Erika Keith Email & Phone Number

• Collaborate and strengthen relationships with client accounts including but not limited to: Warner Brothers Entertainment International, Sanrio, Inc., and The Pokemon Company International• Oversee product and line approval for successful cross-category programs and marketing initiatives across tiers of distribution for specialty, direct to consumer, and mass market retailers • Provide art direction according to brand guidelines to ensure positive outcomes for all stakeholders • Coordinate with international counterparts and internal departments to ensure contractual obligation, compliance, and the successful delivery of usable content for marketing and product • Negotiate key license agreements and executed proposals to improve brand integrity and reach • Forecast royalties and brand profitability to determine ideal brand strategies, further maximizing brand investment and market share • Develop comprehensive brand guidelines, style guides, and other documentation to cleanly direct teams • Audit products, line plans, and retail strategies in accordance with contract compliance and brand guidelines• Implement company-wide process improvements in cooperation with key executive leadership • Build templates, standard of procedures, training programs and manuals for the department and the company

Irving, Texas, United States

• Oversees product approval and assortment curation for numerous cross-category programs and marketing initiatives across all tiers of distribution for both domestic and international retailers• Manages clients and accounts both virtually and in-person such as Warner Brothers Entertainment, Sanrio Inc., and Jazwares, inc. driving multimillion-dollar revenue growth across accounts year over year• Facilitates collaboration and discussion between clients and Bioworld departments• Coordinates with international counterparts and internal departments to ensure a low margin of error in the product flow; contractual obligation compliance, key release updates, and delivery of useable content for marketing and design use• Reviews and revises contracts to ensure positive outcomes on brand proposals, licensee agreements, amendments, authorization letters, manufacturing agreements, trademark reviews, and patent reviews• Summarizes contract terms and provided brand information across all internal departments• Negotiates key client agreements such as: speed to market initiatives, approval process efficiencies, sustainability efforts, retail opportunities, and marketing projects• Builds templates and collected data for retail forecasting, total revenue projections, product placement reports, product presentations, and brand decks• Forecasts royalties from sales and product profitability to determine ideal brand strategies, further maximizing brand investment and market share• Reviews product concepts and samples against licensor guidelines to ensure product met quality standards • Maintains product placement reports and sales presentations for both clients and internal sales teams

• Oversaw product approval and assortment curation for numerous cross-category programs and marketing initiatives across all tiers of distribution for both domestic and international retailers• Coordinated with clients and accounts both virtually and in-person such as Warner Brothers Entertainment and Sanrio Inc. assisting in driving multimillion-dollar revenue growth across accounts year over year• Facilitated collaboration and discussion between clients and Bioworld departments• Coordinated with international counterparts and internal departments to ensure a low margin of error in the product flow; contractual obligation compliance, key release updates, and delivery of useable content for marketing and design use• Built templates and collected data for product placement reports, product presentations, and brand decks• Reviewed product concepts and samples against licensor guidelines to ensure product met quality standards • Maintained product placement reports and sales presentations for both clients and internal sales teams

Irving, Texas

• Coordinated with international counterparts and internal departments to ensure a low margin of error meeting contractual obligation compliance for pre-production and packaging guidelines• Built templates and collected data for sample approvals• Reviewed product samples against licensor guidelines to ensure product met quality standards• Photographed detailed product shots for both internal marketing use and product submission to the licensed partner• Performed daily product data entry and shipment to licensed partners

Austin, Texas, United States

• Aided in the release of immigrant minors from the custody of U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement

San Antonio, Texas, United States

• Researched cases for discovery through LexisNexis and Westlaw to contribute to organization database • Extracted meaningful information for attorneys to use in gender-based asylum seeker cases

San Antonio, Texas, United States

• Featured in the Holiday Gift Guide in San Antonio Magazine’s December 2016 Issue• Received and maintained 5-star rating on Etsy.com for quality of product and customer service• Hand-crafted over 300 plush toys sold online, at local Texas retailers, art shows, and local conventions• Utilized profits to raise funds for organizations such as; RAICES, Children International, Ethnos Missions Center, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Rainforest Trust, and more

Lewisville, Texas, United States

• Built presentation boards and swatching for company clients, organized fabric library and CAD library, assisted in company projects, assisted in CAD design, attended department meetings and shadowed designers.

• Awarded 2012 Outstanding Student Employee Award, presented by the Career Center at the University of North Texas• Built marketing campaigns and executed meticulous details for over 30 events, programs, and professor -led workshops• Coordinated calendars, attended meetings, and sent communication on behalf of the Associate Deans• Managed Graduate website while company sought new IT specialist• Maintained spreadsheets for graduate student travel stipends, internal tracking documents, and workshop attendance

Certificate, Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Fashion/Apparel Design

Activities and Societies: Baptist Student Ministries, Members of the Designing Arts