Denise Blanco

Denise Blanco

Director of Creative & Ops in New York, NY, she/her

About

As a director of creative services, operations, and strategist I've worked with global organizations to identify cross-functional synergies translating to longterm value.

I enjoy mentorship, coaching and team development. I am committed to understanding clients needs in order to build strategy, brand integrity, and support enterprise brands at scale.

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Remote

Strategic thinker partnering with leaders across the organization to transform the creative process and working model with internal & external partners.
• Identify and implement new tools, develop efficient workflows enabling Marketing to scale quickly and keep pace with rapid growth within the business
• Develop strategy for implementing new workflow system leveraging Monday.com to set up automations and efficiencies within all of Marketing

2021 — 2023
Remote

Implemented efficient workflows, project and asset management, and resource allocation
• Executed project management systems enabling transition to Monday.com
• Developed cross-functional asset management hubs for Sales collateral, Brand assets, etc
• Management of Creative team consisting of designers and copywriters.

2014 — 2021
New York, NY

• Build framework to ensure Field Ops teams reduce redundancies and duplication of efforts spanning all initiatives
• Support organization of 500+ Field Ops teams across the globe
• Develop framework to support global virtual team’s dedicated to supporting cross collaboration on 25+ key initiatives
• Lead initiative to create executive level capacity and demand dashboard
• Kick-off development of automated QBR for Operations managers
• Responsible for increasing adoption in all regions of local project dashboard
• Ensure communication with HR, Finance, Global Support, Global Automation, and Partnership teams to ensure all teams have visibility into Operations initiatives.

2010 — 2013
New York, NY

• Drove concept and design for the development of various internal/external resources and brand materials, including traditional, online, and social media marketing campaigns as well as innovative infographics for data reports, case studies, and e-books.
• Completed corporate website reskin and other rebranding projects following acquisition of Buddy Media by Salesforce.com.
• Spearheaded and led in-house Photoshop training courses.
• Delivered cost/time savings and increased productivity on projects by creating a set of templates for a unified approach across all recurring materials, including e-books, email banners, and case studies.
• Designed wireframe and intranet site for sales team resources as well as championed and gained buy-in for the development of internal campaign posters to build awareness.
• Converted brand aesthetic into functional design solution for social media use; in one instance, received the 2011 Forrester Groundswell Award in the category of Business to Business: Spreading for L’Oreal USA Professional Facebook tab.

2004 — 2006
New York, NY

• Reviewed manuscript, photo, and art specifications to produce new design and layout solutions.
• Orchestrated and maintained award-winning Cross-Disciplinary Leveled Reader program from concept through final product
• Received 2007 Second Place for Ancillary Series in School Publishing at the 21st Annual New York Book Show.

Volunteering

2023 — 2023
Volunteer at Meals on Wheels
New York

Deliver meals to elderly via the Meals on Wheels program at the Riverdale YMCA

Education