Lance Eggersglusz
Mount Maunganui,BOP
Summary
Experienced Graphic Artist and Designer with 21 years' experience in applying technical and creative abilities to diverse customer projects. Collaborates effectively with artistic, project, production, and administrative leadership to achieve budget and schedule goals. Eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills. Innovative Creative Director with background in leading diverse creative teams and driving the conceptualization of marketing strategies. Experienced in fostering environments that encourage creativity and innovation, resulting in high-quality, market-oriented design outcomes. Strengths include strong leadership skills, strategic thinking, project management capabilities, and a deep understanding of brand development. Previous roles have resulted in significant contributions to company growth through successful campaign launches and brand revamps.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Creative Director
Mass Media NZ Ltd
Tauranga, Tauranga
09.2021 - Current
- Developed and implemented innovative strategies to increase brand awareness.
- Organized cross-functional teams to produce creative content for campaigns.
- Created original concepts, art direction, and designs for multimedia projects.
- Negotiated contracts with outside vendors while ensuring cost savings opportunities.
- Designed work that strongly communicated brand narrative, goals and concepts.
- Generated and presented new ideas, insights and thought leadership at industry events and conferences.
Print Production Specialist
The Big Picture
Mount Maunganui, Tauranga
11.2017 - Current
- Examined job orders to determine quantity, stock specifications, colors and special printing instructions.
- Analyzed account workload quantity, complexity and due dates to predict and prevent problems.
- Checked job information at each printer to verify that correct ink was delivered.
- Multi-tasked to keep all assigned projects running effectively and efficiently.
- Proofed all job orders, securing client approval prior to production.
- Produced high quality finished printed materials including brochures, flyers, four-color artwork and mailers.
- Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
- Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately.
- Monitored social media and online sources for industry trends.
- General running of all print machines and CNC cutter /plotters /routers. IT support for networking software and occasional hardware.
- Pursued business development opportunities and fostered positive relationships with clients through engaging presentations.
- Worked with clients to gather and define requirements, establish scopes and managing project milestones.
- Used Adobe Suite ,Corel Draw and Office 365 to to develop product mockups and prototype designs to secure projects.
- Developed creative design for marketing packages, including print materials, brochures, banners and signs.
General Manager
Artistic Media
Mount Maunganui, Tauranga
09.2016 - 11.2017
- Oversaw inventory by ordering precise quantities of stock and executing corrective actions to drive profitability.
- Delivered business strategy and developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency
- Maximized efficiency by coaching and mentoring personnel on printing principles, industry practices, company procedures and software system.
- Developed and maintained relationships with key customers and suppliers through communication and fulfillment of their requirements.
- Managed full-cycle marketing and advertising strategies including estimating costs, managing resource allocation and adjusting production schedules.
- Identified appropriate marketing channels and target customers for campaigns.
- Recorded production information such as temperature readings, fabric tensions and machine speeds.
- Examined products to identify defects and variations from coloring and other processing standards and tested solutions used to process textile goods to detect defects.
- Monitored equipment operation and adjusted controls to meet specified heat, tension and speed requirements.
- Observed equipment display screens and control panels identify malfunctions.
- Set up 6 colour printing machine daily and maintaining functional and clean workspace, made films and exposed screens.
Designer /Print and Router Operator
Sign Creations
Tauranga, Tauranga
10.2015 - 09.2016
- Pursued business development opportunities and fostered positive relationships with clients through engaging presentations.
- Worked with clients to gather and define requirements, establish scopes and managing project milestones.
- Assessed equipment after each production run, performing preventive maintenance to keep machines running smoothly.
- Properly loaded and unloaded materials in and out of machines.
- Maintained tight tolerances with design specifications.
- Performed over 100 accurate tool changes and offsets.
Creative Director
Hirt & Carter South Africa
Durban, KwaZulu Natal
09.2008 - 10.2015
- Developed high-impact creative projects from concept to completion, including trailers and promotional content for company campaigns.
- Managed campaigns with specific focuses in order to meet customer needs and creative visions.
- Evaluated and contributed to creative team ideas and translated into actionable project plans.
- Planned art and design requirements for 36 Graphic artists, management companies and internal teams.
- Oversaw full teams of writers, artists, designers and project managers.
- Orchestrated photo sessions by choosing photographers, stylists and cosmetic artists.
- Evaluated and approved image retouch work, mechanicals and art proofs to deliver quality results.
- Developed strategic communication and marketing plans.
- Anticipated design issues and proved to be proactive in developing effective solutions.
- Contributed to creative process through original ideas and inspiration.
- Designed visual models meeting both aesthetic and technical criteria.
- Collaborated with production on task list creation to meet overall project goals on time.
- Researched industry trends and evaluated competitive products.
- Developed artistic visual products while working within defined technical constraints.
- Managed technological considerations to meet defined goals.
- Prepared presentations and pitches for large brands i.e Mondelez, Coca Cola , Nestle, Nivea and increasing their presence in the retail space.
Industrial Designer
DRAFT FCB
Durban, Durban
07.2006 - 09.2008
- Developed innovative design concepts for industrial products, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and industry standards.
- Created CAD models of components and assemblies to ensure manufacturability of the product designs.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to develop prototypes and test samples for various projects.
- Optimized parts for manufacturability using 3D printing technology and CNC machining techniques.
- Developed product presentations utilizing Adobe Creative Suite software applications.
- Attended trade shows and conferences related to industrial design topics in order stay up-to-date on industry trends.
- Collaborated with peers and other design team members to discuss product enhancements and features.
- Modified and refined designs to conform with customer specifications, production limitations or changes in design trends.
Education
Cambridge O Levels -
Watershed College
Harare Zimbabwe10 1999
Skills
- Digital print equipment operation
- Strong mechanical aptitude
- 3D Design
- Business operations
- Team management
- Customer service
- Relationship development
- Campaign development
- Digital software operator
- Team building
- Process improvement
- Project organization
- Supervision
- Operational improvement
- Creative team leadership
- Project Management
- Team Collaboration
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Affiliations
- Basketball enthusiast, I am on the Board for Tauranga City Basketball , currently also managing a men's basketball team.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Creative Director
Mass Media NZ Ltd
09.2021 - Current
Print Production Specialist
The Big Picture
11.2017 - Current
General Manager
Artistic Media
09.2016 - 11.2017
Designer /Print and Router Operator
Sign Creations
10.2015 - 09.2016
Creative Director
Hirt & Carter South Africa
09.2008 - 10.2015
Industrial Designer
DRAFT FCB
07.2006 - 09.2008
Cambridge O Levels -
Watershed College
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