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Japanese NFT Artist / Clothing Designer / Graphic Designer / Art Director

Experienced designer, brand developer, and marketing manager with over 15 years of professional experience in the fashion industry in both Japan and Los Angeles. Specializing in graphic design, brand creation, technical design, and executing marketing campaigns, my signature design is iconic, Japanese-American hybrid streetwear. Recently, I have also launched my own NFT project, aiming to merge Web3 with fashion, showcasing my initiative to blend cutting-edge technology with traditional fashion sensibilities. I am looking to leverage my unique cross-cultural view and experience working on global marketing campaigns to advance my career in fashion and make a creative mark on the world through this industry.

-Spearheading The Caveys, an NFT project with the main slogan, 'NFT meets fashion, it makes the difference.' Aiming to blend fashion with Web3 to develop a business model where both domains intersect seamlessly.

-Key Responsibilities:
* Creating original character drawings.
* Generating 10,000 pieces of art through coding in Visual Studio Code.
* Implementing NFTs using Ethereum's ERC-721 smart contract protocol.
(Launched the minting site in October 2023. Released an initial batch of 55 pieces, which sold out within 5 days of release.)

* Creating digital content that harmonizes my illustrations with AI technology.
* Conceptualizing comic designs.
* Designing and producing merchandise for NFT holders.
* Serving as a photographer for social media content."

Founder / NFT Artist / Graphic Designer / Illustrator 

-Offering fully creative services in fashion, including garment design, creating technical packages, graphic design, art direction, and design consulting.

-Past projects include:
* Designed the "Eye of the Storm Tour 2019" T-shirt for Japan's popular rock band ONE OK ROCK, which boasts 2.4 million followers on Instagram.
* Engaged as a package designer, art director, and design consultant for the emerging CBD brand SHE / HER, starting in 2024.
* Created the company logo for SUBLIME, a gift shop based in Hawaii that sells organic goods and superfoods.

Owner / Art Director / Graphic Designer /  Clothing Designer

-As part of the creative team for Studio R330, a sustainable fashion brand led by Rola, Japan's top women's model with 9.1 million Instagram followers, I contributed as a founding member in various roles including technical design, production management, and assistant design. My main responsibilities involved realizing Rola's creative and sustainable vision through garment design, creating flat sketches and technical packages, and carrying products to their final stage through coordination with factories and marketing teams. Additionally, I was fully involved in art direction for the website, product descriptions, and seasonal conceptual writing.

Key Responsibilities:
* Garment design, creating flat sketches and technical packages.
* Production management, including quality checks, finalizing order quantities, and communication with factories and marketing teams to bring products to the final stage.
* Formulating product cost sheets, conducting cost fact-checks, negotiating prices with factories, and determining final retail prices.
* Assistant design of branding options like neck labels, care labels, hang tags, and packaging.
* Graphic design and layout creation for wholesale sales linesheet.
* Art direction of website, selecting photographic materials, and creating product descriptions.
* Conceptual design and writing for each collection.

Technical Designer / Production Manager

-Worked closely with many teams, including design, production, PR, media, sales, accounting and each             country’s regional managers (Japan, Korea and Taiwan) to provide the creative direction and brand management that aligned with the company’s mission, goals and strategies (50+ employees). Provided creative direction and styling for campaign photoshoots and oversaw marketing and advertising activities to ensure consistency with product line strategy. 

-Creative Director/Stylist for the following campaigns:
•	Coca-Cola Collaboration FW15
•	Playboy Collaboration FW14
•	Toy Story Collaboration Holiday FW15 
•	Patrick Nagel Collaboration FW15
•	Joyrich seasonal collection FW11, FW12, SS15
•	Hollywood Made FW15
•	Halfman SS11, FW11

-Led various campaigns by providing the creative concept and designing clothing products, textiles, graphics, web, advertising, and packaging. 

-Lead Designer the following collections:
•	Toy Story Collaboration Holiday FW15 (Sales Total $450,000 / 25 Styles)
•	Joyrich seasonal collection SS12, FW12, FW13, SS14, FW14, SS15, SS16 (created over 30 original graphics each season)

Manager of Creative Department / Designer

Satoshi Shigeta works in Los Angeles, California. View their experience, skills and work history on Malakye — the professional network for creative,…

Satoshi Shigeta — The Caveys — Los Angeles, California

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Sugino Fashion College / Tokyo, Japan

Isesaki Commercial High School