Christopher James: Art Director in New York, NY

- Full creative responsibility for brand from concept to end user experience across all company verticals, including photo, video, animation, marketing collateral and IRL experiences. - Led and managed team of two junior designers (one clothing, one graphic), along with freelancer network to execute marketing campaigns. - Led creative direction and design of brand collaborations. - Oversee photo/video shoot direction and production organization from talent, location, budget, and concept. - Lead creative for pop up retail experiences, live music events, and fashion show production. - Implement visual identity for apparel range through graphic treatments, and graphic artwork.

- Led design for flyers, social media content, newsletter marketing. - Developed pitch decks for event sponsorship - Managed process of distribution process with third parties from beginning to end.

- Designed marketing assets for social media and other platforms. - Collaborated closely with creative director to prepare technical drawings for production, engineer clothing prints/patterns, and created packaging.