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Creative Director

Creative & Design

I design new and problem solving apparel to have fun in.

•	Lead team in product of our day to day efforts of top level design, development, production, and logistics for top brands in the outdoor & active industry.
•	Design problem solving apparel, gear, and accessories
•	Work with vendor partners to achieve our target goals for price, quality, delivery, and capacities of development and production
•	Create merchandise plans that create higher revenue goals for brands, and a concise point of view for every product in the range 
•	Brands include: Oakley, First Ascent/Eddie Bauer, Strafe, Flylow, Rawlings, Cirq, The Clymb, Western Rise, BLACKHAWK!, Asics, Burton, New Balance, Etc...
•	Design & develop seasonal apparel lines for leading Outdoor, Snow, Lifestyle, & Active brands
•	Consult on branding initiatives, Seasonal trend & color forecasting, consumer insights, & sourcing assistance.
•	Manage Sourcing & Production for multiple brands
•	Work with pro athletes & teams on product innovation initiatives - from the team field to Mt. Everest

•	Responsible for complete Brand & Design redirection, to bring up to date, refocus, & target new audiences
•	Design & develop seasonal collections of technical outerwear to base layers
•	Factory / vendor / material sourcing, cost negotiations, line merchandising & planning, trend analysis
•	Leader for Design, Development, Marketing, Production, Sample Room & Warranty departments


Director of Design

•	Design lead for the entire newly formed outdoor and technical outerwear category (Mountain / Hunt / Tactical).
•	Research, market, consumer, and trend forecasting, develop seasonal direction for category
•	Managed and implemented design creation process to guarantee product excellence and effectively build the brand and category.  Category grew over 10x.
•	Manage seasonal freelance design team to ensure brand cohesiveness and collaborative direction of category
•	Collaborate with other apparel product teams (i.e. marketing, sales, athletes), and business units (i.e. footwear, team, in-line) to ensure continuity regarding design strategies and brand positioning.


Senior Designer

•	Design within all categories for O’Neill Men’s line
•	Technical design & development for industry leading board short program
•	Product research through research trips, trend analysis, product testing, & forecasting
•	Coordinated with Big Box buyers on all design issues for major SMU Projects

Men's Designer

Managed Staff to handle design, development and production of footwear & apparel

Product Line Manager

Mike Fischer is a Creative Director at WERX Design in Fort Collins, CO. View their experience, skills and work history on Malakye — the professional network…

Mike Fischer — Creative Director at WERX Design

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Colorado State University

James Cook University