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Seattle, Washington, United States

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Designed several quick-to-market projects for NB, including the New Balance Cruz Paradise print and color design. Designed and implemented new brand design and creative strategy for a London based financial consultantcy advising on client portfolios that range from £1.2m to £725m. The brand design included font, color palette, report structure and all documents both internal and outward facing. As part of the brand design and development, I introduced a new ongoing reporting data graphics pack and visuals to unify the information they present from client’s fun managers simplifying complex information so the client has an easily understandable set of information about their money.Continued work on personal projects and freelance work on illustrations and artwork, book cover and logo designs. I am currently designing and developing a board game for my sister, using rules she wrote in 1994 when she was 9 years old.

Creative Lead and Designer for the NB x Isaac Mizrahi collaboration collection of apparel and footwear, including the color palette and print designs expanding on the original inspiration provided by Issac Mizrahi. Developed delivery stories and worked closely with each team to ensure each were happy with direction and brand positioning. The first delivery’s hour-long show generated 163% of A/R at $682k and just over $1m in sales in total.

Boston, Ma

ResponsibilitiesRefine and edit seasonal palette into stories and capsules, creating concept boards to illustrate the inspiration behind them and how they transistion.Work with all departments within the color team to deliver a consistant brand message through color stories. Creative lead on concepts, designs and artwork for SMUs and Lifestyle iterations of performance product.Work cross-functionally between footwear and apparel to maintain seasonal brand stories and design direction.Innovative and open approach to trend research, spanning industries and disciplines identifying macro and micro trends that influence brand direction.AccomplishmentsCreating the brand concept, palette and artwork for the 2017 Boston Marathon, and presenting it to Marketing with whom we translated it into a city wide month long event.Creative lead for the NB x Disney projects, setting the overall concept story, color/material palettes and design direction. Working with each department’s design and devlopment team to ensure the vision was executed.Seasonal design and establishment of the future design direction for the Protect Pack relased annually in Q4.Designing graphics and prints for a number of high profile projects, including Team NB Olympic 2016 footwear, 2017 New York and 2018 London Marathons.

Seattle, Wa

ResponsibilitiesThought-leading trend, color and print direction from concept to creation.Develop a color and print handwriting that is both brand right but seasonally relevant. Collaborate closely with materials and fabrics, color engineers and design to bring the best product to market. Ensure key calendar milestones are hit for seasonal palettes, color and print designs, strike-offs and lab dips. AccomplishmentsWorked closely with both Footwear and Apparel Creative Directors in developing brand design strategy and language. Introduced CSI as a color standard system, establishing new Navy, Grey and Black standards as Brand colors. Built a design department inspiration and reference library of magazines and books. Created a design template to unify footwear and apparel hand off processes and for a cohesive brand design aesthetic.

South West And Midlands

Increased Brooks’ footwear pre-sales by 132% and apparel sales 72% between 2009 and 2012 through visual merchandising, building relationships and demonstrating retail and brand awareness.Presented brand seasonal color direction and apparel collections to the UK’s two largest multi-store specialist running accounts, Sweatshop and Up & Running.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Designed all store marketing material and the artwork for the national launch of the Up & Running apparel brand.Identified market trends and opportunities in athletic and gym wear collections, translating those into capsules and stories instore.Bought seasonal footwear and apparel lines based on fabric, fit, color and target consumer.Facilitated product sell through via merchandising and display concepts.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Liaised effectively between race organisers, global brand sponsors and international athletesManaged athletes’ time and schedules at major international athletics events across Europe, planning race programmes, travel accommodation, sponsorship, and contract negotiationsProvided platform for athletes to build a career, from which one became Commonwealth and European Champion in 2010 and World Champion in 2011.

South West, United Kingdom