• Leading and participating in brainstorm sessions and brand story development • Spearheading the research and development of new art technologies and pipelines, working closely with artists, designers, developers, engineers and more across multiple projects • Driving the creation, improvement and enforcement of pipelines and processes across all elements of 3-D development, with the goals of efficiency, performance and aesthetics • Developing and training 3-D artists to be technically savvy, fostering technical understanding and discussion across all art disciplines • Acting as the first line of defense for the art team when a technical problem arises • Working with the artists to ensure they achieve the artistic vision, while meeting performance goals and technical requirements • Collaborating with mechanical engineering and prep for manufacturers • Participating in product review meetings and presentations • Helping to follow, revise and create new quality standards for 3-D product development • Demonstrating a solid understanding of the brands and the competitive environment as it relates to Lakeshore’s 3-D product • Driving new thinking and innovation

Management/Mentoring of Product Developers and Product Designers assigned to licensed product and product designs (Hardlines, Softlines & Publishing). Provide high level guidance, iterative reviews, and product approvals to Consumer Product teams. Work with game development Art Directors to ensure products adhere to franchise values. Integration of design and feature components of Blizzard games into products and packaging. Ownership of product approvals from start to finish while keeping multiple partners informed and engaged. Collaborate with Category Managers on product lines and help communicate release strategies across internal departments. Build positive relationships with internal and external partners; Identify key creative leaders and instill shared creative values and goals around Blizzard Consumer Products.Additional responsibilities:Art Outsource Management of external creative contractors.Art Asset Management across all Blizzard IP Franchises.Oversight of manufacturing capabilities to guide effective design and development of product lines.Working with internal Game Development leadership regarding concept and product approvals.Develop and share effective product and trend presentations with cross-functional stakeholders.Provide accurate design input and modifications based on a strong understanding of IP priorities & guidelines though all stages of the product approval process.Drive innovation by maintaining strong knowledge of the retail landscape, multiple categories and internal/external partners.Build successful working relationships with key partners including, Licensees, Manufactures, Category Managers, Franchise, Retail and Games Studio Leadership.Collaborate with the Marcom and Publishing teams in creating effective web assets utilized in Social Media and Ecommerce marketing campaigns.Guide and support licensees with a trend-based creative strategy.

Director-Product Development & PackagingArt directing the development of child resistant packaging, point of purchase displays, brand logos, and hardware(batteries & cartridges)Outsource management of external Design, Branding and Structural Engineering agencies.Sourced and developed collaborative relationships with global suppliers and manufacturers.R&D explorations for large scale automated packaging systems for the manufacturing facility in Northern California.Director - SalesDeveloped and implemented new standardized operating procedures for B2B sales while increasing the size of the team from one to a team of five.Weekly sales revenue increased from 550K to 1.2M within one quarter.Onboarded three delivery drivers while implementing efficient protocols with the sales team and developed safe, statewide delivery logistics to our California business customers.Director-OperationsDeveloped and implemented standard operating protocols for multiple internal teams ( Sales-Finance-Inventory/Fulfillment-Logistics-Product Development).Organized and remodeled the corporate HQ office environment while adding & designing anadditional satellite office space for Inventory and Fulfillment.Sourced and purchased four delivery fleet vehicles while implementing effective SOP's for drivers and secured logistics.Onboarding of new staff while eliminating underperforming positions.

Managed the operations of a large creative group responsible for designing and developing products within the entire Mattel portfolio.Responsible for the management and growth of twenty in-house 3D designers and face painters.Art directed all vendor and china partners. Managed the design and development of product for clients for all Mattelbrands while overseeing internal/external budgets.Helped conceptualize and engineer function of product.Traveled to China for yearly factory visits.

VP/Managing Partner in a Design & Development Agency.Responsibilities included the mentoring and management of sixteen Designers and Engineers, while directing the execution of services for clients in the consumer product industries.Clients: Development for Hasbro, Fisher-Price, Disney, Jakks Pacific, Cartoon Network, DC Direct, Funimation, Tomy International, Procter & Gamble and various others. Tooling Processes

Owner/Operator - 3D Design and Development Studio for consumer products.Ideation3D design and development2D conceptsOverseas manufacturing (communication & negotiation)Tooling Processes

Design and development of 3D prototypes for manufacturing.Ideation2D concepts3D design development