About

 

My name is Jonathan McCreary and I have been a designer for as long as I can remember. I am obsessed with seeking out great design and analyze everything from billboards to nutritional information labels on food products. I consider myself lucky to be able to pursue this passion to make a living.

 

I have been designing professionally for over 12 years now. My education, background and training in the jobs I have held, have given me a wide variety of experience with many types of media. I have designed for web, print, POP, apparel, accessories and many other areas in the design field. This experience has allowed me to take on many types of projects throughout my career and i feel has made me a well-balanced designer.

 

When I am working on a project I truly put my heart into all aspects of it. The product of every project will be as close to the requested client outcome as possible. I make sure it is in line with the current market trends and inject my creativity to provide a unique result. I don’t believe there is a project that I can’t complete; therefore, I am willing to tackle requests of any size. If I receive a request for a technique I have never used, I will learn the procedure to produce the desired client outcome. Please feel free to get in touch with me via the contact link on this site at any time, my resume is also available for viewing below. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Jonathan McCreary

 

Basic Resume

 

Senior Designer

Tandy Brands Accessories

 

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TBAC; Apparel & Fashion industry

April 2009– Present (2 years 5 months)

 

• Developed and designed for boutique, mass and private label licenses to create product that was marketable to the women’s, junior’s and girl’s buyer needs.

 

• Extensive experience in researching market trends through comp shopping and trend services both in L.A. and N.Y.

 

• Developed product across all levels of PLM, from concept to pre-production.

 

• Design, create and sampling of women’s, junior’s and girl’s belts and small leather goods.

 

• Design, create and sampling of custom hardware and buckles.

 

• Responsible for all sampling procedures including material selection and hardware selection for both belts and small leather goods.

 

• Maintained a working knowledge of materials and hardware that complied with all lead and DEHP industry standards along with sourcing new materials that worked within these guidelines.

 

• Worked with factories to develop new trend right materials and hardware, and maintained a working library of core, trend right, materials.

 

• Created all original art utilizing existing application techniques and experimenting with new ones. Communicated with factories internationally for quality assurance.

 

• Tracked merchandise from development to production while adhering to the PLM calendar and gate meeting dates.

 

• Collaborated closely with sales team and merchandising team to determine seasonal product lines for key market meetings.

 

• Worked to help secure new, high end, product licenses along with maintaining the current product licenses.

 

Senior Designer

Bioworld Merchandising

 

Privately Held; Apparel & Fashion industry

January 2006– February 2009 (3 years 2 months)

 

• Developed and designed with both large and small product licenses and bands to create designs for products that were marketable to their particular buyer needs and desires.

 

• Researched market trends and developed merchandise designs to follow and lead trends in current markets.

 

• Developed merchandise across all levels of concept and production.

 

• Conceive, design, and create a sampling of men’s, women’s, teen’s and children’s bags.

 

• Created hang tags and packaging for developed products.

 

• Responsible for construction and production process for creation of all bags: selected all materials and hardware for development of bags.

 

• Maintained a working knowledge of fabrics and art techniques that are both industry standard and trending for various bag types.

 

• Detailed all created art treatments utilizing multiple existing techniques and experimenting with new ones.

 

• Communicated with factories internationally for quality assurance.

 

• Tracked merchandise from development to production.

 

• Responsible for compiling sales catalogs for use in professional trade shows.

 

• Collaborated closely with major retail chains in meetings and proposals to determine seasonal merchandise placement.

 

• Worked hand in hand with other areas of art department to help produce a unified product line.

 

Creative/Asst. Art Director

IKEA

 

Privately Held; Retail industry

January 2005– April 2006 (1 year 4 months)

 

• Part of a two person graphics department responsible for all media within a 310,000 sq. ft. store.

 

• Worked with interior design and visual merchandising departments to ensure all graphic needs were met for every project and new installation.

 

• Conception, design, building and installation of graphics including vinyl display graphics, POP signage, stand alone display graphics and fixtures.

 

• Worked closely with vendors to get graphic print needs met.