Nick Carrillo: in Bellflower, CA

• Researched trends based on customers needs and direction and our own trend reports. Directed artists on projects, oversaw projects to completion. Worked with Men's, Boy's and Kid's divisions when requested. Developed themes for art, trends, market research for client presentations, including CAD's and sales presentations boards. Creating best selling art for Target, Hot Topic, Kohl's, Box Lunch, Ross,Burlington, JCPenney and many more. • In charge of submitting art and submission boards for approval and revisions. Worked with licensing team and licensor to get art passed through tight deadlines from sales while honoring the approval process. I did this to remove the responsibly from artist and allow them to do art. • Conceptualized seasonal color pallets with Head of Design, for markets with graphic ready art for quick turnaround production. Worked with sales and design team to merge ideas and create art packages for clients. Worked closely with licensing and within licensing guidelines, while also working with licenses to adopt artistic needs for clients, pop trends and originality within reason. • Created non-licensed art to level costs and create new content that brings new content and interest in original art for clients. • Responsible for creating labels and logo design. Creating hang tags, woven labels, screened labels,and hardware like buttons, zippers, rivets and so forth.

• Worked with sales team and clients to create a cohesive and fully realized line. Created and atmosphere for new ideas open for discussion and execution. Trained incoming artist(s) and CAD artist(s). Managed tight deadlines for successful execution of projects. • Guided art team to meet client/sales expectations for art and high standards for project completion and final look of project. Overseeing from meeting to screening. • Started as a Men's/Boy's artist, then eventually was put in charge of art for all divisions.

• Created art for Japanese company Coco Lulu. Hired design and art team to make CAD's for clients and worked with Japan to create specs and samples for American line, Brix USA Apparel, that was being developed for possible American division. • In charge of translating, with assistance, the back and forth art direction and design revisions from the Coco Lulu Japanese team. Developed art with the Coco Lulu esthetic and fashion standards. • Worked with the president of Coco Lulu to look for potential physical retail locations in the Culver City and Santa Monica area.

• Responsible for film output, color call outs and separations, print media and coordination of projects with factories and sales. • Development and production of art, pantone call outs, and sizing on slopers for real world production. Checked screens and worked with staff to okay strike offs and samples. • Worked closely with clients to meet production time lines. Worked the lines to make sales with clients and attracting new clients to the screening facility.

• Made film separations for screening. Deciphered color separations for difficult files/programs ranging from hand drawn art to programs that were outdated or used by beginner level artists. • Worked with multiple outside clients to create art for local business and mass retail. Transported films/ files and filled in temp positions for these companies for artist out on vacation, or for positions that I would temporarily fill, till they hired a new artist.