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A Graphic Artist/Designer/Illustrator/Photographer actively involved in the Surfing and Skateboarding communities with extensive experience and knowledge in Product and Apparel Design as well as Digital Marketing and E-commerce.

Hired as a utility designer responsible for maintaining/editing/distributing the majority of visual assets for digital marketing on multiple platforms, for four brands. Duties included but were not limited to: concepting/designing/tech-packing graphics for skateboards, wheels, packaging, apparel, trim and accessories, concepting seasonal product lines and color palettes for house line items, concepting/communicating with select accounts to create custom SMU products, coordinating with production management and sourcing vendors for product manufacturing, maintaining e-commerce DTC web store and marketing strategies, creating assets for digital marketing campaigns such as ads, banners, and mailers for online retailers/social media and self hosted web-store, curation/planning/building of sets for production photo shoots as well as photographing/editing imagery for web products and social media assets, copywriting for marketing campaigns and product landing pages, layout for digital catalo

Graphic Designer/Illustrator/Web Designer

Responsible for maintaining and executing all commercial visual assets for two brands. Involved in 
assisting the marketing team to develop and concept effective marketing campaigns within reachable 
budget and resources. As a brand ambassador for Dark Seas I am included in team trips and presented
as a marketing asset for target audiences in surfing. Tasks as the graphic designer is universal between
both brands and includes: prepping art files for print, concepting/executing effective ideas for advertisments,
maintaining files on art server, receiving/giving art direction for selected projects, crafting graphics for 
printables, printed catalog layouts (2 per season), maintaining DTC web stores, proofing printed documents,
assisting in concepting/building trade show and special event booths, etc.

Graphic Designer/Brand Ambassador

Conceptualizing/illustrating/executing graphics for skateboards, apparel, accessories, etc.

Image correcting/layout for print advertisements

Creating web banners and digital advertisements

Crafting special graphics for SMU accounts

Building tech packs and matrices for printable products

Layout for seasonal digital catalogs

Preparing/fixing art files from outside sources to for print

Collaborating with art/brand directors to stay consistent with brand identity and image

Photographing/clipping imagery to maintain files for web assets




Graphic Designer

Retail Store Manager of a highly reputable surf shop based out of Huntington Beach, CA.
The majority of duties and responsibilities consisted of, but were not limited to the following:
Leading a team and setting a good example for fellow associates with a positive presence and ambition for hard work.
Providing exceptional customer service and satisfaction.
Solving problems or concerns that may arise with clientele, management, fellow employees, etc. in a productive manner.
Hiring and maintaining a friendly, efficient, and knowledgable staff.
Training staff.
Scheduling staff accordingly to seasonal changes.
Evaluating staff and helping them to perform at their highest potential.
Run sales reports.
Set daily, monthly, and annual sales goals.
Creating ideas, strategies, plans for the business to improve and perform at the highest level. 
Attend sales meetings.
Monitor and accomodate to logistics concerning cost, margin, payroll, labor hours, etc.
Monitor inventory and buy/order product accordingly.
Merchandise the retail floor in an appealing manner.
Contacting appropriate vendors/maintenance firms for timely repairs/construction or when supplies were needed to help the business.
Maintaing close relationships with various sales reps for further customer satisfaction/special orders.

Store Manager

Myke Marts is a Graphic Designer/Illustrator/Web Designer at Girl Skateboards/Crailtap Distribution in Long Beach, CA.

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