Jimi Akinshilo: Creative Director | Graphic Design Lead in Long Beach, CA

-Evaluated design and marketing trends to create brand identity -Created current design aesthetic and illustrated apparel graphics for all collections to date -Manage e-commerce including maintaining shopify platform, working with html to upgrade site content according to release calendar, and distributing newsletters. -Responsible for editing photos and creating digital marketing content (banners, slideshow slides, newsletter graphics, etc...) for released products. -Create apparel tech packs for accurately communicating print and Pantone color information to vendors for smooth production. -Analyze and review current sales trends and the label's story to develop a unique identity with their packaging materials

-Manage over 500 active accounts' orders to ship per season including order revisions and cancellations, status updates, and providing administrative support to sales team -Maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot the sales orders syncing process between NuOrder platform and SAP back end system -Create and review daily excel reports for the orders booked and new accounts created for accounting department to determine commission for the sales team

-Oversee product allocation and complete goods receiving procedures to ensure accuracy and resolve issue when they arise -Generate daily detailed inventory and ad-hoc reports for Production and Sales team to have maximum visibility in discovering any selling opportunities along with any style setup issues that may impact current sales -Manage inventory in SAP back end system for 6 warehouses for over 90,000 units : Retail, Samples, Ecommerce, Rework, Majors, and DC -Complete daily inventory adjustments in regards to showroom and travel samples and major account orders -Plan and conduct periodic physical inventory counts and update SAP back end system accordingly to achieve minimum disruption of operation and maximum accuracy of inventory on hand to sell -Develop an effective method to extract all necessary data regarding tracking inventory on hand status based on season, department, division, and costing

-Collaborate and coordinate between departments to ensure accuracy of brand assets and resolve any design issues between vendors and wholesale accounts. -Create brand assets for STANDARD line -Create artwork for apparel under the direction of the design coordinator -Analyze and evaluate sales trends and current branding to create packaging for STANDARD Candles -Design signage for corporate office and warehouse -Responsible for converting artist's artwork and images to vector format for print use using Adobe Illustrator -Develop tech packs for hang tags and labels for production team to use in communicating calling outs for fabrics and colors effectively with vendors