Meghan Ayala, BA
Creative Director
- McKesson
Professional Information
Meghan
Ayala, BA
Creative Director
McKesson
Hospital & Health Care
Education, Honors & Awards
Purdue University
BA- Visual Communication Design, Photography
(2006)
Minor- Art History, French
ICARE Award for Leadership Excellence
Personal Information
United States
Tennessee
Nashville
American Marketing Association, American Management Association, AIGA, Professional Women in Healthcare
Travel, Cooking, Art, Music, Health & Wellness, Public Speaking, Dance, Education, Gardening
I love my family and am very close. My husband and I co-founded our business, Paleo Effect.
I have over 10 years of experience in production, print, web, creative direction, creative management and staffing, vendor communications both domestic and international, analytics, marketing communications and promotions, marketing trends, engagement, agency work and management, and social media, amongst others. Check out my Linkedin or business website www.paleoeffect.com for more about myself and my work.
6-10 Years
Adobe Creative Suites, LEAN, Six Sigma, Franklin Covey Management, Social Media, CRM, SEO, Google Analytics, Google Adwords, Asana, Slack, Sharepoint, Microsoft Office
Meghan Ayala is Creative Director at McKesson, a healthcare services and information technology company. Meghan is also a writer, researcher, blogger, and photographer providing advice, cooking tips, and information on the Paleolithic diet and an all natural lifestyle. She has experienced tremendous growth of her internet business, which has stemmed from her obsession to continually learn more about food and design and her continual improvement on SEO and social media channels. Meghan has a BA in Visual Communication Design, Photography with an Art History minor from Purdue University and is the co-author of “The Paleo Effect,” a cookbook with over 150 Paleolithic diet recipes.
In Meghan’s corporate life, she is an entrepreneurial professional focusing on planning, leading, and the implementation of brand design strategy and management in support of CPG and private label products with objectives in both B2B and B2C environments. Her expertise lies in a variety of creative, ranging from creating brands and marketing communication initiatives to change management and creative direction of support materials. She is heavily involved in marketing promotions, project management and lean (six sigma), print collateral, digital media and photography, sales incentives, vendor communications, relationships, and personnel management. She easily cultivates positive relationships in deadline driven environments, is enthusiastic, and adept at analyzing trends, creative problem solving, and developing and executing strategic plans.
Newsweek, Advertising Age, Bloomberg,
Branding; Marketing Management; Visual Communication Design; Photography; Art History; Creative Direction Management; International Business Relations; Brand Development; Strategic Marketing; Strategic Business Management; CPG; Product Development, Print Production Management, Vendor Relations, Quality Assurance/FDA
