Keith O'Brien Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

- BeautyMatter- The White Moustache- LOLI Beauty- Answer the Call, NY Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund- American Giant- American Eagle Outfitters- Apa Beauty- Lumielina / Bioprogramming US- Tailored Cafe- partfait x parfait- Palo Alto School District- Steven Alan- Tea Collection- Kahina Giving Beauty- Core Pilates NYC- MagneticMe- Nishimatsuya Chain Co, LTD- Sumitex International Company Ltd.- Shimamura Co., Ltd.- Feit Footwear- United Arrows- Banana Republic- Nautica- Transworld Skateboarding- DVS Shoe Company- Emerica Footwear- Etnies Footwear- Es Footwear

New Jersey

-Directed the graphic design teams responsible for on-product graphic design and labeling for boys, girls and baby.-Designed brand logos, labeling and hangtags.-Managed budgeting, staffing and legal issues.-Developed seasonal direction and researched production techniques.-Presented concepts and designs to ELT.

Greater New York City Area

-Creative Direction and management of Apparel Graphics and Product Labeling / Logos / Branding for domestic and international territories; Americas, Canada, Japan, UK, China, Middle East, Europe.-Responsible for Graphic T-Shirt product category totaling $225 million (2012). 15% of total retail sales.-Manage team of 11 Art Directors and Designer and additional freelance and specialty contractors across 7 product categories.-Research trends and competition and present seasonal and sub-seasonal direction to executive leadership team.-Proactively partnering with merchandising teams to initiate new categories of incremental sales and refine and structure existing categories.-Design and collaboration for apparel artwork for co-branded partnerships such as Diane von Furstenberg, Stella McCartney, Beatrix Potter and Product(RED).-Design, installation and management of GapKids Global showroom.-Art direction and design of select window and in-store visual installations. Includes: large scale 3D installation, video, lighting, and fixtures.-Manage design technologies for Mac users and trial and initiate software updates/implementations.-Serve as brand-wide advisor for design systems, technology and processes.

Greater New York City Area

Created and managed the Art Department for the kids and baby division of Gap Japan. Designed artwork, logos and pattern. Managed freelance team and contract artists.

Greater New York City Area

Managed graphic design and textile pattern team for mens and boys. Developed seasonal graphic concepts and presented to senior management. Created labels, hangtags and logos for product. Managed all Mac computers and assisted in adopting new technologies to assist in workflow efficiencies.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Created magazine ads, catalogs, posters, packaging and in-store promotional material for skateboard, surf and snowboard apparel and footwear lines. Additional duties included the development of logos apparel graphics, illustraion and high resolution photo manipulation.

Greater Denver Area

Partnered with art director in creating packaging, artwork, logos and sales materials for clients including ioMega, Coors Brewing and Coca-Cola.

Graphic Design

Graphic Design and Illustration

B Des, Communication Design

Communication Design