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Senior Director, Creative & Technology | Spire Media Inc🚀 About My Role:During my tenure as Senior Director of Creative & Technology at Spire Media Inc, I had the privilege of leading an exceptional team at the forefront of digital innovation. At Spire, we believe in the transformative power of merging creativity and technology, and in this role, I championed that vision.🎯 Key Achievements:✨ Strategic Vision: I developed and communicated a compelling vision that reshaped how creativity and technology intersected within our organization. This strategic direction set the stage for our teams to align with company goals and deliver exceptional results.🌟 Leadership: As a leader, I fostered a culture of excellence, nurturing a talented group of creatives, designers, developers, and technologists. My role included mentoring, motivating, and empowering my team to achieve their full potential, which resulted in outstanding project outcomes.🚀 Innovation: I remained at the forefront of industry trends and emerging technologies, encouraging a culture of experimentation and the adoption of innovative approaches to problem-solving. This approach led to groundbreaking solutions that captivated our audience.🤝 Collaboration: I facilitated strong cross-functional collaboration between our creative and technology teams, ensuring the seamless integration of skills and knowledge. This collaborative spirit was pivotal in delivering remarkable digital products and experiences.🌐 Client Engagement: Building strong client relationships was a core aspect of my role. I worked closely with clients to understand their needs and ensured that our solutions consistently met or exceeded their expectations.

As Director of Marketing & Creative Services, Daniel manages the goals and effectiveness of the Marketing & Creative Services department through work-flow optimization, time-line management and SOP implementation. Working alongside executive management to increase efficiencies and the design staff to bring innovative marketing solutions to market, Daniel has a hands on approach to inspiring creative evolution.Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:✎ Showroom design and customization✎ Brand conceptualization and development✎ Web development✎ New initiative/opportunity pitches ✎ Project management✎ New talent acquisition and training✎ Coordination of efforts between local and global merchandising teams✎ Presentation to senior executive teams / Potential clients✎ Photo shoot coordination and direction

As Director of Design, Daniel manages the goals and effectiveness of the Merchandising/Design department through timeline planning and SOP implementation. Working alongside the Merchandising team to bring fashionable and innovative product to market, he has a solid focus on product line management and packaging development. In his daily engagement with the team, both local and overseas, he reviews tasks and productivity to streamline work flow, allocate projects, and increase overall team output and efficiency.Additionally, he is responsible for maintaining open lines of communication with all other departments to ensure project needs are met completely and efficiently. Additional Responsibilities include:✎ Conducting weekly design meetings. ✎ Creating seasonal timelines to ensure timely product creation and delivery. ✎ Implementing Merchandising / Design Department SOP. ✎ Managing designer work flow. ✎ Coordinate concept and product approvals internally a well as with respective licensors.✎ Overseeng product/packaging compliance.✎ PLM customization, implementation and administration. ✎ Working directly with sales, production and QC teams to identify most efficient modes of interaction, top line needs, and resolutions. ✎ Interviewing and administering software testing for new applicants to ensure a proper fit in our fast paced, product cycle driven, environment.✎ Spearheading new product initiatives. ✎ Working onsite with overseas partners to establish synergy and maintain development workflow and factory relations. ✎ Daily communication with overseas factory base and team members to actively follow development process through to final production.✎ Work at the factory level to fine tune execution of high priority projects.✎ General IT solutions.✎ General software training both on site and overseas.

Responsible for liaising between Design, Production and Sales Teams on design product approvals with licensors as well as product packaging compliance, seasonal calendar date deliverables and overseeing administrative requirements from the design team.Currently customizing and implementing the new PLM/PDM workflow managment system for ULC.

Lead designer for brands such as: SKECHERS, USPA, True Religion, and SLAM as well as various Private label and Charity Projects.