Resumé

Marlene McAuley
Cell: 770-309-2634
Phone: 770-614-5690
3850 Old Suwanee Rd, Suwanee, GA 30024
mlmcauley@aol.com
Online Portfolio: www.coroflot.com/mlmcauley

Marlene McAuley
Cell: 770-309-2634 — Phone: 770-614-56902634 — 3850 Old Suwanee Rd, Suwanee, GA 30024
mlmcauley@aol.com http://www.coroflot.com/mlmcauley/Design

Professional Profile
Recipient of numerous magazine design awards, including the Folio Award for best overall design and editorial content in 2010. Creative leader skilled at managing design teams, developing new standards of design, building corporate brand identity, developing strong marketing alliances with project managers, solving the most complex communication projects, online video and print art direction.

Qualifications
Manage creative projects for graphics team
Experienced in production scheduling
Staff training/development
Art Direction of print projects & online videos
Magazine, newspaper, and direct mail design
Computer proficiency in Adobe Products
Organized, detail oriented, and decisive creative thinker
Art Direction of Photo Shoots

Experience
Lead Designer, August 2005 – Current – Life Office Management Association – Smyrna, GA

Design of quarterly magazine previously outsourced, resulting in a $70,000 savings year
Develop brand identity, create templates and develop effective processes for design team
Manage the day-to-day work assignments for a team of five Graphic Designers distributing and balancing assignments to team members
Manage outside designers, photographers, and illustrators as needed
Act as the department technical expert, overseeing the work of the designers to ensure brand standards.
Work creatively to stay within budget, manage all edits and author changes.
Art Direction for educational online videos, portal design, set decoration, wardrobe, photo-styling and props

Graphic Designer/ Production Coordinator, 01/2003 - 01/2005 – American College Health Association

Designed and implemented marketing materials and promotional campaigns for programs, products, and events achieved targeted goals
Designed various marketing communications and sales support materials including but not limited to annual meeting program, brochures, reports, posters, monthly newsletters, specialty items, advertisements, and meeting materials
Developed production schedule and maintained budget.
Worked with production staff, executive director and membership manager to plan, execute and develop creative products, and implement design enhancements to the association’s Web site in support of programs, meetings, training, and publication sales.
Managed pre flight all projects and maintained vendor relations

Production Designer/Coordinator, 01/2002 - 01/2003 – American Medical Informatics Association
Creative Director, 04/1984 - 02/1988 – House of Fabrics – Sherman Oaks, CA
Creative Manager, 01/1980 - 01/1984 – The Daily News – Van Nuys, CA

Education
California State University Northridge – Northridge, CA – Two Dimensional Design
Los Angeles City College – Los Angeles, CA – Two Dimensional Design

Awards
FOLIO Best Business to Business Magazine for Design and Editorial – LIMRA’s Marketfacts magazine in 2010
Multiple awards for LOMA’s Resource magazine for excellence in design

Projects by Marlene McAuley