David Street
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About
Experienced Creative Director, who combines strategic thinking with award-winning conceptual creative. A senior creative manager, and former business owner, with strong relationship building skills. Fosters an open dialogue between the client, creative and account management teams by adopting a collaborative approach. Works closely with the account management teams to help identify additional creative opportunities for clients as part of new business development. Manages the design team throughout the project to ensure that the client’s goals are met while producing creative that meets the highest standards for quality. Produces exceptional marketing results for corporate, government, and nonprofit clients. Versatile, forward thinking, and with excellent process management skills.
Qualifications
Exceptionally creative and organized leader who will:
• Manage the creative team. Experienced in directing and supervising a team of creative professionals. Proven ability to manage projects from planning through execution while collaborating with client, creative and account management teams.
• Improve brand consistency and impact. Highly involved in both developing strategy and creating consistent corporate brand identity and integrated communications.
• Streamline processes and procedures. Will bring knowledge of best business practices to creative team to ensure smooth production and timely delivery of marketing materials.
• Improve quality control. Review all creative output—from both internal and external resources—to ensure projects are consistent with brand standards and meet client’s stated goals and objectives.
• Produce award-winning design. Hands on designer and illustrator whose work has
been recognized by many local and national design competitions. -
Education
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B.F.A. Graphic Design/IllustrationThe Maryland Institute College of ArtGraduated Magna Cum Laude
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Experience
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Head of Creative ServicesFeb 2022 - Nov 2023 (1 year 9 months)Creative team leadership:
• Build, lead, and supervise a cross-functional team of graphic designers, copywriters, and other creative professionals in the production of print, and digital marketing deliverables for technically sophisticated audiences
• Inspire and develop the team to produce their best work while serving the broader goals of the marketing organization and ensuring deliverables effectively address Intapp’s marketing goals and challenges
Marketing strategy and business understanding:
• A collaborative approach and aptitude for translating marketing objectives and campaign plans across business units into clear and motivating creative deliverables that meet campaign goals
• Strong customer relationship and communication skills. Establish credibility with stakeholders at all levels by listening to and understanding their business needs and obstacles while hunting for innovative solutions
Process and organization:
• Improve quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes and recommending changes to creative, ops, and marketing departments
• Implement operational models to reduce cycle time, errors, and rework, and increase stakeholder satisfaction. Provide training and drive the adoption of a marketing organization-wide project management process and creative traffic system -
Executive Creative DirectorNov 2020 - Feb 2022 (1 year 3 months)Brand Maintenance: Develop a consistent tone, voice, and guide the team in actively resolving design and brand related request/problems. Maintain and regularly update the company’s central brand library of clients’ and the company’s brand guidelines and assets.
Design: Serve as a shared resource (the “creative desk”) across multiple client projects. Provide hands-on design expertise by creating new documents and designs in a range of formats. Produce fresh, innovative work that translates complex ideas into compelling print materials and digital experiences for visually sophisticated audiences.
Leadership: Mentor and coach staff and clients to help them effectively communicate their ideas, showing how they will achieve our goals and succeed with target audiences. Lead company initiatives to drive productivity and efficiency in the firm.
Project Management: Significant role in helping to design key project components, including timelines, stakeholders (approvers, reviewers, participants, SMEs), and key milestone dates required to complete the project on time. -
Director, Creative Production ServicesMay 2017 - Oct 2020 (3 years 5 months)Managed and mentored a team of writers, designers, a project manager, and a video production manager in providing creative services to support Ellucian’s branding, marketing, and communications efforts. Implemented and drove the adoption of a project management process and creative production traffic system that handled over 1,000 project requests a year. Supervised the creative process from concept to completion and created an atmosphere where design thinking and creative development thrive.
Oversaw detailed day-to-day scheduling, and monitored project workflow for the copy and design production of Ellucian’s in-house creative agency. Managed production of over 183 creative assets for Ellucian Live, an annual company-sponsored user conference for 8,000+ attendees. Ensured quality, brand consistency and accuracy of photography, copy, layout and graphic design for digital and print campaigns.
Responsible for detailed day-to-day scheduling, overseeing and monitoring project workflow and directing the copy and design production processes of Ellucian’s in-house creative agency. Collaborates across the organization to produce creative assets that are on-brand, on-trend, and on-time. Ensures quality, consistency, and accuracy of photography, copy, layout and graphic design for e-commerce and print campaigns. -
Senior Marketing ManagerSterling, VAAug 2009 - Apr 2017 (7 years 8 months)Managed marketing projects, as well as responsible for the design and production of associated deliverables including; creative development of corporate website, advertisements, collateral, presentations, tradeshow and event materials, press releases, proposal videos, and various sales tools that promote the organization. Created and executed marketing plans for co-branded partner marketing efforts including print, radio and online ads.
Responsible for graphic design of customer-facing marketing materials for print, web, and tradeshows. Designed and developed all aspects of corporate brand including writing and maintaining Marketing Style Guide and creation of Brand Standards Manual. -
Creative DirectorFalls Church, VADec 2006 - Jun 2009 (2 years 6 months)Senior management role as strategic collaborator with clients, account management and creative team in the production of print, and online materials for government, corporate and non-profit clients. Managed team of designers and produced hands-on design work and branding.
Responsible for the strategy, design and production of a new graphic identity for Prison Fellowship Ministries. Created new look and feel for parent organization as well as two program-level brands. Also wrote copy for, and designed, Graphic Standards Manual detailing brand execution.
Clients: General Services Administration, American Psychological Association, Environmental Protection Agency, QinetiQ, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. -
Creative DirectorFairfax, VAMar 2006 - Dec 2006 (9 months)Managed and directed the creative team for a top-20 ad agency in the production of print, online and multi-media materials. Designed and directed the execution of integrated marketing campaign for the Department of Defense Worldwide Human Resources Conference. Project included: banners, posters, PPT template, microsite, and conference booklet.
Clients: Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), L-3 Communications (Titan Corporation division), Department of Defense (DoD). -
Director, Creative ServicesOakton, VAJun 2005 - Feb 2006 (8 months)Developed and executed marketing materials that helped define and expand on new brand standards. Responsible for rebranding and executing several global campaigns on behalf of the company and the new brand that had just been introduced to the market.
Designed an integrated marketing campaign around the company’s security services at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. -
Manager, Creative ServicesChantilly, VAApr 2001 - May 2005 (4 years 1 month)Responsibility: Management of creative team of; three print designers, two web designers, two project specialists, a copywriter, and the traffic manager.
Partners: Over 1,300 manufacturers including: Sun Microsystems, HP and Panasonic.
Achievement: Supervised development and implementation of brand overhaul of all marketing materials for GTSI and their partners. -
Executive Art DirectorEVD Advertising (later MHI Communications)Falls Church, VAFeb 1999 - Mar 2000 (1 year 1 month)Responsibility: Art direction and supervision of up to three permanent print designers, and two full-time freelance designers
Clients: Blackboard, Digex, Enterworks, Huthwaite, Treev
Achievement: Redesigned EVD logo and corporate stationary suite. Logo was selected for global publication in the LOGO 2001 competition
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Awards
My work has appeared in: Graphis, Print's Digital Design Annual, Print's Regional Design Annual, American Illustration, Graphic Design USA, The Big Book of Logos
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Affiliations
Judge, Stevie Awards
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