Post on 08-Apr-2017
MICHAEL SHAVALIERDIRECTOR OF CREATIVE OPERATIONS
• Previously Village Voice’sDesign Director
• Managed art departmentsacross country
• Exhibited early signs of creative talent and OCD tendencies.
WHO IS SANDOW?
• Global publishing andmedia company
• Brands spanning design, luxury, fashion and beauty
• Currently a total of 10 brands
• Rapidly growing
BRAND CONSISTENCY
• Separate design groupswith overlap
• Synergy and cross-pollination between brands
WHAT WERE THEBIGGEST IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES?
• Integration of many companies and brands
• Tens of thousands of fonts in multiple locations
• Multiple copies and versions of the same fonts
• Open system
• Design issues
• Compliance concerns
WHY UNIVERSAL TYPE SERVER?
• Control in setting up users and groups
• Serving fonts
• Compatibility with creative software
• Technical support
IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
1. Me + an IT Person
2. Determine best structure across all brands
3. Locked down ALL fonts
4. Assess licensing status
5. Built sets and workgroups
6. Internal training
BEST PRACTICES
1. Identify how your users need to use the system
2. Determine workgroup structure
3. Audit fonts
4. Scrub fonts
5. Make clean sets
6. Set-up groups
7. Set-up font leads
BONUS: Carve out time to set-up your structure
STATUS TODAY
• Rolled out to 3 brands
• 4th brand in-process
• Finishing replacing a few other font management product
• Downgrades fromUTC to Core Client
FUTURE STEPS
• More groups
• More users
• Integrating more brand
• Additional license auditing
• Exploring Universal Type Server reporting