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Greater Los Angeles Area

LEADERSHIP AND VISIONI have a strong grasp of the creative development process and effectively communicate vision, goals, and deadlines to the team.STRATEGIC THINKINGI develop and implement creative strategies that align with business objectives and effectively solve complex problems.COLLABORATION AND TEAM MANAGEMENTI cultivate a positive and inclusive.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Azione represents luxury and lifestyle brands including Away, Cole Haan, Fender, and Hoka.
• Lead brand identity and visual development initiatives.
• Ideate, illustrate, and produce experiential go-to-market event spaces.
• Conceptualize and orchestrate seasonal strategies for influencer marketing.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Ideated and executed campaign photoshoots for go-to-market and seasonal promotions.
• Produced Ecom assets for DTC website, digital advertising sprints which reduced customer acquisition costs and raised average order values, Amazon product and brand pages, and email & SMS campaigns achieving 900%.
• Created social content, including videos with top performing KPI effectiveness.
• Designed signage, print collateral and gifting for events, partnerships and retail.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• My responsibilities with Dwindle Distribution expanded to include the management of four in-house brands, overseeing varying daily operations of the creative, production, and marketing teams per brand.DARKSTAR.
• Co-founded brand, achieving Dwindle Distribution acquisition within 3 years.
• Led five prebook product seasons and five at-once marketing seasons per year.
• Supervised freelance illustrators, designers, photographers, videographers, editors and recording musicians with contracts, concepts and deadlines.
• Negotiated, signed, and maintained licensing relationships with art foundations, brands, and studios – including Basquiat, Sorayama, Harley-Davidson, Blizzard, Warner Bros., and Dreamworks.DUSTERS SKATEBOARDSCREATIVE.
• Repositioned brand for global expansion ahead of the 2024 Olympics.

Bachelor'S Degree, Graphic Communications

Activities and Societies: Club 34 Art & Design Director of the Shakespeare Press Museum - Handset Type & Letterpress Workshop Cal Poly.

Continuing Education, Fine/Studio Arts, General

Continuing Education, Art/Art Studies, General