Connect and build relationships with clients.Use our technologically advanced workspace, cutting-edge equipment, and best-in-class designers, fabricators, and technologists to turn ideas into physical realities.Housed in a 14,000 sq. ft. ex-foundry inBrooklyn, our team of scenic artists, creativetechnologists, master carpenters, projectmanagers, industrial designers, graphicdesigners, and engineers develop compellingwork with our clients and partners.

Handled everyday operations at the Houston performance shop interfacing with customers to create the most efficient & welcoming person to person sales. Played a key role in building this small performance automotive shop into a now million dollar business with a full staff and multiple locations in Houston Texas. Increased direct monthly sales 4x the amount after two years by utilizing and implementing various marketing and design strategies.Developed a strong brand identity and unique aesthetic that created relevance and help stay in touch with the target market. Focusing on social media engagement as well as website design & functionality allowed us to be friendly competition against fellow performance shops, but also a problem for giant European performance automotive E-commerce conglomerates. Executed all collaborative opportunities to further grow awareness & exposure to the brand. Managed all creative decisions according to the developed brand identity.Created all assets and content for social media, website and promotional/sale applicationsManaged vendor relations as point of contact, created wholesale accounts, managed collaborations with manufacturers and distributors. Built, restored, and modified vintage Volkswagens. This usually included adding larger and more powerful engines, updated performance parts and custom details to exhibit my creative personality through cars. Part time technician applying performance upgrades to current generation VWAG models as well as OEM & preventative maintenance.

Exercised entrepreneurial vision to create and manage Death Set, an alternative lifestyle Brazilian Jiu Jitsu apparel brand based in NYC established in 2016. Focusing on combative martial arts essentials and lifestyle apparel with influences from old comic book advertisements, hardcore band merch & NYC’s aesthetics and crime-ridden history. All of the gear are limited capsule releases featuring premium quality products accessed via E-mail newsletter engagement. Death Set is a journey into design expressionism through apparel, accessories, and BJJ essentials. Conceptualize & design all artwork and production files for products including apparel & accessories, compression gear, MMA shorts, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gis. Directly deal with all accounts and vendors for manufacturing of products. Continuously developing close relationships with vendors as local as Gravesend Brooklyn to as far internationally as Sailkot Pakistan.Design & manage all assets for the E-commerce site, various social media platforms, and the Death Set Newsletter. Manage social media platforms, photo shoots, artist & brand collaborations, and competitive athlete sponsorships. Constantly strive to bring together the BJJ scene locally by donating gear, and actively training at multiple locations to bridge the gap between academies in NYC.

Mentored students at the International High School at Lafayette High School, Coalition School for Social Change, and Achievement First Brooklyn High School through 501C3 Nonprofit organization Stoked Mentoring Inc . Helped guide students to explore different mediums and find careers that interest them as well as help prepare them for college.Promoted personal development, academic achievement and healthy living to under-served youth through action sports culture and mentoring.Implemented STOKED! “Core Values of Success” - Teamwork, Openness, Kudos, Energy and Determination to students through skateboard building & exploring creative mediums to apply their own self branding and marketing. Taught other Mentors/Coaches of STOKED! The basics of creating & developing brand identities for the skateboards they build with their students. Introduced and demonstrated to the staff, the same as well as more advanced applications of mediums I was also teaching my assigned students. This included silk screening, spray painting, exploring patterns & textures, and wheatpasting for applying designs on the skateboards.

Created brand identity for New York lifestyle brand. Design and maintain everything from t-shirts to the online shop. Coordinate production for such as some of our art shows, parties, videos and limited apparel. fill and ship orders, multiple platform social media networking, paint murals, video animation, design work for clients, and collaborative designing with other artists and brands.

Designed & created a new branding identity for the iconic NYC venue and updated all branding for weekly event showcases. Delegated research and design for upcoming shows, making sure that all brand anddesign guidelines were followed by both SOB’s & the musical performers. Developed new ways to engage a younger target market and raise the bar of design for the legendary 35+ year old establishment. Worked directly with SOB’s booking & marketing departments to create all graphics for in-house and promotional use. This work included show flyers, website assets and editorials. Large format printing & installation of marquee and window displays for monthly event schedules and showcases at the venue on Varick Street. Created, designed, and maintained all graphics and events for the website. Composed presentation decks for clients detailing company projects and press events.

Helped start clothing company. Created designs for all merchandise including men’s apparel, as well as web banners and promotional items. Customer service via phone and email, packing and shipping products. Managed all back end operations including Karmaloop, Shopify, and GoDaddy. Brand marketing and networking via social media and building collaborative relationships with local shops.

Consistently met and exceeded personal daily and weekly sale goals through product knowledge and customer service. Merchandise new product on sales floor and store windows, as well as maintain back stock inventory. Co ordinated out of store Chrome NYC events in Brooklyn. Designed promotional T-shirts and flyers for local events such as BBQ’s and bike races. Designed and applied graphics on front window on Mulberry Street as well as helped with merchandising.