Sioux Johannsen
• United States: Greater Chicago Area
• marketing and advertising
Current: Creative Services Manager, Cole-Parmer
Past:
Project Manager???Paper Mate Re-branding, Sanford Corp.
Director Of Creative Services, Giftco, Inc.
Sioux Johannsen
Address: Greater Chicago Area
Current:
- Creative Services Manager at Cole-Parmer
Past:
- Project Manager—Paper Mate Re-branding at Sanford Corp.
- Director Of Creative Services at Giftco, Inc.
Education:
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
People Network: 11
Industry: Marketing and Advertising
Sioux Johannsen’s Summary
Well organized and deadline driven graphics professional with 20+ years of hands-on experience in all areas of design and production. 16 years of proven ability to manage creative staff while balancing budget and clients needs. Specializing in catalog and high volume environments with distribution through retail
and/or business-to-business environments.
Sioux Johannsen’s Specialties:
• Specialize in large project and/or high volume production
• Business-to-Business and Business-to-Retail experience
• Direct mail specialist
• Software proficiency in Quark, InDesign, Illustrator, PhotoShop, PowerPoint, Word, Excel. Have worked with Dreamweaver and GoLive
Creative Services Manager
Cole-Parmer
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2003 — Present (5 years 1 month)
Responsibilities: Creative production process for 7,500+ catalog pages, 180 ads, 100 sell sheets and 9+ trade show graphics annually
Direct & Indirect reports: 5 designers and a photographer,Copywriter, proofreader, database administrator and 14 free-lancers
• Increased page productivity by 30%
• Increased accuracy by 25%
• Distribution of over one million catalogs per year via direct mail.
• Developed core marketing proposition to use when evaluating project
• Increased advertising response rate by 50%
• Developed and implemented advertising campaigns that cross market over all channels including inbound calling, web and print
• Developed corporate identity standards. Launched and actively monitored corporate identity program, reviewing all brand placement both internally and externally including signage, private labeling of products, stationary, and shipping material.
• Instituted project briefs, gate schedule, and hi-res PDF workflow.
Eductional Details:
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
BFA, Graphic Communications, 1979 — 1986
Sioux Johannsen’s Contact Settings
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- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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