Senior Creative Business Development Manager
CurrentStarted working at AMIRI as a startup with 3M in revenue and wore multiple hats, spanning the departments of design, development, and production over the years to assist in reaching 300M in revenue.Year 1: Sourced and Expanded AMIRI's domestic factories to prepare company to scale productions and development capabilities. Year 2: Managed over all production and development processes, timelines and production delivery schedules. Vetted Italian factories for move of certain categories to move to Italy for productions. Year 3: Managed and negotiated all collaborations and licensing deals, while managing over design and development of licensed collections to reach final approvals. Setup infrastructure of Eyewear division resources and factories, while running development of program.Year 4: Shifted focus to domestic denim program development accounting for 80% of the business revenue. Managed over the development of fabrics, technique and artistic capabilities within program, while taking over Denim design working with Creative Director.Year 5-7: Directed over all Men's denim category from design and concept to final SMS, and coordinating handoffs to production. Trained Italy factories on denim processes to plan and expand capabilities in denim manufacturing and development programs.Licensing & Collaboration Highlights:- Rolling Stones- Motley Crue- Jimi Hendrix- Grateful Dead- City of Beverly Hills- Playboy- Wes Lang
