Brent Smith Email and Phone Number

• Whilst running my own freelance business iv gained experience across many facets of design frombranding and packaging for Howard Smith Wharves, logo design and art direction for MountainSounds Festival, to writing and illustrating comics for Surfing Life. Iv executed large scale murals forWestfield, designed apparel for Universal Music (Black Sabbath / Beach Boys / Run Dmc), designedskate board graphics for Globe, playlists illustrations for Apple Music and i was featured as part of aviral campaign for Adobe.• My design work has been featured in numerous publications and the walls of the NGV in Melbourne.

• As Product /Merchandise Manager i’ve been responsible for understanding the consumer,analyzing product/sales data and competitive trends in the key global markets with a sharp focus onthe AUS/NZ market..• Responsible for line planning and designing to the appropriate style/SKU level to optimiseproductivity, margin and revenue.• Designing and developing Injection ranges that reach target FOB’s and generate additonal revenuein conjuction with the global line.• Managing and designing the quarterly catalogue.• Responsible for supporting the product creation process through key interaction with product andgraphic design, materials, tech design, sales, development, operations and logistics.• Overseeing and creating presentations to sell-in the product.• Foster key relationships between key geographies, internal/external sales teams and marketing.

• Responsible for all art direction and creative outputs for company wide communications, campaignspromotions, including asset creation for all platforms - across website, social, advertising and email.• Source new design inspiration and present new creative designs to communicate marketingmessages

• My key responsibility were to manage and create seasonal artwork, oversea range development,and maintain category budgets.• Managing license category partners to ensure overall seasonal consistency.• Developing concepts for marketing campaigns and creative direction on photo shoots.• Creation, production, presentation and distribution of master style guides across mens / youth boysfor domestic and licensee international partners.• Art direction for internal and external artists.• Produce original & innovative graphics• Investigate and conduct post season analysis from sell through reports across all categories andproducts.• Seasonal research of design strategies and trend forecasting.

Peer Group Media is a entertainment marketing agency for Australia’s largest and most iconic music festivals.While in my role as a mid level designer i worked directly under the senior Art Director.