Thomas Milam Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Co, Us

Littleton, Colorado, United States

Boulder, Colorado

Responsible for all Marketing Creative under Kelty.Work closely with Marketing Director and Product Design Team to ensure that all Visual Communication- Packaging, Workbooks, Sales collateral, E-commerce, PR, Photography is supporting sell in (store level) and sell thru (consumer level) during current season.

Portland, Oregon Area

Utilizing my diverse Marketing and Design experience, collaborate with companies to tell their Brand story so that authenticity, technology and innovation will be communicated to their target consumer.Work Experience in: • Brand Marketing / Identity Development • Retail Store Design / Window Display • Hangtags • Sales Catalogs / Collateral • Marketing and Promotional Collateral • Trade Show Visuals • Apparel Graphics • Product Technology Logos / Illustrations • UI Web Design

Responsible for all North America Brand ID for Apparel Division. Global projects coordinated with European team to ensure brand message was viable for all markets. In addition to traveling to Europe for design meetings , many inspirational trips were done throughout the year to help develop creative for future seasons. Inspirational cities traveled to were: Grenoble-FR, Munich-DE, Vancouver-BC, Seattle, Portland, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas.Projects directed / executed:Apparel Design - Managed, designed and coordinated with Quiksilver’s Silk Screen Division for the printing of N.A. Logo line Apparel. Designed product technology logos/illustrations, neck labels and hang tags/packaging for Global Apparel collection.Advertising - Ads for Snow, Powder, Skipress (US and CAN), Outdoor Daily, and Transworld.Retail - Designed Rossignol’s first North America concept store. Created window displays for our concept store and other N.A. retail partners. Developed Rossignol Concept Shops and POP fixture displays / graphics for US and Canada Partners.Sales Collateral - Responsible for design and production of Apparel catalogs during selling season. Established creative direction for photography and brand apparel categories, used this direction to create catalog look and layout. 4 catalogs per season were created for the various product lines and sub brands- Rossignol,1907 Heritage, JCC and PUCCI (Designer collaborations). In addition to catalogs, Trade Show graphics were also created twice a year based off the catalog seasonal design to reinforce brand and category messages.Promotional Events- Created many design/logo placements for clothing utilized by athletes, on air talent, event coordinators and event winners. Some events projects were: Teva Mountain Games, MTB Lifecycles Film, 48 Straight, Skull Candy collaboration, Rossignol’s 100 Year Anniversary Project C event, and Pure Mountain lifestyle contest.

Portland, Oregon Area

Responsible for all marketing collateral for Columbia Sportswear, Sorel and Montrail brands. Managed 5 Junior Designers within the marketing division. With my initial design(s) approved, pending on project scope gave direction to one of the five Junior Designers for project completion.Projects managed: Point of sale graphics for concept shops in store venues worldwide. Window environments and interior graphics created throughout the year for Columbia’s Flagship Store. Developed multi-category/seasonal apparel hang tags for Columbia, Convert, and Sorel Brands. Packaging design for shopping bags, footwear boxes, and gloves. Coordinated with Photo Studio Manager and PR Brand Managers in the selection process of all seasonal action/lifestyle imagery for Columbia, Sorel, and Montrail. Art directed in house photo shoots of product for PR, Web, and Catalog related projects. Seasonal graphic look for Merchandising Catalogs for domestic/international sales force. Promotional graphics for Columbia, Sorel and Montrail brands. Art directed flash/ interactive promotional projects for the Columbia web site.

Certificate In Ux / Ui Design, User Experience And User Interface Design, A+

An intensive 24-week long boot camp. Skills and programs learned: User-Centric Design Research, Visual Prototyping & Wireframing, User.

B.F.A. In Illustration, Design, Drawing And Painting, Printmaking

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon