Trudi Benford

Trudi Benford, vice president and print production director of GMMB's design group, manages the day-to-day operations of the firm’s print division. She joined the design team in 1999. With 12 years of experience in print production and design, Trudi facilitates communication between clients, account executives, artists, printers and publications to ensure print campaigns of the highest quality.

Trudi directly supervises the workflow through GMMB's design department and makes sure each project is delivered in a timely fashion. She distributes jobs as they come into the studio and monitors progress throughout. Along with the design director, she is the key liaison between account service, traffic and design.

Trudi is responsible for GMMB's print, paper, art and photography buying. She leverages relationships with an array of national suppliers to achieve cost-effective and top-quality printed materials for the firm's clients. She has managed successful print campaigns locally and nationally for clients such as DaimlerChrysler, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Corporation for National Service, the state of New Jersey and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.