Tred Rowland
A forward-thinking, solution-driven professional with a wealth of expertise in graphic design, production management, and the cultivation of creative visions. I excel in fostering strong relationships with clients and partners, successfully turning ideas into tangible outcomes. Skilled in leading design teams, managing projects from design to installation, and ensuring smooth project execution across multiple trades.
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Tred Rowland
Helping you Craft Your Brand —
Solution-focused executive with extensive graphic design, production management, and creative vision development experience. Forges strong relationship with clients and creative partners to engineer concepts and design intent into existence. Demonstrated leadership in daily design functions of creative teams, ensuring seamless function of strategy and production management workflow. Acumen directing all aspects of projects, including design, engineering, material sourcing, and installation, organizes and aligns schedules for up to 10 different trades to complete turnkey projects.
Customer advocate and liaison, providing communications and support on all phases of projects, including planning, scheduling, and quality assurance. Proactively manage changes in project scope to minimize costs and ensure project profitability, reviewing and evaluating manufacturing activities, performances, and results. Excel optimizing plant schedules and material consumption affecting quality, safety, service, and productivity levels.
Experience
DIGICO IMAGING/NUTIS VISUAL COMMUNICATION, INC., Columbus, OH
A market leader providing full-service print, point-of-purchase, and visual merchandising solutions, with 200 employees and operations in US and China. Listed by Creative Inc. as "one of the world's most creative companies."
Director of Project Management – Creative, August 2008-Present
Oversees all aspects of day-to-day operations. Assists in production related activities such as printing and mockups. Manages and supervises department heads for customer service, finishing, logistics/- shipping and installation services.
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Supervises design team of 12 and direct installations on-site.
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Generates one-time project and long-term contract estimates.
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Audits large-scale projects to verify job profitability and expense control.
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Serves as liaison for high-end clients.
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Served as Project Manager on Victoria's Secret store concept. Translated current design intent to location in Vancouver, Canada designated as historical building, which prevented changes to existing glass fagade. Selected printed fabric consisting of 2 layers, adding depth to design, with entire fabric lit from behind to illuminate façade (solution involved LED technology designed from the ground up). Oversaw installation.
Areas of Expertise
✔ 2-D/3-D Design
✔ Value Engineering
✔ Metal Fabrication
✔ CAD Drawings
✔ LED Manufacturing
✔ Offshore Sourcing
✔ Material Sourcing/Purchasing
✔ Project Management
✔ Client Development
✔ Creative/Strategic Selling
✔ Retail Kiosk Fabrication
✔ Storefront Development
✔ Creative Direction
✔ Estimating and Budgeting
✔ Quality Control
