CHRISTOPHER SCI 337 Central Street Newton, MA 02466 401-­‐323-­‐8397 chrissci@comcast.net http://linkedin.com/in/chrissci MARKETING & ADVERTISING PROFESSIONAL Creative Services professional with extensive experience in print production, creative services operations, design project management, process management of creative staff, budget management, account management, and traffic, at both agency and corporate in house settings. Category experience in retail, banking, financial services, technology, fashion, footwear and healthcare sectors. SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS Ø Drove the design, development and production of a Stride Rite branded end-­‐cap display for a custom line of shoes for a major national retailer. Ø Managed the restructure and expansion of the CVS/pharmacy in house packaging design group from 14 to 30 creative professionals, transforming it from a small art department handling 1,000 SKU's annually, to a full service in house design & production agency, redesigning and refreshing well over 2,500 SKU's annually. Contributed to sales in the billions of dollars for this Fortune #13 Company. Ø Hired and managed outside branding agencies and in house creative account & project management teams to successfully launch the redesign of CVS's Gold Emblem food & Total Home housewares brands, while at the same time beginning the same process for CVS's Healthcare and Beauty brands. Ø Directed Bank of America/Columbia Management’s multi-­‐million dollar relationship with all commercial and financial print suppliers, while managing the timely creation and production of over 300 separate marketing collateral elements quarterly. Ø Supervised and contributed individually to production and project management of Arnold Worldwide's several hundred million dollar relationship with their largest client at the time, McDonald's Corporation, for nine years, as well as for Fidelity Investments, for six years. EXPERIENCE Print Producer, Creative Services 2013 – 2015 Stride Rite Children’s Group (Wolverine Worldwide), Lexington, MA § Directed all retouching and post-­‐production for high volume in-­‐house creative team. § Brought on board during a transitional time to reevaluate production process, provide recommendations and cost saving for print production and creative services solutions in support of Retail, Outlet, Wholesale and CRM business units. § Performed vendor analysis and reviews resulting in several hundred thousand dollars in savings to the company. § Production liaison among in-­‐house business partners, creative team, in-­‐house print shop and all out-­‐of-­‐house resources. Creative Manager 2010 – 2013 CVS Caremark, Woonsocket, RI § Managed creative services team of five within the Store Brands Packaging Creative Department at CVS/pharmacy, including four Packaging Specialists and one Quality Assurance Specialist. § Successfully delivered, as both a manager and individual contributor, on packaging project design coordination of over 2,500 SKU's annually collaborating closely with our marketing business partners, and creative staff, across product categories including healthcare, beauty and general merchandise. § Project Managed the launch of two new CVS store brands (over 400 SKU's); Gold Emblem, and Total Home contributing to a 20% increase in CVS store brands sales in 2012. § Primary point of contact for CVS Creative with two major NY based Branding Agencies as in preparation for two major rebrands, (more than 2,500 SKU's). § Creative Management contact with CVS Marketing Business Partners, in house counsel and CVS Procurement. § Developed, implemented and drove creative packaging design workflow and process. Freelance Project Manager 2007 – 2010 MetLife, Boston, MA. Aquent, Boston, MA. Lelands.com, Dennis, MA Officer/Communications Manager II 2006 – 2007 Bank of America, Boston, MA § Supervised a staff of four creative services associates within the marketing department of Bank of America’s asset management division Columbia Management. § Managed the timely creation and production of over 300 separate marketing collateral elements quarterly. § Directed Columbia Management’s relationship with all commercial and financial print suppliers including W.E. Andrews, RR Donnelley and Bowne. Freelance Production Manager April-­‐July 2006 Partners & Simons, Boston, MA § Headed up print production/traffic functions for this mid-­‐sized advertising agency, Managed two PM’s. Senior Production Manager / Group Head 1997 – 2006 Arnold Worldwide, Boston, MA § Directed all print production functions on McDonald’s, Citizen’s Bank, Fidelity & Titleist Accounts. § One of six group heads in the print creative services department of 45; managed four. § Researched, hired and managed local and national vendors. § Compiled client budgets, both in and out of house costs, with attention to agency profit. § Traveled to St. Louis office to train creative services staff. § Invited to be and participated as a panelist for Arnold University Seminar on leadership. ADDITIONAL ADVERTISING & DIRECT MARKETING AGENCY EXPERIENCE Gearon Hoffman, Boston, MA: Clients: Samuel Adams, Tufts Health Plan, Grolsch Beer Holland Mark Martin, Burlington, MA: Clients: Polaroid, Standard & Poor’s Cosmopulos Crowley Daly, Boston, MA: Client: Greater Boston Convention & Visitor’s Bureau Giardini/Russell, Watertown, MA: Clients: Parker Brothers, Papa Gino’s Directech, Lexington, MA: Clients: Digital Equipment Corp., Baybank Brand Content, Boston, MA: Client: Roomba Fort Franklin, Boston, MA: Client: Sugarbush Mountain EDUCATION Boston College – Carroll School of Management, Boston, MA Bachelor of Science and Arts Double Major: Marketing/French New York University in France – University of Paris, Sorbonne (Spring Semester) Concentration: French Language/Culture VOLUNTEER and INDUSTRY ACTIVITES Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership Mentored a Woonsocket, RI elementary school 3rd grader for 2 school years Boston AdClub AdClub Open Golf Tournament Committee – Member, 9 years