Don Kiser Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Advance the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) as the leading civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) equality by inspiring and engaging cultural trends in fashion.
• Manage, develop and collaborate on creative aspects and integration of the HRC's membership growth and marketing communications pertaining to branding guidelines, publications, program and membership collateral, retail.
• Articulate and communicate strategic design issues concerning advertising and marketing projects;
• Assist in management of brand-relevant market research;
• Lead internal teams as well as freelance resources through innovative vision, design, and development of effective marketing projects and creative use of digital media;
• Develop, implement and manage annual $3,000,000 cause marketing budget – with profit and loss responsibility;

Miami, FL; Washington DC

• Partnered with cross-functional team members (e.g. Retail, Marketing, Advertising, Design, Sourcing and Buying) to develop key merchandising concepts, home furnishings categories/items and marketing strategies to.
• Analyzed product performance, identified market trends and translated these into product development opportunities utilized to grow revenue and expand market reach by opening new brick and mortar store locations;
• Lead cross-functional efforts to streamline effective communication and action to enable Door Store to exceed net income performance;
• Developed and implemented seasonal business strategies to support the achievement of $50,000,000 in annual revenue;
• Created targeted merchandising and marketing plans to exploit business potential within markets;
• Motivated, educated and inspired the Merchandising and Retail teams to be customer-focused, innovative, fast and team-oriented in their work;