Brad Schwartz: Creative Director in Los Angeles

Consulting in various capacities, for multiple apparel brands: Apparel Design/ Graphic Design/ Merchandising/Production/Styling/Web Design/E-Commerce/Social Media.

Directed all creative solutions for the Civil Society brand. Civil Society is currently sold at Nordstrom/ Nordstrom Rack/Hautelook, Von Maur, Neiman Marcus Last Call, Saks off 5th, and better boutique's like South Moon Under etc. Grew brand from 0 - $4 million in first 3 years of business. Conceptualized, created, and executed young men's contemporary clothing collection inclusive of: denim, activewear, outerwear, woven and knit shirts, pants and shorts. Managed staff of 5+ employees: 2 Jr.designers, 1 production manager, 1 sales manager and multiple interns. Oversaw all design, development, merchandizing, marketing, and manufacturing for entire brand. Designed (hands-on) full collection from initial concepts and trend forecasting, to color direction, fashion, graphic and fabric design. Planned, managed, and implemented social media marketing campaigns. Responsible for design and implementation of e-commerce website, integrating Shopify front end with Visual 2000 back end. Managed and implemented NuOrder B to B digital solution. Directed all design presentations, fit meetings, trade shows, fashion shows and photo shoots. Styled all photo shoots, runway shows, trade shows and showrooms. Managed all time and action calendars for branded development and private label. Directed design approval processes for all product, fabric and trim. Managed, designed, developed and executed all private label business. Communicated overall brand vision: Liaised with press, major department stores, and sales representatives. Managed and designed booths for Liberty Fairs and Project Men's trades shows Traveled to China for sourcing, London and Tokyo for trend forecasting and design inspiration.

The Brands: English Laundry, Fender Custom Shop, English Heroes, Jimi Hendrix the Experience Collection, Davinci of California, and Rock and Roll Religion. These brands sold at: Nordstrom, Macy's, Dillard's, Bloomingdales, Saks 5th Avenue, Lord and Taylor. Designed young men's and junior's premium denim, activewear, wovens, bottoms, and outerwear for Fender Custom Shop. This included fabric development and textile design, all fashion design, embellishments and graphics, from concept to sampling and production. Created and developed all young men's and junior's premium wovens and outerwear for Jimi Hendrix the Experience Collection license. Designed knits and t-shirt graphics for English Laundry, Fender Custom Shop, English Heroes and Jimi Hendrix the Experience. Produced and designed Carnaby Street, a main floor private label collection, from concept to design, to sampling and production growing the product into a $1.5+ million business. Presented all trend forecasting presentations for our lead retailer, the Hard Rock Hotel / Cafe'. Responsible for design and implementation of company e-commerce website.

Robert Graham is an international luxury and lifestyle brand sold only at better department stores and boutiques. Including: Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Saks 5th Avenue. Managed and designed all graphics and embellishments for three separate clothing lines within Robert Graham. Created all graphic solutions for marketing / PR, sales, in-store displays, website graphics and trade shows. Designed entire digital woven program for six consecutive seasons, with 80%+ sell throughs at Fred Segal and Nordstrom. Developed and designed entire t-shirt line for six consecutive seasons, from concept to sampling and production. Produced EPK (electronic press kit) and photo shoots, including casting, location scouting and all production related issues. Traveled to Bangalore, India for product development. Managed internet development, design, maintenance and security.