Lindsy Brown

About

It can all be summarized by saying that I am a complete technology geek and love learning new things about the creative space. Long-established knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite programs, with proficiency in Acrobat, Audition, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. Also very adept in Canva.

Experience

• Creative Manager · DASH Content Collective03-01-2024

  Graphic design, branding, social media, content creation...the whole shebang!

• Creative Designer · Fox Creek01-01-2024

  Responsible for creative design tasks, likely contributing to branding, graphic design, and content creation for clients.

• Creative Design & Operations Coordinator · Fox Creek01-01-2020 – 01-01-2024

  CREATIVE DESIGN: Worked closely with local nonprofit organizations to help further their causes by designing annual reports, engagement tools, and other pieces with an emphasis on the importance of keeping statistics and data easily understandable. Managed the social media accounts and branded content therein for area nonprofit organizations. Maintained the website for Fox Creek, as well as other area nonprofits, using WordPress. OPERATIONS: Assisted the dedicated grant writers on the Fox Creek staff, and over 85 area nonprofit organizations who were Fox Creek clients, in any way I could to achieve their goals and further their missions. General operations duties including sending and paying invoices using QuickBooks and Bill.com and assisting clients with invoice payment. Organized and created new and renewed service agreements for clients, utilizing DocuSign and Microsoft SharePoint, keeping track of types of agreements and renewal dates. Onboarded new clients, creating secure SharePoint folders for their documents and getting them set up in the system by communicating with the accounting department. Assisted our staff of grant writers by working in Grant Hub to add and update potential funders and upcoming grants for clients. Performed research on Candid’s Foundation Directory for potential nonprofit funders.

• General Merchandise & Operations Specialist · Iowa Western Community College06-01-2009 – 01-01-2020

  Responsible for the Win Prism system as it applies to GM merchandise and trade books, including ordering, receiving, stocking, invoicing, and returning trade books, supplies, and other GM items. Marketing, merchandising, and promoting the store including promotional sales events and increasing GM revenue. Displays, store sets, cashiering, and customer service. Ordering and maintaining bookstore inventories as it applies to all store merchandise. The Web Prism Internet site including processing all orders, maintaining catalogs, photographing merchandise, and keeping the website current. Maintaining the College Store’s Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as other social networks. Assisting with the Point of Sale System including the financial function, inventory function, report function, cash, checks, charges, counting drawers, deposits, and closing the store.

• Graphic Designer in Display Advertising · The Daily Nonpareil09-01-2007 – 03-01-2009

  Responsible for producing quality advertisements for a variety of businesses on a newspaper deadline schedule. Streamlined workflow procedures and assisted in the training of new employees. Maintained a high level of organization when dealing with paperwork and computer files. Redesigned and singlehandedly produced a monthly, company-wide newsletter. Interfaced with sales representatives to problem solve clients' issues to create newspaper ads, including copywriting duties. Received the 2008 Publisher Appreciation Extra Effort Award for work done on the company newsletter. Acted as the representative for the creative department on the Steering Committee.

Education

• Iowa Western Community CollegeAssociates, Graphic Communication

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