Awards & Achievements
2020, 2023, 2024 - Stryker Marketing Council All-Star
2025 - Brand Implementation award, Playing for Gold
Workstreams and committees
Annual Theme Workstream Lead
Stryker’s Creative Design Network Steering Committee
Marketing Council Communications Workstream Lead
PMO Council Summit Planning Workstream
Stryker’s Employee Engagement Committee
Skills & Abilities
Adobe Creative Suite
Powerpoint
Social media
Copywriting
Sharepoint
Marketo
Highspot
Email marketing
Photography
Brainstorming/strategy
Concept development
User experience
Hi, I’m Mary Gardner
Developer. Empathy. Responsibility. Adaptability. Connectedness.
I’m a dynamic communications and creative leader who delivers executive-ready messaging, award-winning creative direction and enterprise-wide campaigns that move people to action. I thrive on simplifying complex ideas, building cross-divisional momentum and elevating brand standards. Fueled by creativity, I bring strengths in visual storytelling, copywriting and collaboration.
Stryker career
Current - Sr. Manager, Creative, Executive Communications
May 2019 - August 2021 - Lead Integrated Marketing Designer, Sustainability Solutions
Previous experience
Special Blend Brands
Operated a creative marketing business developing cross-channel strategies, producing photo/video content and managing social media for startups. I also delivered full-service branding and collateral design and supported clients with presentations and video scripts.
Origami Owl
Developed creative content strategies to grow the Origami Owl brand and deliver a consistent, emotionally driven consumer experience. Managed Facebook and Instagram campaigns, created and edited content for web and print and styled and photographed products.
FreeLife International
Led creative execution for FreeLife International and its brands, building a multidisciplinary team across print, merchandise, events and digital marketing. Established all creative department processes and SOPs, partnered with marketing to ensure consistent messaging, and managed vendor relationships to deliver projects on time.