Dennis Healy: FREELANCE CREATIVE DIRECTOR / GRAPHIC DESIGN in Burlington, VT

- Global creative direction and development of all Burton Snowboards hardgoods including boards, boots, and bindings. - Managed the creative direction and development of all ANON goggles and helmets. - Approximate total 3,060 SKU’s/year across all categories. - Concept development, graphic design and execution of any internally developed hardgoods product.  - Established Burton’s first internal hardgoods creative team with the Design Director. - Established a new creative development process per category that positively impacted overall efficiency, team building, end product and budgets.  - Management, concept development and execution of collaborations with outside parties as they pertain to board, binding, boot, helmet and goggle graphics. Projects include: Star Wars, The Muppets, Toy Story, The Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Andy Warhol, Jimi Hendrix and Jean-Michel Basquiat board graphic series.  - Extensive market research through global trade show attendance (SIA, ISPO, Bread & Butter, Bright, Agenda, ASR, Art Basel, etc.), competitive analysis, trend forecasting, research and direction for men’s and women’s hardgoods product design.  - Responsible for researching, contracting, managing, scheduling and art directing freelance designers, design agencies and illustrators.  - Color management of entire hardgoods line. - Initiated strong lines of communication with team athletes, global sales reps and distributers to develop relevant product designs within their markets.  - Led and developed internal and external global hardgoods creative presentations. - Worked closely with a variety of global factories as well as our internal production teams to develop new levels of printing and production standards. - Responsible for the development, management and success of co-merchandising key products within the hardgoods line. - Responsible for budget management and any contract/retainer negotiations relating to creative. - Design department guest speaker: University of Vermont, Champlain College, Stowe High School (VT), Center For Technology (Essex, VT).