25+ years building brand systems, regulated packaging, and creative infrastructure for CPG companies — from startup to $50M+. I don't just make things look good. I build the operations that make great work repeatable.
Three programs that show how I work: building from zero, scaling operations, and solving problems without an agency.
A bioengineering company I had collaborated with on a prior project came to EarthSafe before going anywhere else — with a breakthrough odor elimination technology and zero brand infrastructure. I built Air Logic from scratch: brand identity, product naming, regulatory messaging framework, packaging across two SKUs, Amazon presence, and a full landing page brief governing the agency build. This is a founder-adjacent brand build, not an employee execution.
EarthSafe Pallet Hub didn't exist. I conceived the entire program: a custom sub-brand for bulk commercial purchasing, a 43-page go-to-market deck, Shopify + Amazon Business e-commerce architecture, and individual product pages with full SKU/UPC structure across three product lines. Positioned around domestic sourcing, free shipping, and fast fulfillment for commercial and institutional buyers.
The original agency didn't deliver. I stepped in and built Valentine Performance Detailing from nothing: logo system, brand guide, product naming, label design across 7 SKUs, kit architecture, retail POS display design, product catalog, Amazon A+ content, and web graphics. The brand launched, is currently active, and has a full 5-video product series I scripted and produced.
The story most creative portfolios can't tell: taking a regulated, institutional brand and extending it into consumer retail without losing the clinical credibility that built it.
Live billboard placement — consumer launch campaign, driving to PurOneHome.com.
PurOne is EPA-registered, hospital-grade disinfection — the same molecule used in schools, clinics, and institutional facilities where efficacy isn't optional. PurOne Everyday is what happens when you extend that regulated credibility into consumer retail without compromising the clinical integrity underneath.
I led the extension end-to-end: consumer identity built from the parent institutional brand, a packaging system across five use-case SKUs (laundry, toilet, kennel, dishwasher, washing machine), billboard and out-of-home creative running in-market, a 7-video product library, and B2C positioning that keeps the hospital-grade proof points readable at the kitchen counter.
Use-case SKU system — same brand architecture, solved for five different household problems.
A cross-section of what I do day to day — regulated packaging, brand systems, e-commerce, and process.
EPA-registered and EU biocidal product labeling for PurOne and PurTabs across 10+ languages and 8 countries. Ongoing coordination with Kersia (Ireland) and translation partner Apex.
25+ sub-brands designed, governed, and maintained across established product portfolio over 10 years. Consistent visual system at scale.
Amazon storefronts, A+ content, product listing images, and Shopify homepage builds across VPD, EvaClean and EarthSafe.
I write all briefs with governed brand aesthetic, regulatory guardrails, phased deliverables, and conversion architecture. Plus: 315+ GTINs across 18 product lines maintained in GS1.
Scripted, edited, and produced AI voiceover for 20+ videos across consumer automotive, institutional disinfection, sustainability, and staff training. No agency, no team.
Built and scaled the creative operations infrastructure — systems, vendors, processes, and brand governance — that supported EarthSafe's growth over 10+ years.
Concepted, scripted, edited, produced. No agency, no production team. 25+ videos across product education, campaigns, training, e-commerce, and brand content.
All videos scripted, edited, and AI voiceover produced by Jennifer Burns.
I'm a Creative Operations Director with more than 25 years of experience building brand systems and packaging for regulated products — the kind of work where a wrong word on a label has real consequences.
I've built the creative operations infrastructure at EarthSafe from the ground up, spanning 300+ SKUs, 25+ sub-brands, EPA-registered and EU biocidal product labeling across 10+ languages, GS1 GTIN management across two companies, and a complete video production practice — all without an in-house team or a production agency.
I think in systems. I build the briefs before the work starts, the brand guides before the first pixel, and the operations frameworks before they're needed. My work is designed to scale — and it has, from a $1.4M company to one doing $50M+.
I'm currently looking for a Director or VP of Creative Operations role at a mid-to-large company where operational rigor and creative quality aren't treated as opposites — open to regulated industries, financial services, enterprise brands, and CPG.
Open to Director and VP-level creative operations and creative leadership roles across regulated industries, financial services, enterprise brands, and CPG. If you need someone who builds systems as well as they direct creative, let's talk.
jenraeco@gmail.comBased in New England · Available for remote or hybrid roles