Angel Maldonado

“Angel is one of the most talented people I've had the opportunity to work with. He is adept at so many areas of business operations and if there's something he hasn't encountered before, he's the fastest to learn it. Working with Angel makes your life easier. He comes at everything with a positive approach, no project is too great or too small. Angel is an empathetic, whip smart, and highly skilled leader. It's an absolute joy to work with him.”

“When faced with a challenge Angel is the first person you want on your team, probably at the helm. He's a seemingly impossible blend of problem-solving, optimism, and determination that makes anything possible. As a natural leader and team builder with meticulous attention to detail, he assures that the right tasks are handled by the right people at the right time. As clients and colleagues will tell you, working with Angel is a pleasure, and a relief.”

“Angel is my mentor, through and through. Becoming a Project Manager isn't easy without guidance because usually you are thrown into a project and have to be prepared to run with it. During and after my tenure at the Concept Farm, he always made the time to listen and give advice if you were stuck on a problem or acknowledge successes. He was never above doing any task, any time, no matter how high his position was in the company. I can only hope that my career can elevate to where he is now. ”

“The best way for me to write a recommendation for Angel is to TRY and create a short list of what he's good at. Print production, strategy, crisis management, making people laugh, mentorship, problem solving, digital production, estimates, making a vision better than imagined, total domination of the Adobe Creative suite and every other program ever developed, teamwork, HTML, talking people off a ledge, dependability, strategy, timelines, vendor relationships, working harder than anyone else, multitasking, project management, leadership, and basically being a great person.”

“Over the last four years, it has been a pleasure and a great asset to work with Angel Maldonado. As Director of Creative Services at the Concept Farm, Angel is regularly faced with the daunting task, familiar to many agencies, of producing a creative team’s ideas with limited time, money, and personnel. Angel’s consistent ability to find solutions that meet the expectations of the creative team, account managers, and clients alike make him essential to the process of turning a notepad-scribbled idea into an exceptionally produced piece. Angel possesses a calm, focused, and highly personable management style, making him a popular leader and motivator to his production team. His organizational skills and dedication enable him to successfully juggle ticking time bomb schedules, cranky creatives, stressed account managers, incoming freelancers, and disappearing budgets. These attributes are consistently recognized and appreciated by clients and vendors, seeding long-lasting relationships, which will benefit the agency for years to come. Angel has brought his skills to bear on multiple projects of mine, helping to bring my own creative ideas to fruition. I would welcome the opportunity to collaborate with him in the future.”

“Angel is the absolute best!! Do you know those very rare people you can turn to in any situation to get pretty much anything done? That's Angel. I had the pleasure of working with Angel twice in my career. He was fantastic in both large and small agency environments. Angel is a trusted partner who gets things done -- and often suggests alternative ways of getting these things done that almost always save time and money - while delivering a quality product. I can't recommend Angel highly enough. I hope to have the opportunity to work with him again.”

“Angel goes the extra mile for his colleagues and shares his years of production experience in a way that isn't preachy -- it's honest to goodness mentoring. My work was always better after a consultation with Angel because of what he brought to the table. Whether it was making a seemingly difficult task easier to execute or finding resources on his team to him me finish a project on time for a client, he was resourceful and thoughtful. Angel also happens to be one of the hardest working people on the planet. You'd think for the amount of hours he spends on the job, he'd be an unapproachable, miserable workhorse grinch; but he's quite the opposite kind of guy. (I think it's that psychology degree.) He, in fact, allowed me to deface his office with Britney Spears (fake) autographs ...and has kept them there ever since. And who does that? Above all else, at a time when I was transitioning from freelance to full time and knew no one in the office but my boss, he was the first person to make me feel like I was included in the company's culture and has always reminded me to do the same with my own direct reports ever since.”

“Angel is tremendously knowledgeable about production processes and industry standards. He and I worked together on hundreds of Print, Out of Home and Interactive projects when I was employed as an Account Manager at The Concept Farm. I found Angel to be a strong negotiator with external partners and a patient orchestrator of internal workflow. His versatile skill set and problem solving skills inspired confidence in superiors and subordinates alike. Angel did not hesitate to augment the efforts of his staff when deadlines were imminent. His large network of industry contacts proved extremely valuable when I needed access to quality vendors and freelancers at a moment’s notice. Angel's abilities exceed those of any production professional with whom I have worked, and his calm, upbeat disposition makes it a pleasure to have him as part of the team.”

“Angel is the definition of unflappable. He is professional and also approachable and friendly. He aggressively pursues jobs to their completion with a smile on his face. He manages people, projects, and budgets – and juggles it all very successfully. He has a great eye for detail and is always willing to pitch in and help out. It wouldn’t be possible to say too many nice things about Angel. He is an asset to every job he touches.”