Kyle Castner Email & Phone Number

Dana Point, CA, US

Dana Point, California

• Design and branding studio located in Dana Point, California specializing in the active lifestyle market offering full-service apparel design packages and branding solutions.
• A few current clients: Stance, Travis Mathew, Buell Wetsuits, WestBrew, PopHeavy.
• Additional services include brand design, marketing, and packaging solutions for the cannabis and craft brewery industry.

Irvine, California, United States

• Managed 4 to 5 designers and created structure, direction and leadership.
• Design men’s “Superfleece” program added $300k resulting in $50 million in annual sales.
• Mentored new members of design staff during on boarding.
• Responsible for designing a wide variety of product categories including woven's knits, sweaters, fashion fleece and jackets.
• Worked directly with Vice President of M&D on seasonal direction, themes, color stories and presentations.
• Delivery of over 50 designs a quarter.

• Design entire Rusty segmented collection which grew to $20 million in annual sales.
• Responsible for Market analysis design of all categories including denim, board shorts, woven, knits, fleece, jackets, printables and accessories.
• Managed seasonal direction, color stories and storyboards.
• Support trend shopping, concept and color direction, design direction, fabric development, denim washes, tech packs, fittings, merchandising and sales presentations each season.
• Management and close collaboration with design team.

Orange County, California Area

• Conceptualized and implemented initial launch of brand.
• Oversaw design and merchandise department of all categories including, denim, board shorts, knits, woven's, jackets, fleece and printables.
• Established all vendors and makers for manufacturing of apparel both import and domestic.
• Extensive European and Asian travel for trend shopping, concepts, sourcing, wash trips, mill visits and development.
• Key participant in creating line plans based on trends and sales results each season.
• Initiated new procedures to increase productivity in art department.

Irvine California

• Major contributor to substantial growth from 35 to 85 million during my employment.
• Research and development (R&D) include researching fashion design trends, sourcing, and development in Asia and Europe.
• Presented each seasons art direction and printable collection at quarterly sales meetings.
• Responsible for product design and category management of each season printable collection.
• Key participant in creating board short prints and woven prints.
• International and domestic travel for trend shopping, concepts, sourcing, factory visits and development.

Costa Mesa, CA

• Responsible for generating and servicing an extensive client base.
• Diversified companies client portfolio with young action sports brands.
• Managed the design and production of apparel graphics, package design, pop, and collateral.
• Worked directly with high-level corporate accounts; Warner Bros, Disney, Pioneer, and Chuck Jones.
• Implemented new techniques for operation and maintenance of equipment.
• Offered technical expertise in offset printing, large format printing and high end color separations.