Jimi Akinshilo
Creative Director | Graphic Design Lead · Cellseeus
Long Beach, CA
In My Own Words
I am a design professional with an eager focus to gain apparel and creative industry knowledge. I seek and continue to develop fundamental and collaborative skills in graphic design and business communications. Dedicated, hard-working, and driven, my entrepreneurial mindset paves a path to success. With a passion for apparel and its industry, I enjoy developing my skills in industry research, functionality, and design to benefit brands in apparel and high-end fashion markets.
Advanced skills in Excel, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Creative Direction, and Graphic Design.
B.A Degree in Graphic Design, CSU Fresno.
Work Experience
Creative Director | Graphic Design Lead
Cellseeus2014 – Present
-Evaluated design and marketing trends to create brand identity -Created current design aesthetic and illustrated apparel graphics for all collections to date -Manage e-commerce including maintaining shopify platform, working with html to upgrade site content according to release calendar, and distributing newsletters. -Responsible for editing photos and creating digital marketing content (banners, slideshow slides, newsletter graphics, etc...) for released products. -Create apparel tech packs for accurately communicating print and Pantone color information to vendors for smooth production. -Analyze and review current sales trends and the label's story to develop a unique identity with their packaging materials
Graphic Design Lead
THROUGH62018 – 2021
-Assisted clients such as Playboy, Anti Social Social Club, Wu-tang and more to discover graphic solutions using sublimation printing. -Responsible for creating and managing digital/print graphic assets. -Developed photoshop smart object files allowing for apparel mockups using in-house photography. -Handled design requests for the marketing department such as but not limited to photo retouching, flyers, gifs, newsletters, and more. -Collaborated with the owner directly to build a fully furnished digital 3D model using Sketchup for the label's 2nd facility located in North Carolina.
Customer Relations Support
Park Agency & PPLA Clothing2015 – 2017
-Manage over 500 active accounts' orders to ship per season including order revisions and cancellations, status updates, and providing administrative support to sales team -Maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot the sales orders syncing process between NuOrder platform and SAP back end system -Create and review daily excel reports for the orders booked and new accounts created for accounting department to determine commission for the sales team
Inventory Control Coordinator
Patty Park Agency & PPLA Clothing2015 – 2017
-Oversee product allocation and complete goods receiving procedures to ensure accuracy and resolve issue when they arise -Generate daily detailed inventory and ad-hoc reports for Production and Sales team to have maximum visibility in discovering any selling opportunities along with any style setup issues that may impact current sales -Manage inventory in SAP back end system for 6 warehouses for over 90,000 units : Retail, Samples, Ecommerce, Rework, Majors, and DC -Complete daily inventory adjustments in regards to showroom and travel samples and major account orders -Plan and conduct periodic physical inventory counts and update SAP back end system accordingly to achieve minimum disruption of operation and maximum accuracy of inventory on hand to sell -Develop an effective method to extract all necessary data regarding tracking inventory on hand status based on season, department, division, and costing
Graphic Designer
Patty Park Agency & PPLA Clothing2015 – 2017
-Collaborate and coordinate between departments to ensure accuracy of brand assets and resolve any design issues between vendors and wholesale accounts. -Create brand assets for STANDARD line -Create artwork for apparel under the direction of the design coordinator -Analyze and evaluate sales trends and current branding to create packaging for STANDARD Candles -Design signage for corporate office and warehouse -Responsible for converting artist's artwork and images to vector format for print use using Adobe Illustrator -Develop tech packs for hang tags and labels for production team to use in communicating calling outs for fabrics and colors effectively with vendors
Graphic Design Intern
DOPE2016 – 2016
-Report to Creative Director to provide assistance in tech packing apparel such as tees, hats, and jackets using 2D CADs and or photo references in Adobe Creative Suite. -Report to Production Manager to assist on daily projects related to production
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