Senior Product Designer - Toys

• Currently developing Kitty Cones IP as animated series with: Striker Entertainment, DJ2 Entertainment, Sweet July Productions, Showrunner/Head Writer Mike Ryan & writer Elliott Maya• Currently developing Peanut Bear IP as an animated series• Develop and design kid-centric characters and brands for licensing and entertainment• Develop products in: toy, publishing, gift, mobile including 3D prototyping & sourcing• Write, illustrate & design children's books - schematics for toys & product• Develop style guides for art & packaging for licensing partners • Create websites for brand support and online content management systems for art retrieval• Create content for social media marketing & partners ie: animations, apps, promotions• Manage budgets, contractual & legal aspects including trademarks, and licensing contracts• Work closely with licensees to develop and approve products• Collaborate with entertainment companies & studios to develop IPs including pitch bibles Accomplishments include:• Senior Designer and Art Director at American Greetings and Hallmark Cards • Developed and Sold Honk-Honk-Ashoo book and toy end-cap program to Target Stores• Manufactured and Distributed Kaiju Kidz Toys to specialty retailers in U.S. and U.K. • Developed Kaiju Kidz as animated series for Cartoon Network, sold to Rainmaker Ent. • Distributed Fun-boy chocolate bars throughout U.S. at ItSugar and ToysRUS stores• Sold "MyMoji" Trademark and url to "Funko" brand• Author/illustrator of DC superhero books selling over 120k copies, translated in 15 languages• Developed Peanut Bear brand as books and plush line• Developed Kitty Cones brand as toy line, books, journals, mobile games, soft goods, rep. by Striker Entertainment

• Develop fresh designs and stories for brands including Rainbow Bright, Star Wars, DC, Marvel• Collaborate with the licensing department to obtain approvals from licensors• Conceptualize and produce animated e-cards including storyboards, animatics, and final animations• Collaborating with editorial, sound & music departments to produce animated e-cards• Develop & design new character properties for Hallmark’s Retail book division• Author and illustrate books for Hallmark book division including licensed brands

• Develop & design toys for specialty channels ie: production, marketing, and distribution• Turn Honk-Honk-Ashoo brand into book series and toy end-cap program in Target Stores• Develop Kaiju Kidz toys as animated series for Cartoon Network • Create pitch bibles collaborating with writers - Marketing including designing booths for trade shows

• Art direct and manage the development and production of Nickspressions product line • Develop product, packaging & point-of-purchase material for manufacturing• Management of internal and external staff, manage art for overseas & domestic vendors• Manage budget for product, packaging & external sources - artwork/file archiving • Fresh designs for American Greetings IP, ie: Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Madballs

• Develop, design and manage production of supplemental educational material for children ages 3-14 includingworkbooks, flash cards, puzzles & games for mass retail including drug and grocery channels.• Develop educational supplemental product for mass & specialty closely collaborating with teachers/curriculums• Design & write "Here We Grow" preschool workbook series. Develop & design "Parents Media" award winning"Numbers & Neighbors" puzzle/game. Design and production of all point-of-purchase (POP) & packaging• Supervise internal and free-lance artists, photographers, designers including communicating assignments andmanaging budget with product managers. Work directly with various manufacturing vendors/printers thru finalproduction. Manage, track and archival of all art electronically and meet production dates.