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Bellevue, WA, US

Bellevue, Washington, United States

• Leads a team of concept designers that concentrate on creating innovative and creative designs for 2D soft good products: Apparel and Accessories (Bags, TCG Accessories)
• Proposes and implement initiatives that improve workflow, processes, and designer enablement
• Manages and provides on-going support/guidance to a team of designers
• Participates in annual capacity planning
• Reviews projects and delegates assignments to the team.
• Supports direct reports with career goals and mentorship

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Manages projects from concept to production by defining project scope, developing detailed project plans and milestones on 10 global brands such as: DC Universe, League of Legends, Monster Jam, Supercross, How to Train.
• Serves as the direct report for the entire boys packaging creative team of Graphic Designers, Production Designers, and Structural Engineers.
• Leads all trafficking of design tasks and prioritizes projects in the queue to meet deadlines and stakeholder expectations, all while balancing workload across the team
• Ensures all of the creative output and visuals are of the highest quality and meets the overall marketing strategy
• Liaisons with licensing partners including Warner Bros., Universal Studios, FELD Entertainment, and Riot Games

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Lead Packaging Designer and Art Director on DC Universe action figure toys nominated for Toy Of The Year 2020 awards
• Presented innovative concepts to the internal executive team and Warner Bros. partners
• Maintained a consistently high level of quality, thoroughness, and attention to detail while making sure all products and packaging followed the approved style guide
• Joined forces with Structural Engineering, Marketing, Quality Control, Product Development, and overseas agents in the package development
• Worked closely with Designers and Production Artists to ensure integrity of style guide in final deliverables
• Partnered with outside vendors to create custom design assets

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Responsible for the progress of a project's full life cycle, including kick-off, concept development, deployment, and print production
• Managed schedules for 11 global brands with a minimum of 1000 localized SKUs to ensure on-time delivery
• Managed Project Coordinators, who in turn oversaw 6 brands, totaling over 300 product assortments
• Updated and enforced the Visual Branding process to cross-functional teams, while ensuring creative briefs and all assets were turned over for successful completion
• Provided weekly status reports to Senior Management and VP of Visual Branding to flag possible risks that may have delayed development
• Hosted biweekly executive packaging review meetings

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Assisted in trade show design layout, coordination and set-up for ToyFairs (New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Dallas, etc.)
• Delegated new projects to in-house designers
• Collaborated with outside agencies to create and maintain corporate and internal IP websites to ensure guidelines were followed
• Created and organized style guides and e-commerce assets for Sales and Marketing
• Created physical packaging and digital comps/mock-ups for presentations and production purposes
• Organized and reviewed production-ready artwork for websites, instruction manuals, and packaging

• Designed product and packaging for Pomsies Plush Interactive Toy which earned the 2018 Plush of the Year award and was on the Top 100 Toys list on Amazon.com
• Designed Real Cooking’s 2017 style guide and executed all production ready files for mass print

Irvine, California

• Creating dramatic and eye-catching brand designs for packaging and promotional items
• Working closely with Product Manager from initial package design to final sign-off from Quality Assurance, Brand Manager, and Art Director
• Managing responsibilities for projects from concept through production stages
• Producing digital or 3D package comps or prototypes for internal or external presentations
• Providing Marketing Department with diverse materials such as signage, flyers, sell sheets, E-Blasts, coupons, social media, web banners, PowerPoint presentations, and miscellaneous items for trade shows
• Researching and compiling trend reports and competitive information

Burnaby, BC

• Responsible for sales and marketing material design and development, both internal and external brochure and P.O.P development and distribution, and direct mail campaigns
• Confirmed correct P.O.P signage was delivered to distributors and clients such as Lowes, Rona, and Home Depot
• Used Google Analytics to monitor and analyze monthly traffic, sales, and conversion for top ranking
• Managed the search engine optimization, paid search campaigns, display advertising and coordinated website content updates as required
• Designed packaging for multiple products and accessories
• Regulated all aspects associated with company’s trade show participation

• Researched, used artistic judgment for images to be used in featured article
• Handled the layout of articles, while ensuring graphic standards and production procedure followed
• Brainstormed at editorial and art department meetings to plan next month’s issue

• Presented an illustration of the play area in perspective and plan view for client
• Prepared print ready files for carpets of play area
• Submitted shop drawings for production and installation
• Worked closely with production team to make sure all components manufactured according to clients approval and deadlines
• Designed and ordered decals and signs for production

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