Heather Gray

Director of Graphic Design

WebstaurantStore

Feb 2026 - Current (8 months)

Assistant Director | Creative Manager, Markets & Business Development

EY

Nov 2023 - Feb 2026 (2 years 4 months)

Interim Director, Global In-House Studio and Packaging & Brand Design

McCormick Company

Feb 2023 - Jul 2023 (6 months)

Assumed scope change to merge the packaging graphics, digital product content, shopper & trade marketing and advertising campaign design teams to form an in-house North American design team of 18, resulting in over 10M in cost savings (to date) and delivering award winning creative work for McCormick Spices, French’s, Frank’s RedHot, Cholula, Grill Mates, Old Bay, Thai Kitchen, Lawry’s, Zatarain’s and Club House.

Set a clear creative vision for the 2023 rebrand of McCormick RedCap Spices with consistent design systems that influenced work including: packaging, global brand standards, social media content, emails, landing pages, photography and food styling, in-store merchandising, digital ecommerce content, and advertising paid

Senior Design Manager, Packaging Design and Production

McCormick Company

Aug 2021 - Mar 2023 (1 year 8 months)

Defined the strategy and led the creative execution of the Cholula design system, that resulted in the launch of Cholula Salsa and Taco Seasoning Mixes breakthrough in the Mexican Aisle and influenced work including: global brand standards, social media content, email and landing pages, photography and food styling, in-store merchandising, influencer partnerships, digital ecommerce content, and advertising paid digital campaign content. Predicted to contribute 6M in year 1 sales.
Established Better Brief Writing best practices and provided enterprise-wide training annually to marketing organization. Reviewed, edited and collaborated on over 300 briefs annually.

Dynamically allocated resources across key North American bran

Graphic Design Manager, North America Packaging

McCormick Company

Sep 2019 - Aug 2021 (2 years)

Set a clear creative vision through consistent design systems, to launch the Frank’s Red Hot Frozen Boneless Chicken Bites & Dips platform which successfully extended the brand into the Appetizers & Snacks category pan channel.

Led the strategy and execution of the Club House brand renovation with consistent design systems that influenced work including: packaging, in-store pre packs, global brand standards, club extensions, advertising and online retail marketing campaigns.

Defined the strategy and set clear creative vision for the redesign of the Gourmet Garden brand in the US, and influenced work including: packaging, global brand standards, club extensions, in-store prepacks, and omni channel marketing assets.

CX Design Manager, Institutional Marketing

Vanguard

Oct 2017 - Sep 2019 (2 years)

Provide oversight and coached team of 15 designers to create and manage complex sales pitches under tight deadlines resulting in new business and investments from $500M Institutional Investing clients including: Amazon, Fed Ex, Google, Facebook and Hershey.

Established a design system based on each clients brand to be implemented across a variety of deliverables including: PPT, data visualization, email, landing pages, video content, photography and marketing materials.

Participated in enterprise-wide design thinking cohort and certified as LUMA instructor and facilitator to teach 2 days every month in order to roll-out practice throughout entire design community.

Led and established data visualization b

Associate Creative Director

Havas helia

Jul 2015 - Jul 2017 (2 years 1 month)

havas CX helia is Havas North America’s specialist customer engagement and data agency, based out of Baltimore, Chicago, New York, and Richmond. We are part of Havas CX, the customer experience division of the Havas Network.

I helped ideate, design and launch helia’s new positioning, brand image and website.

Built and led high-performance team of 10+ including art directors, designers, and writers tasked with owning creative projects lifecycles from concept to launch for high-profile clients. Strengthened company credibility with clients including Liberty Mutual Insurance, AutoZone, PayPal, and Moen by attending sales meetings and winning pitches.

Set clear user experience and provided clear creative direc

Adjunct Professor

Maryland Institute College of Art

Jan 2015 - Jul 2015 (7 months)

Brand Identity Design and Branding II

Senior Interactive Art Director

Havas helia

Jul 2014 - Jul 2015 (1 year 1 month)

Freelance Senior Designer

T Rowe Price

Apr 2014 - Jul 2014 (4 months)

Design Director

Warschawski

Oct 2011 - Apr 2014 (2 years 7 months)

Graphic Designer (Print & Interactive)

Harvey and Daughters Inc

Feb 2010 - Oct 2011 (1 year 9 months)

Responsible for designing and working with art directors and creative director to create work for clients such as Proctor and Gamble, Manischewitz, Phillips Seafood Restaurants and McCormick Spices. Working from concept to completion on all P&G projects including Fall and Spring 2012 Covergirl in-store walls and promotion graphics. Design lead on packaging lines for Phillips Seafood and Manischewitz Confectionery line, including direction of package photography.

Freelance Graphic Designer

Erickson Retirement Communities

Apr 2009 - Feb 2010 (11 months)

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Graphic Designer

Pivec Advertising LTD

Oct 2008 - Mar 2009 (6 months)

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Graphic Web Designer

One Pica Inc

May 2007 - Oct 2008 (1 year 6 months)

Graphic Designer

Project Advance

Jan 2006 - May 2007 (1 year 5 months)

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