Skate

Streetwear

Die line (specialty packaging)
screen printing
wood working
skateboarding
hiking
family

I want to utilize my 16 years of experience inventing award-winning designs, motivating talented design teams to drive profitability and add value through innovative products for companies looking to celebrate success.  As a supportive staff mentor, I empowered creative teams, built robust networks of design professionals and manufacturers. I’m a versatile project manager that drives time lines for multiple simultaneous projects and coordinates cross-functional teams while delivering on-deadline and on budget.  

•   Team Leadership 		•   Vendor Management		•   Product Personalization
•   Graphic Design			•   Operations Leadership   	•   Illustration    
•   Budget Development		•   Project Planning   	   	•   Process Improvement
•   Contract Negotiation  		•   Screen Printing			•   Multi-SKU Management
•   Concept Development   	•   Brand Licensing		   	•   Pre-press & Color Separations

•	Delivered 15 of the company’s top 20 themed party designs contributing over $100 million in revenue.
•	Managed internal licensing team with focus on new business opportunities, deal terms, business relations & royalty reports.
•	Managed our pre-press manager in charge of color profiles, vendor relations, file preparation, & color proof approvals. 
•	Mentored 2 senior designers and 3 product designers responsible for illustrating and creating new products for our brands.
•	Worked with finance team to develop ROI documents for new products in planning.  Identified fixed and variable costs.
•	Established relationships with testing labs to test and ensure that products and packaging passed safety requirements. 
•	Implemented ASANA project-tracking tool that tracked and 
	managed hundreds of SKUs at various stages in production. 
•	Organized trend meetings set to showcase top trends in pop culture to all departments and senior executive team. 
•	Designed product packaging, plan-o-grams, and point of purchase displays for major retailers including WalMart .
•	Budgeted annual costs for the entire creative department. 
•	Introduced digital print to the party industry reducing startup costs by over 80% while minimizing inventory risk.

Director of Product Development

•	Selected by executive team to lead corporate satellite operations in Seattle. 
•	Drove forward cost reductions through streamlining facility functions, digital print implementation, & process automation.
•	Met with the senior executive team twice weekly to strategize business operations and staffing requirements.
•	Hired and trained all creative designers and staff managers.
•	Managed facility operations to ensure all objectives were met.
•	Maintained corporate relations with the property manager and maintenance staff.

General Manager of the Seattle Creative Office

•	Designed and Illustrated party themes composed of may pieces, marketing collateral, and designed catalogs
•	Designed licensed costumes and apparel for major e-retailers. 
•	Created unique die lines for product packaging, centerpieces, favor boxes, and large format cardboard display items.
•	Worked with printers to upload final print-ready production files for time sensitive catalog printing.

Graphic Designer

Find out detailed information about Shane Smith,  in Snohomish, WA

Shane Smith: in Snohomish, WA

Shane Smith

BuySeasons, Inc.

BuySeasons, Inc.

BuySeasons, INc.

Art Institute of Seattle

Central Washington University

School of Visual Concepts