Satoshi Shigeta
Japanese NFT Artist / Clothing Designer / Graphic Designer / Art Director
Los Angeles | US
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Industries
Creative Agencies
Fashion
Streetwear
Summary
Activity
Work experience
The Caveys
Founder / NFT Artist / Graphic Designer / Illustrator | 09/2023 - Current
-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."
GUNZE Inc.
Owner / Art Director / Graphic Designer / Clothing Designer | 04/2016 - Current
-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.
Studio R330
Technical Designer / Production Manager | 10/2018 - 09/2023
-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.
JOYRICH, INC.
Manager of Creative Department / Designer | 01/2011 - 03/2016
-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)
Education history
Sugino Fashion College / Tokyo, Japan
Diploma | 2000 - 2003
Isesaki Commercial High School
High School Diploma


