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United States (8:10 PM)
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Joined on February 17, 2010
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Having mastered the art of metrics management in the ever-changing creative environment of print and digital media, I zero in on improvement in areas that are true indicators of business success while combing out the noise of extraneous data. A comprehensive creativity-meets-technology skillset establishes and maintains a disciplined approach in managing brand-positioning business projects through appropriate, and timely, project management measurement. "The quintessential hybrid, Jeffries is full-spectrum intuitive, creative team leader meets agile project managing print & digital brand strategist at its finest." Classically trained in Fine Art & Design at Center for Creative Studies-College of Art & Design, I hold a BFA in Graphic Design and a Master of Science in IT with PM Specialization, and a Graduate Certificate in Internet Marketing. My passion, design; media, my divine. From the first Rollerblade logo in 1982 to web marketing today, design, corporate ID & inter-global branding is my forte'. 25+ year seasoned professional: old world talent meets new age media...done.
Verifications

Keebler Packaging & POS Display

James Frame Co. Branding & CorpID

Bronze Star, Inc. Corporate ID/Comprehensive Business Case

Keebler Packaging & POS Display

James Frame Co. Branding & CorpID

Bronze Star, Inc. Corporate ID/Comprehensive Business Case
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Experience
Contract Creative Consultant | Project Managing Brand Strategist / Ass.CD/Sr. AD
Jul, 2004 - Present
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22 years
aeonCDS, Inc. | Chicago & London
Jul, 2004 - Present
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22 years
As a contract consultant, cultivated international work from both U.S. and UK firms, providing full spectrum Advertising and Marketing with Project Management in On- & Off-line Advertising: o Print, Packaging, POP/POS, Collateral, Sales Materials, Fulfillment, FSIs, Product Sheets, o New Product Development, Family Line Extension o Promotional Marketing, Corp. ID that transitions into the digital space o Website development, Content-rich Copywriting o Internet Marketing; online presence developme
Jul, 2004 - Present
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22 years
VP-O&D/Exec. PM - VP Operations & Design, Executive Project Manager
Apr, 2001 - Jul, 2004
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3 years, 3 months
Bronze Star, Inc.
Apr, 2001 - Jul, 2004
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3 years, 3 months
Post-2 tour Desert Storm deployment business start-up: o Architected comprehensive Business Case with detailed Business Plan; filing S-Corp, 2001. o Successfully coordinated and navigated the 6 mo. process to solicit and enter into contract with big box retailers Home Depot's EXPO Design Center & Sears The Great Indoors. o Earned EXPO-Chicago No.2 Installer Award ('02), competing against No.1 Owens-Corning o Orchestrated 705% increase in billing from prior year, with first year earnings
Apr, 2001 - Jul, 2004
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3 years, 3 months
Art Director/Project Managing Design Manager
Jan, 1999 - Apr, 2001
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2 years, 3 months
Keck Garrett Advertising, Chicago
Jan, 1999 - Apr, 2001
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2 years, 3 months
Creative lead on General Mills, Keebler and OxiClean accounts. Print, Packaging, POP/POS, FSIs, Corp. ID/Collateral, Sales Materials, and Fulfillment with online expansion into internet marketing/website development of General Mills, Keebler, OxiClean, Nextel. o Agency-earned AIGA American Graphic Design Awards: Keebler, General Mills packaging. o Concepts chosen by clients 80% over other creative team member's work o Consistently completed projects under budget, ahead of schedule, within/excee
Jan, 1999 - Apr, 2001
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2 years, 3 months
Education
Full Sail University
2012 - 2012
IMMS - Graduate Certificate Internet Marketing

United States
2012 - 2012
Kaplan University: MSIT-PM, Masters of Science IT, with Project Management Specialization
2010 - 2012
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2 years

United States
2010 - 2012
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2 years
Northern Michigan University
1987 - 1992
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5 years
AS in Industrial Media - Print Production, BFA Graphic Design

United States
1987 - 1992
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5 years
Qualifications
American Graphic Design Award '00
2000
AGDA, US
General Mills Toy Story II Promotion and Limited Edition Millenios cereal time capsule promotion. (KGA agency earned).
2000
AMerican Graphic Design Award
1999
AGDA, US
Keebler Holographic packaging, first of its kind holographic foil touch-plating.
1999
Golden Key Honor Society
2012
National Golden Key Society
Awarded for Masters G.P.A. 3.896
2012
Publications
Creating Cohesion in eCommerce: A Focus on the Disparity Between Front-End UI Design and Back-End Relational DB Management Systems Site Archtecture in Online Brand Positioning (2012)
Kaplan University
As we immerse ourselves in day-to-day technology, we find transcending into the digital space often entails a User Interface/UX wrought with navigational issues from the back-end DBMS development sites are designed around. To date, this has included separate departments building not in tandem but in isolation and coming together at the point of soft launch to work out the bugs associated with the two ends coming together. This white paper analyzes the historical data supporting ongoing discord with this pr
How Site Architecture Bolsters Search Rankings
Kaplan University
An indepth look into the impact website architecture development, design and navigation has upon effective search engine optimization and resulting ranking.