Teressa van Vliet

• Vast experience with vendors, coordinating and fulfilling needs of marketing initiatives
• Highly developed internal and external customer management skills with demonstrated ability to interact with and influence perspective and opinion
  Proven conceptual thinking skills producing innovative and effective designs that translate into high communication value to clients
• Mentor and coach other team members, engaging and encouraging their growth
• Lead brainstorming sessions, developing direction, objective and design plan
• Lead consultations with internal clients having completed design briefs, research and samples to create a consistent and positive customer experience 
• Influencing partners, clients and prospective clients by creating and implementing custom design strategies which convince, delight, communicate and educate 
• Through consultation, provide a custom style guide to align all visual content
• High degree of knowledge and skill developing of a wide variety of design strategies involving print and digital tactics which support project deliverables
• Proven exceptional design skills with in depth knowledge of design theory, typography, design styles and trends
• Collaborate with stakeholders to create/implement project framework and manage deadlines
• Excellent time management skills, especially for managing multiple deadlines and sudden shifts in work volumes where there are concentrated delivery time lines and tight deadlines while balancing established service standards 
• Accurately create and structure documents to meet AODA compliance

2010 : Jewelry making, metal & glass | Conestoga College 

1993 – 1995 : Graphic Design & Advertising | Conestoga college 

1992 : Art Fundamentals Intensive | Sheridan College