
Remy Walcott
LEAD GRAPHIC DESIGNER | CREATIVE MANAGER | TEAM LEADERSHIP
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Lead Graphic Designer with 12+ years of experience turning business goals into brand systems, marketing campaigns, and large-scale trade show experiences. Led creative on 1,000+ projects across print, digital, UI/UX, social, and packaging, including 6 trade show exhibits a year, with an in-house team of 4 designers serving ~10 departments. Trade show work drove 42% growth in leads year over year, and reusable templates and brand standards cut turnaround by 65%.
Builds identities from scratch or refreshes existing ones while keeping 5 projects moving at once.
Experience
Lead Graphic Designer at Sonny's The CarWash Factory (2019-01 – Present)
- Direct creative for corporate and product branding, delivering 20 integrated campaigns a year across print, digital, and in-house channels.
- Design and build 6 trade show exhibits a year, from concept through install, drawing roughly 9,000 visitors and around 3,000 leads per show.
- Turn business goals into creative briefs and visual systems with marketing, sales, product, and operations, juggling 5 active projects at any given time.
- Take projects from design review through production and installation, keeping 99% on schedule and inside a $120,000 annual production budget.
- Manage and mentor 2 designers. Built templates and review workflows that cut turnaround from 2 days to under 2 hours and tightened brand consistency across all campaign and trade show materials.
- Produce 4 environmental graphics and signage packages a year, working with ~3 outside print and fabrication vendors.
Senior Graphic Designer at Mr. Foamer – Car Wash Signage (2017-01 – 2019-12)
- Led a 3-person design team producing ~725 signage and environmental graphics projects a year for ~60 car wash brands and ~450 locations.
- Tied visual strategy to customer acquisition and membership goals. New signage and promotions contributed to a 15% rise in memberships across 60 sites.
- Built a library of 78 reusable, production ready templates and brand assets, cutting design-to-install time by 65%.
- Held weekly team check-ins and reviewed 70 to 100 design files a month for quality before release.
Studio Manager at JCPenney Portrait Studio (2014-01 – 2017-12)
- Ran daily operations for a portrait studio, supervising 2 photographers and ~40 sessions per week.
- Coached staff on posing, sales, and service, lifting customer satisfaction scores by 25%.
- Handled weekly scheduling, monthly sales goals, and cut customer wait times by 20% overall.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Digital Arts and Design – Full Sail University (2010-01 – 2012-01)
