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Art Director / Senior Product Designer

I love making products that enrich people's lives. 

Over a decade of experience delivering leading edge design and development solutions, to create meaningful products that build a strong identity of brand and a relationship with the consumer.

Art Direction
Product & Visual Design
Branding & Logo Design 
Game Design & Producer for Bardworks, Inc.
Alpha Testing for Blizzard, Inc.

Department manager of 8 employees with varying disciplines ranging from design, development, and engineering. Oversee the day to day operations, and report directly with senior management on priorities and workflows. Assignment and allocation of human, and physical resources to ongoing and upcoming projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Design
• Team Management
• Project Management
• Branding & Marketing
• AFA & Packaging Design
• Business Development

Design Manager

Business development and account management for potential and existing clients in the aerospace, apparel, automotive, consumer products, education and technology industries. Integral in advertising, marketing and funding of the largest anthropometric study to be conducted in North America, along with sales of body data, scanning systems, and 3D visualization tools for ergonomic simulation and fitting optimization. Public speaking at convention panels and trade shows to acquire industry support of the study along with co-authoring the publishing of the initial findings in a prominent scientific journal. 

• Business Development - Fashion, Mobility & Technology
• Product & Software Development 
• Advertising, Marketing, Sales & Social Media
• Graphic Design for Print, Social & Web
• 3D CAD/CAM Technical Use Case Demos
• Public Speaking at Trade Shows & Industry Events
• Project Management & Consulting Services

Key Account Manager - Fashion

Creative for Arnette, Fox, and Revo. Execution of all master mechanicals and tech packs for eyewear, while also producing packaging and print from concept to customer. Management of design and development with all vendors utilized in decoration of eyewear and goggle products. Collaboration with the AFA team for seasonal textile graphics and patterns; to align overarching brand stories and create relevant collections within those creative scopes. Auxiliary support to sales, marketing and web teams with advertising and visual support for high profile public special events.

• Art & Creative Direction
• Seasonal Color, Graphics & Illustration for all Eyewear Categories
• Development of Master Mechanicals for all Eyewear Surface Treatments
• Pattern, Packaging & Print Design for Digital, Hard & Soft Goods
• Advertising, Marketing & Special Events Planning 
• New Process Development & Implementation
• Project Management & Vendor Sourcing 
• Custom Coatings & Printing

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Adam Smythe: Art Director / Senior Product Designer in Los Angeles, CA

Adam Smythe

Freelance

VC Startup

Human Solutions, GmbH

Oakley, Inc.

Saddleback College