Maria Gaffney, CSM®'s Linkedin Analytics

CREATIVE DESIGN and ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT professional with entrepreneurial and corporate experience in graphic design working with GLOBAL BRANDS and executive leaders of FORTUNE 500 companies. I am adept at procuring design business, as well as directing and designing various projects, products, and campaigns. I possess strong relationship building skills resulting in loyal customers and consistent revenue generation. I possess documented success meeting revenue goals, using diverse innovative strategies and tactics, for strong financial impact and client satisfaction. My expertise and documented success bring a level of consulting, partnership building, and client relations skillsets that can create bottom line results for many industries. My career passion is consulting on customer needs to find right-fit design solutions while possessing a strong eye for innovation, design aesthetics, and creative process. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: • Co-developed design product offering clients an interactive, modular, adaptive, and innovative process to ideate, visualize, and validate client propositions • Engineered strategic turnaround of Private Label brand packaging process for seasonal campaigns, and a reduction of execution time from 8-12 weeks to 4-8 weeks • Annually produced 17 catalogs, 10 retail-specific catalogs, and multiple one-offs • Worked consistently with high-level decision makers of Fortune 500 companies • Certified ScrumMaster® SKILLS AND EXPERTISE: Role Focus: Account Management Creative Design Project Management Brand Strategy Brand Identity Corporate / External Agency Applicable Skills: Strategic Design Photography Design Solutions Creativity / Innovation Problem Solving Decision Making Client Relationship Building Liaison / SME Presentations Skill Fortune 500 Executive Influence Contract Negotiation Consultative Selling Team Leadership Hiring Training Coach Mentor Project Management Milestones / Timelines Deadline Delivery Budget Management Coordination Collaboration Scheduling Planning