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Freelance Accounts
Past and Present
Mar 2013 - Present (11 years 8 months)
(CURRENT) Kalee Children's Products, Xiamen, China • Global Sourcing Specialist, Manhattan Beach, California • National Entertainment Network (NEN) • My Idol Pops Panorama City, California • Santa Barbara Design Studio, Oxnard California • Braun Media, Maplegrove Minnesota Stravina LLC. Northridge California • Kittrich Corporation, La Mirada, California • Ganz, Van Nuys, California • Colorbok, Dexter, Michigan • Applause, Woodland Hills, California • Westrim Crafts, Canoga Park, California • Wham-o! San Francisco, California Winterland Licensing, Encino/San Leandro, California
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Director, Creative Services
North Hills, CA
Jan 2012 - Feb 2013 (1 year 1 month)
Oversee all creative needs and support begining with the creation of master toy pkging styleguide section for distribution to all contract licensors and for inhouse product development • Regular correspondence with all department heads for weekly and or daily status updates • Rebrand and edit existing previous styleguide for US/International markets and inhouse/licensor product development • Design and create all inhouse license and non license pkging for overseas development • Design and produce all pitch rendering graphics and support for licensed pitch programs • Oversee all creative product approvals and advise comments and changes for character correctness and brand consistency of developed license program • Design and produce all support materials for all aspects of business development, Corporate identity design, ackaging, Print, web (front end design only) product renderings, pitch material, media kits, photography, tradeshow design, support and art direction
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Santa Barbara Design Studio
Ventura, CA
Aug 2008 - Feb 2011 (2 years 6 months)
Staff Designer for both Product & Packaging for both licensed and in-house projects.
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Creative Services Director
Santa Clarita, CA
Jan 2001 - May 2004 (3 years 4 months)
Art Director of in-house graphic design art direction and graphic design execution • Sales and marketing support for outside sales reps, marketing presentations etc. • Product ideation concepts for licensed and non-licensed products • Communicate with studio department heads on special projects • Design promotional/collateral material such as sell sheets, mockups and other material for meetings, presentations and tradeshows etc. • Correspond with our Hong Kong office regarding during overseas development as well as domestic vendors.
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Product Designer
Ganz
Van Nuys, United States
Jan 1999 - Jun 2001 (2 years 5 months)
Staff Product Designer working under the Vice President, Creative