Steffen Unger
Steffen Unger
Steffen Unger
Steffen Unger
Steffen Unger
Steffen Unger
Team management
15 years overseeing product from design to final approval.
PINK, Victoria's Secret
Started as a freelance CAD & pattern designer
Background
Background
Beginning with work at PINK, almost every place lacked any real process or protocol for the work being done. Every new meeting or event, someone else worked on the assignment. Led to sloppy, inconsistent, random, unprofessional. The role did not really exist and most of us were busy creating production files or pattern repeats. With a general know-how the work fell more and more to me.
Beginning with work at PINK, almost every place lacked any real process or protocol for the work being done. Every new meeting or event, someone else worked on the assignment. Led to sloppy, inconsistent, random, unprofessional. The role did not really exist and most of us were busy creating production files or pattern repeats. With a general know-how the work fell more and more to me.
Goals
Goals
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Create consistency in presentation.
Replace scattered methods and outcomes with a professional final product.
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Create consistency in presentation.
Replace scattered methods and outcomes with a professional final product.
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Create consistency in presentation.
Replace scattered methods and outcomes with a professional final product.
2
Bring speed and efficiency to the process.
Growing success for the PINK brand was beginning to impact workloads and schedules, leading to shorter lead up to seasonal presentations. Sporadic immediate needs also increased as new ideas sprung up alongside the company's rapid growth.
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Bring speed and efficiency to the process.
Growing success for the PINK brand was beginning to impact workloads and schedules, leading to shorter lead up to seasonal presentations. Sporadic immediate needs also increased as new ideas sprung up alongside the company's rapid growth.
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Bring speed and efficiency to the process.
Growing success for the PINK brand was beginning to impact workloads and schedules, leading to shorter lead up to seasonal presentations. Sporadic immediate needs also increased as new ideas sprung up alongside the company's rapid growth.
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Look at tech for benefits.
Seek to obtain approval and funding for hardware and software purchases to further improve the speed and quality of the work.
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Look at tech for benefits.
Seek to obtain approval and funding for hardware and software purchases to further improve the speed and quality of the work.
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Look at tech for benefits.
Seek to obtain approval and funding for hardware and software purchases to further improve the speed and quality of the work.
Solutions
Solutions
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Assign lead for all presentation work
Along other responsibilities, was assigned oversight of projects; consolidated past work, pinpointed brand identity. created templates and overarching best practices in order to meet new, elevated standards.
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Assign lead for all presentation work
Along other responsibilities, was assigned oversight of projects; consolidated past work, pinpointed brand identity. created templates and overarching best practices in order to meet new, elevated standards.
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Assign lead for all presentation work
Along other responsibilities, was assigned oversight of projects; consolidated past work, pinpointed brand identity. created templates and overarching best practices in order to meet new, elevated standards.
2
Establish processes and workflows
Identified team members' strengths and placed them in appropriate roles. Worked with cross-functional parterns for greater visibility to deadlines and integrated into existing workload.
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Establish processes and workflows
Identified team members' strengths and placed them in appropriate roles. Worked with cross-functional parterns for greater visibility to deadlines and integrated into existing workload.
2
Establish processes and workflows
Identified team members' strengths and placed them in appropriate roles. Worked with cross-functional parterns for greater visibility to deadlines and integrated into existing workload.
3
Increase use of technology.
Worked with leadership, Finance IT, upgraded computers, acquired additional softwares to accelerate process; also purchased large-format printers so as to control all aspects of the process.
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Increase use of technology.
Worked with leadership, Finance IT, upgraded computers, acquired additional softwares to accelerate process; also purchased large-format printers so as to control all aspects of the process.
3
Increase use of technology.
Worked with leadership, Finance IT, upgraded computers, acquired additional softwares to accelerate process; also purchased large-format printers so as to control all aspects of the process.
Skills
Skills
Organization
Strategic planning and scheduling, time-management
Verbal and written communication
Quick-learning
Detail-oriented
Growing talent and employee retention
Problem solving – technical, inter-personal, process, etc.
Workflows, best practices
Conclusion
A scattered, haphazard, ungoverned process was rife with opportunity for improvements. Choosing the right people, the right technology, making the right connections and communicating with cross-functional teams resulted in a well-oiled machine, efficient and responsive, producing excellent product.