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RYEN ANDERSON |
| CONTACT | Ryen Anderson |
| OBJECTIVE | Creative problems inspire me to design innovative solutions for fashion, textiles, and home furnishings. |
| FULL TIME 04.2006-present |
Senior Graphic Designer: abercrombie I am senior graphic designer over fleece tops and active bottoms at one of America's most successful retailers. Our girl is an aspirational, 18 year old all-American girl. -concept trend direction for the brand every season by watching street fashion, traveling to fashion hubs, and looking at vintage for inspiration. -create authentic vintage marketing using a wide range of print, applique, embroidery, and wash techniques -work closely with merchandisers to create expensive looking garments with high profit margins |
| 02.2002-04.2006 | Art Director: Splash Ltd. -art directed for Splash Ltd, a textile design studio and agency located in the heart of the garment center -guide in-house artists to create collection based on trends and client demand -generating original artwork in repeat for return customers such as Target, Liz Claiborne, and Fossil -consistently complete design projects under tight deadlines, securing a firm customer basis -designed and implemented updated graphic identity system to strengthen brand of company, attracting a younger generation of accounts -designing compact visual displays for trade shows that attract new customers and raises sales by ten percent -implemented seasonal trend reports for artists and customers featuring our trends and marketing our artists |
| 08.2002-12.2002 | Visual Display Manager: Canal Jeans -managed design team that oversaw all four stories of the sales floor -worked together with the graphic designer and buyers to create displays for the store |
| 09.1998-08.2002 | Art director: Waxman Candles Waxman Candles has a reputation of creating superior burning candles and has an international clientele. -created and maintained flagship store displays -handmade $1000 of retail merchandise in an hour during production |
| FREELANCE 02.2003-09.2005 |
Wardrobe Assistant: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy -assisted Carson Kressley for the Bravo television show. -streamlined filming by documenting continuity and preparing wardrobe |
| 02.2002 | Head Stylist: Nickelodeon Nickelodeon and Lowe's joined forces on a campaign to create bright paints for children. -styled the three-dimensional sets that mimicked the Nicktoons cartoons. -purchased all accessories for the 12 rooms on a budget of less than $1500. |
| EDUCATION 09.1998-05.2002 |
Kansas University School of Fine Arts -BA in Visual Communications -3.67 GPA |
