Social Media Manager + Product Designer - Jollity & Co Party Boutique

 

What I did

  • Established social media presence and brand voice, and increased audience engagement and followers by more than 160%

  • Coordinated social media planning including: post creation, editorial calendar, scheduling, community management, brand interaction, and copywriting and copy editing for Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest

  • Headed creative development process; created and curated all original content in-house by leading photo shoot production, including shoot scheduling, ideating and creating shot lists, and detailing all necessary props and backdrops

  • Designed Jollity & Co’s premier wholesale product line that launched at New York NOW in August 2018; the 114 item collection includes tabletop paper products, mylar balloons, and metal headbands; headed product design process from concept ideation to design to sample testing

  • Researched product competitive landscapes, determined material specifics, and defined prototype measurements

  • Successfully run an in-house event space and execute off-site events on time and budget

 

What I learned

  • Designing products and seeing them go from ideas in Illustrator to real, tangible items is fulfilling, and knowing how to create your own prototypes (and speak a little Chinese) is really helpful

  • Product photography 101: lighting, reflection, diffusion, timing, backdrops, stabilizers, angles, and product styling, among things

  • You are your best advocate

  • Social media captions can’t always been puns, no matter how much you’d like that to be the case

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite · Microsoft Excel · Data Management · Communication · Google Workspace · Database Administration · Event Planning · Task Management · Operational Excellence · Social Media · Attention to Detail · Event Management · Analytical Skills · Adobe InDesign · Project Management · Adobe Illustrator · Calendaring · Reporting & Analysis · Community Engagement · Marketing · Operations Management · Project Delivery · Adaptability · Organization Skills · Quality Management · Timeline Management · Copywriting