James Crowder Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Tx, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

Irving, Texas, United States

Irving, Tx

Merchandise designer and coordinator for licensed goods.I focused on building collectible lines for retailers that stood out in the market. Where in, I would design CADs and collaborate with other designers to create product pitches for partners such as:• Hot Topic• Walmart• Gamestop• Spencer’s Gifts• And a number of e-comm brands After product concepts were approved in our internal PLM systems, it was my duty to communicate the design specifications within technical layouts for factory production.Later, I managed a small group of overseas designers to aid our growing rosters and our highly impulsive silhouettes. This required managing multiple time zones, quality assurance and teaching our development processes; along with national and international travel.Achievements• Increased our sales and catalogue for enamel pin business by more than 200%• Created the backbone of Hot Topic’s & Boxlunch’s merchandise blind box strategies• Created an internal 3d library for cross-category application with a majority of our .stl files created by myself• Became a point person on new techniques and difficult constructions• Represented the company internationally in both China and the Philippines• Brands and Retail partner have showcased my designs across social media campaignsSkills Used• Illustration• Creating unique graphics• Vectorizing complex art• Packaging designing• Photo manipulation• Printing preparation• Technical drafting• Fabrication and printing knowledge• 3d rendering for prototyping and mold construction• Presentation layout and pitching• Communicating product strategies and conceptions• PLM data managementPrograms used:• Adobe CC (Illustrator, Photoshop, & InDesign)• Maya 3d application• Excel• Teams and Slack• Centric PLM• Variety of online data trend analysis tools

Dallas, Texas

Guide the newly acquired team Vandor LLC through aligning their design processes with ours at Bioworld Merchandising.This included:• Taught a team of 10 designers our processes for PLM integrations• Mass data entry for integrating Vandor’s legacy products into the wider Bioworld catalogue• Working with our licensing teams addressing approvals and updates• Standardizing CAD creations• Updating technical drafts• Editing and recording tutorials to expediting our PLM learning curveOnce aligned, I shift my focus back to product development and design as I educated myself in the ceramic production cycles and the home good market. I would ultimately be trusted to travel to China and the Philippines on behalf of the company to introduce myself to a number of factory partners.

It is my pleasure to illustrate and design concepts around the clients idea and product. I am responsible for drafting mockups, finalizing graphics and laying out html & css for further use. In doing so, I provide a clean representation of my client whether across digital or printed platforms.

Addison, Texas

I work within Corel Draw and Illustrator to create and prepare artwork to be laser engraved upon high quality cutting boards. Aside from the design and production aspect, I help prepare Maple Leaf at Home's move towards a larger web audience through content management, file structuring, photo manipulation, and web development R&D.Skills Used• Illustrating graphics for laser engraving and custom orders• Graphic preparation and processing• Catalogue layout and print• Ui assistance• Html/CSS front-end web and email design Programs used:• Corel Draw X7• Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Photoshop• Komondo Edit

Addison, Tx

Maintain a positive and professional image of the CityDog! Club brand and ensure the same quality of care was provided to club members and their four-legged friends.Skills Used• Customer service• Retail sales management • Brand representation• Animal care and handling

Irving, Texas

I came in as a contracted freelancer to oversee their scanning of Shoebacca's product. Using Revware's Microscribe 3d scanner we input and curated data that would drive Shoefitr's retail assisting plug-in.Skills Used• Operated, calibrated and maintain Revware's Microscribe 3D scanner.• Data analysis & entry

Longview, Texas Area

Managing sales floor and educating customers in multiple departments was my main priority. Which would included staying up-to-date on technologies and trends for devices such as: • computer/tablets (Andriod, OSX, Windows OS)• cameras/dslr• routers/networking devices. I received multiple repeat customers for demos on their intended device and troubleshooting issues.Skills Used• Customer communications• Technical trouble shooting & problem solving• POS operations• Sales analytics• Inventory management

Longview, Texas Area

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates

Activities and Societies: Java UIL team, Yearbook Editer/Photographer, Art Club Manager, Drama Club