CREATIVE LEAD

* Lead the creative department within the GHARAGE Vision Hub
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* Organized timelines and development structures towards product targets.
* Led an interdisciplinary team of creative strategists, communication, product designers, architects, and concept developers.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Developing a holistic customer journey, starting from the initial touchpoint to the final brand experience.
* Developing spectacular spacial and digital experiences for international markets and clients.
* Leading an interdisciplinary team of communication-, product designers, architects and concept devs.
* Holding daily briefings with the team and individual members on their given tasks.
* Hold and restructure the daily design production process towards the briefing and approved vision of the project.
* Held and evaluated interviews of new colleagues and briefed and managed multiple freelancers
* Structuring timing, budget and h.resources during the whole project cycle, on multiple parallel projects.
* Designing and developing spaces and environments, brand & media assets,
moodboards, presentations, websites, AR VR & 3d experiences, communication campaigns,
CI`s and brandings, stories and magazines,
illustrations and animations, storyboards, digital media productions, user interfaces and much more.
* Keeping and rearranging the project structure based on weekly briefs from the client marketing team on
multiple parallel projects and units. Internal and external.
* Prepare weekly reports to the project managers and creative directors on progress and further resource planning.
* Planned and participated on pitches. Including resource, idea + design planning and execution.
RKS Resume / Status Q3 2023 / Radek Sadowski.com / For internal use only / * Research, briefing and creative, timing & budget controlling of multiple external development partners.
* Inclusion of external developments into internal design development structures and approval sessions.
* Keeping the pace on development and production for internal and external teams within approved timing.
* Arrange and hold weekly jour fixe sessions for presentation and approvals with the team and also the client.
* Approve and inspect technical and design developments from internal teams and external partners.
* Setup and maintaining of the complete production booklet during the full process of development.
* Handover of the design production to the final pre-sampling and production process. Including briefing of
the production team and setup of a production and approval timings.
* Stewarding and controlling of the pre- and production process with multiple internal and external resources.
* Arrange, hold and attend sampling & pre-production approval sessions with external partners and the client.
* Prepare and execute the final approval process in cooperation with the production and project management.
* Maintaining the highest quality standard between all development, production and design units and partners.
* Keep changes and feedback within the possibilities of the production time / resources before shipment.
* Traveling to production facilities and maintaining development processes of the manufacturer.
* Traveling to construction sites and stewarding international on site productions.
* Controlling, briefing and resource planning of multiple internal teams and external partners on site.
* Developing and executing backup solutions for unforeseen challenges on the production site.
* Attend, arrange and hold internal, external and client meetings and approval rounds on site.
* Coordinate on and offline marketing units towards the go live date and an united customer journey.
* Keep the developed project vision to the last task before going live.
* Briefing and development of the project documentation and PR material of the complete production.
* Development and delivery of presentation papers and files, including a certificate secure gateway.
* Maintaining, development and scholar a clean and accurate file structure and given company rules.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN THIS ROLE INCLUDED:

* Setup and maintenance of a fast paced and efficient design department structure that has the right level of
empathy and understanding of the client's vision and quality standard.
* Restructuring and speed up of the given development process within the planned resources and budget goals.
* Keeping a high morale and quality during the toughest challenges and changing production parameters.
* Having fun developing ideas on unforeseen challenges as an integral part of the daily work.
* Keeping the clients brand vision up with unique ideas and spectacular experiences.
* Introduced a full virtual reality and real time visualisation workflow to the agency and development process.
* Arranged regular internal team scholars and set up a VR/AR research facility within MUTABOR.
* Rearranged the view on the digital customer journey and the fundamental impact on the experience industry.
* Developed a holistic digital CX approach for the agency and achieved multiple new projects in 2020
* Had the opportunity to be a part of one of the biggest spacial brand design developments in the industry.
* Winning Multiple Design Awards (including 10x ADC, 2x Red Dot, 5x IF and further Awards)
* Worked with the most talented designers, directors and managers.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

* Developing and maintaining a 'design to production structure' based on given obstacles and specifications
Brand analysis, Trend research, material, color, finish and trim research.
* Deadline and process driven development of initial concepts, design sketches and technical illustrations.
* Design of seasonal collections including branding, materials, patterns, print design, labeling and trims in close cooperation
with the tech department
* Design of products and accessories, bags, including construction, fabric research branding, patterns, labeling, trim
in cooperation with the tech department
* Coordinate design teams, assist and check collection developments and trim production
* Assist and check the production of technical drawings and tech packs in front of production
* Budget and time driven evaluation of materials and trim developments in cooperation with the tech dept.
* Traveling to production facilities and application processes of vendors and factories
* Traveling to licensors and develop collections time and decision driven on location
* Developing in house, licensor and management board presentations and mood boards
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* Assist the Licensing dept. in parallel pitch and approval stages
* General supervision of the production process in cooperation with the tech, licensing and management dept
* Inspection of pre-production samples and production timelines in cooperation
with the merchandise- and marketing department
* Assisting in fitting and resampling processes in cooperation with the merchandise and tech dept.
* Coordination of samples for marketing purposes and development of pr campaigns
* Organizing of product and PR shootings / Retouching product and pr shootings
* Organizing of model shootings and fashion shows
* Developing and production of the key marketing illustrations
* Production of initial web assets and positioning of goods in the individual campaigns

BRAND DEVELOPMENT

* Setup brand look and feel based on given specifications and targets
* Work on the brand identity in web, garment branding, event and office environments
* Work on webshop design and layout, social media and campaign strategies
* Developing PR and social media campaigns together with the marketing dept.
* Invest preparatory work in new design departments and build up support structures and workflows
* Assisting of the management board in brand strategy campaigns and build up of new departments
* Assisting of the management board and the product managers in annual collection planning
* Developing and maintain fluid work flows between design and production processes
* Training and integration of new workers in existing and new processes
* Review and evaluation of teams and workflows between the connected departments.
* Provide the optimal organizational structure, workload, direction and performance evaluation
* Forecast and analyze design trends and assist the management board in strategic decisions
* Maintaining high morale and optimal work conditions for my and involved team members

ACHIEVEMENTS IN THIS ROLE INCLUDED:

* Development of an unique brand ID & communication structure and production of over 150 individual products
and accessories form initial concept to a world wide market rollout.
* Setup and maintenance of a fast paced and efficient design department structure, even during changing
business environments and challenges
* Developing a unique concept design approach that helped to cut a substantial amount of time and costs
in the initial stage of the collection development
* Worked with the most important international publishers in the market and helped to initiate an fast and
production driven design approval process
* Successful installation of a new design management structure and department on a major side business
* Established the main marketing and web assets production incl. content and production