs within multiple Wholesale channels.
- Yankee Candle 2014 People's Choice Award team member in recognition of exceptional performance supporting all of Wholesale with visual needs across all businesses.
- Greenfield Community College Alumni Association, Foundation and Activities Council member.
- Ad Club of Western Massachusetts and NCAMA (Northeast Classified Advertising Managers Association) Design awards for The Republican marketing department.
- Graduated with honors and received a certificate of accomplishment for the student development program from Pratt Institute.
- Received the Charles Green Award for leadership in co-curricular activities and development of the college community from Greenfield Community College.
Timeline
Designer, Corporate
Newell Brands - Home Fragrance - Yankee Candle
02.2022 - 02.2024
Visual Merchandising Clerk
Yankee Candle Company
02.2016 - 05.2022
Assistant Graphic Designer
Stevens 470 Marketing & Creative
Graphic Designer
The Republican Co. / Newspaper
Pre-press Production Artist
Turley Publications, Inc.
Certificate, Web Development And Design -
Greenfield Community College
Bachelor of Arts - Graphic Design
Pratt Institute
Associate of Arts - Design And Visual Communications
Greenfield Community College
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