Samuel (Sam) L. Jenkins Email & Phone Number

North Venice, Fl

North Port, Florida

Sam Jenkins Design is a full-service design and print company, specializing in branded signage and marketing collateral.Clients include: Samsung Canada, Bealls Florida, Keller Williams Realty Peace River Partners, Triforce Pictures / Sarasota Film Festival.

North Port, Florida

LeRoy David is a Florida-based clothing company consisting of music inspired apparel. It was co-founded in 2007 by graphic designer Sam L. Jenkins and deejay/producer Brett D. Bishop.Their first collection, "Music is Life"​, was originally created just to give local Sarasota deejays fashionable T-shirts to wear. Many of the designs in this collection were inspired by tattoo culture as evident in their top selling "Skull Tattoo"​ T-shirt.Their second collection, "Check One, Check… Show more LeRoy David is a Florida-based clothing company consisting of music inspired apparel. It was co-founded in 2007 by graphic designer Sam L. Jenkins and deejay/producer Brett D. Bishop.Their first collection, "Music is Life"​, was originally created just to give local Sarasota deejays fashionable T-shirts to wear. Many of the designs in this collection were inspired by tattoo culture as evident in their top selling "Skull Tattoo"​ T-shirt.Their second collection, "Check One, Check Two"​, is a T-shirt campaign to help raise awareness for breast cancer prevention. Like LeRoy David's "Music is Life"​ collection, all designs have a music inspired theme. The only difference is that these specially designed T-shirts have a "Pink"​ twist which relates to breast cancer awareness. Currently with each T-shirt purchased, all net proceeds are donated to the American Cancer Society to help fund cancer research."Soulful Beings"​ is LeRoy David's second philanthropic collection and consists of animal themed T-shirts and posters. LeRoy David plans on using Soulful Beings as an avenue to benefit animal charities, both locally and nationally. Currently with each T-shirt purchased from this collection, all net proceeds are donated to Farm Sanctuary, North America's largest and most effective farm animal rescue and protection organization. Show less

Bradenton, Fl

Managed departmental team of 5 (Production Artists and Graphic Designers) in development and production of design concepts for apparel artwork for internal/external customers ; supporting Sales Department, representing over 3.4K stores globally. (Internal brands included: Champs Sports, Foot Locker, Lady/Kids Foot Locker, Eastbay, Footaction, and SIX:02. External brands included: Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, Converse, Puma, Disney, and Coca Cola).• Partnered with Sales on design factors… Show more Managed departmental team of 5 (Production Artists and Graphic Designers) in development and production of design concepts for apparel artwork for internal/external customers ; supporting Sales Department, representing over 3.4K stores globally. (Internal brands included: Champs Sports, Foot Locker, Lady/Kids Foot Locker, Eastbay, Footaction, and SIX:02. External brands included: Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, Converse, Puma, Disney, and Coca Cola).• Partnered with Sales on design factors for national and global projects. Created Nike footwear design ("Nike Biggie Futura Rosche Geometric"); producing over 24K units, with $244.7K in sales.• Directed Design and Production Art team in driving workflow efficiencies to improve delivery of products to operation; reducing costs by over $380.4K, plus increasing speed to market. Innovated new design processes; and developed and led interdepartmental "Solution Series" team/meeting to manage art packet through operation and production phases. Recognized with 2 "All Star" Awards. Show less

Bradenton, Florida

Held increasingly responsible position, including: leading design staff of 5 graphic designers and coordinating daily/weekly production artwork/schedule; conducting market research on latest fashion and design trends, techniques, and art styles; and collaborating with cross-functional teams (Product Development, R&D, Production, and Sales).• Partnered with Creative Services, supporting team during increased project demand. Provided design and concept creations for branded Nike apparel… Show more Held increasingly responsible position, including: leading design staff of 5 graphic designers and coordinating daily/weekly production artwork/schedule; conducting market research on latest fashion and design trends, techniques, and art styles; and collaborating with cross-functional teams (Product Development, R&D, Production, and Sales).• Partnered with Creative Services, supporting team during increased project demand. Provided design and concept creations for branded Nike apparel. Delivered fast design turnaround; enabling Champs Sports and Foot Locker to get products in-store quickly, with increased sales.• Assisted creative team at Eastbay.com (Foot Locker/direct-to-consumer segment); creating realistic 3D mock-ups of apparel to substitute for actual photographs. Enabled Eastbay to quickly list top product sellers on website, which resulted in increased sales. Show less

Bradenton, Fl

Developed concepts and artwork to support project request as well as director instructions. Prepared concepts of collegiate and non-collegiate programs; presented samples for selection and approval; and maintained and organized image resource files.• Innovated logo design for Champs Sports; chosen as “icon” to represent "Fresh Collection" (clothing line by rapper Doug E. Fresh).• Created logos/graphics (marketing material) for Champs Sports' annual corporate event.

Bradenton, Fl

Prepared new/existing artwork and color comps for production schedule and ensured accuracy. Coordinated artwork production with Creative Services, Production, and Sales. Maintained art file room. Assisted Design team.

Bachelor Of Science, Fine Art With A Concentration In Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Phi

High School

Activities and Societies: National Junior Honor Society, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, Junior Varsity Football.