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Derek Howard

Atlanta,GA

Summary

Production, Project & Traffic Manager with 10+ years of experience at the intersection of strategy, creativity, and operations - driving best-in-class creative execution while ensuring alignment with business objectives, timelines, and marketing goals. Proven liaison between leadership, creative and manufacturing across a wide variety of diverse creative initiatives.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Creative Production Manager

Hautehouse Brands, LLC
01.2024 - 05.2025
  • Oversaw production schedules and status reports for 200+ SKUs across 7 brands of in-house and private labels
  • Guided product development, prototyping, manufacturing, quality assurance and vendor portal management
  • Conceptualized and developed designs for new product packaging, web/social content and Amazon storefront
  • Ensured regulatory compliance (FDA, ETL, TM's, copyrights, etc.) for all product/packaging design and copy
  • Sourced and negotiated higher-quality materials for new components, drastically improving product appeal

Creative Project & Traffic Manager

Capital Strategies, LLC
04.2021 - 01.2024
  • Led weekly status meetings for ~20 active projects with cross-functional teams
  • Managed creative briefs and internal workflows, assigning resources, schedules, and reviewing assets prior to approval, production, and archiving
  • Served as liaison across executives, creative agencies, and designers to develop custom products, packaging and digital assets

Production Manager

Hautehouse Brands, LLC
05.2015 - 06.2020
  • Traveled to Asia to source products, negotiate costs, oversee production, and build strong supplier relationships
  • Recommended design modifications, leading to a reduction in assembly time by 15% ($72k) over 12 months
  • Renegotiated $100k mold agreement, reducing MOQ by 28% (1M units) and extending supply terms by 45%
  • Reduced product defect rate by 20% by enhancing rigorous product testing procedures while ensuring compliance with international safety standards (FDA, ETL, TUV, etc.)
  • Authored and maintained international patent and trademark applications for new products

Project Coordinator

Hautehouse Brands, LLC
10.2013 - 05.2015
  • Developed and implemented a company-wide product catalog system
  • Generated new product UPC's and SKU's using GS1 US Data Hub
  • Built and managed e-commerce websites via WordPress, WooCommerce, and Shopify
  • Maintained employee credentials and licenses across internal systems and platforms

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

Louisiana State University, E.J. Ourso College of Business
Baton Rouge
05.2013

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Production Management
  • Traffic Control
  • Design Approval
  • Illustrator
  • Dimension
  • Product Development
  • Packaging & Labeling
  • Print Design
  • Amazon Seller Central
  • Sourcing & Negotiation
  • Vendor Portal Management
  • FDA/ETL Compliance
  • Trademarking
  • Patenting
  • WordPress
  • GS1
  • Amazon
  • WooCommerce
  • Shopify
  • Flow
  • Wrike
  • Mondaycom

Timeline

Creative Production Manager

Hautehouse Brands, LLC
01.2024 - 05.2025

Creative Project & Traffic Manager

Capital Strategies, LLC
04.2021 - 01.2024

Production Manager

Hautehouse Brands, LLC
05.2015 - 06.2020

Project Coordinator

Hautehouse Brands, LLC
10.2013 - 05.2015

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

Louisiana State University, E.J. Ourso College of Business

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