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Michele Iorio

East Northport,NY

Summary

Strategic Senior Manager known for productivity and efficiency in task completion. Skilled in leadership, operational strategy, and financial management. Excel at communication, problem-solving, and adaptability to drive team success and achieve organizational goals.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager of Global VM & Operations

Orveon Global
New York, NY
12.2021 - Current
  • Manage all Visual Merchandising timelines for Global and US from kickoff to launch/delivery
  • Regularly meet with Marketing team to align with Launch Calendar
  • Liaise with diverse team of vendors, marketing & Global VM team for approvals & directives to ensure alignment
  • Develop and maintain Vendor relationships by being point of contact on all communications & holding weekly status meetings for Sephora/Ulta/Nordstrom
  • Work with Procurement on VM budget, assuring cost efficiencies align to key targets of the business
  • Lead creative routing, making sure feedback is organized, received, and proper approvals have successfully been established
  • Manage vendor engineer drawings & type safety for creative to provide artwork/production files
  • Coordinate with marketing/creative/vendor teams to hold prototype review for multiple retailers
  • Serve as facilitator between Product Development & studio to have shade charts created for each launch
  • Create & manage all VM Cropping guidelines for each launch

Creative Services Manager

Shiseido Americas
New York, NY
11.2018 - 12.2021
  • Coordinate and manage all Creative Services activities, including requests for copy, photo, print & merchandising, through the support of detailed trafficking schedules to ensure timely release to relevant teams
  • Lead weekly Creative status meetings with all departments driving clear cross-functional communication
  • Assist with organizing, booking, and coordination of logistics for ecommerce photoshoots, modernizing the site, the product pages and to improve viewability and drive sales
  • Continue to learn to adjust current projects based on knowledge of past project scopes, timely requirements, creative guidelines, and visual rights to facilitate accurate, on-brand collateral

Development Manager – Artwork Cell

L’Oreal USA, Inc.
New York, NY
05.2012 - 10.2018
  • Company Overview: Luxury Products Division, Lancôme Makeup/ACD/Kiehl’s
  • Manage all aspects of artwork, including promotional items on over 600 files annually across Kiehl’s/Lancôme Makeup & ACD (Skinceuticals, Vichy, La Roche Posay & Dermablend
  • Execute artwork process through collaboration with cross functional teams (Marketing, Creative, Packaging, R&I, Regulatory and Legal) with focus on project timelines and artwork integrity through ESKO Webcenter
  • Act as level 1 support for key users of ESKO Webcenter
  • Manage supplier relationships for print production deliverables related to quality while maintaining overall launch timeline
  • Oversee Divisional artwork spend (budget/trend/actual) per month, including management of purchase orders within SRM
  • Develop and implement process improvement plans to promote internal efficiency
  • Prepare KPI reports for Senior Executive meetings
  • Luxury Products Division, Lancôme Makeup/ACD/Kiehl’s

Project Manager – Artwork Development

L’Oreal USA, Inc.
New York, NY
05.2009 - 05.2012
  • Company Overview: Consumer Products Division, L’Oreal Paris, Packaging Development
  • Managed all artwork for Hair Color and Hair Care products and displays
  • Liaison between Marketing, Creative, Legal, Research & Development, Claims, Sales, Purchasing, Package Development, Logistics, Manufacturing and Canadian Marketing for all products launches and redesigns
  • Responsible for maintaining all artwork due reports and conducting a weekly status meeting with Marketing, & Creative Services
  • Initiated, opened and managed new projects for routing through Web Center (Esko)
  • Collaborated with Marketing on conceptualizing packaging and advise on feasibility and costing information
  • Developed and documented processes and procedures with other groups to provide a harmonization of projects from start to finish
  • Proofread all final artwork to ensure accuracy of copy, codes, ingredients, and die strikes
  • Handled proof & standard approvals for all Hair Color / Hair Care released artwork
  • Ensured accuracy and maintained the ‘Packaging Artwork’ library on the shared drive containing all pertinent information for the routing and tracking of final released artwork
  • Consumer Products Division, L’Oreal Paris, Packaging Development

Asst Manager - Artwork Development

L’Oreal USA, Inc.
New York, NY
10.2007 - 03.2009
  • Company Overview: Professional Products Division, Matrix Global
  • Managed all artwork development for US, Canada, Europe, Asia, Brazil & India
  • Managed translation requests for international packaging development (over 25 markets)
  • Managed all US & Int’l launches through consistent follow-ups with market contacts to ensure proper die lines, ingredients and legal line compliancy
  • Liaison with US & International Marketing, R & D, Claims, and Legal to obtain artwork approvals
  • Managed creative staff in order to ensure timely release of all artworks
  • Held weekly artwork status meetings with Marketing Brand Managers and Creative Directors
  • Primary contact for all International artwork communications
  • Published all artwork electronically and maintained the Divisional Artwork Library
  • Handled printing and timing issues with the plant, vendors and Technical Packaging
  • Professional Products Division, Matrix Global

Asst Account Executive - Bank of America

Doremus & Co.
New York, NY
11.2005 - 12.2006

Account Coordinator - Bank of America

Gotham Inc.
New York, NY
06.2004 - 11.2005

Executive Assistant – Director of Strategic Planning & Design

Mancini Duffy
New York, NY
06.1997 - 06.2004

Education

Associate of Fine Arts -

Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY

Skills

  • MS Office: Word
  • MS Office: Excel
  • MS Office: PowerPoint
  • MS Office: Access
  • Adobe

Timeline

Senior Manager of Global VM & Operations

Orveon Global
12.2021 - Current

Creative Services Manager

Shiseido Americas
11.2018 - 12.2021

Development Manager – Artwork Cell

L’Oreal USA, Inc.
05.2012 - 10.2018

Project Manager – Artwork Development

L’Oreal USA, Inc.
05.2009 - 05.2012

Asst Manager - Artwork Development

L’Oreal USA, Inc.
10.2007 - 03.2009

Asst Account Executive - Bank of America

Doremus & Co.
11.2005 - 12.2006

Account Coordinator - Bank of America

Gotham Inc.
06.2004 - 11.2005

Executive Assistant – Director of Strategic Planning & Design

Mancini Duffy
06.1997 - 06.2004

Associate of Fine Arts -

Fashion Institute of Technology
Michele Iorio