Colin Curry

My role at Jack Mason has evolved with the company. As parts of the business phase in and out I have taken on a higher responsibility in managing the product design side of our business. In addition to regular design work, I now manage one other designer. We run as a mostly autonomous team with some oversight and final sign off from the creative director. I delegate priorities and projects to keep work balanced on our small team. Though specific communications are split on a per project basis, I run the weekly call with our supplier and interject when needed to help communications. I also manage the our calendar, project tracker, and repair tracker.

In my first 2 years at Jack Mason, I took over managing the entire lifestyle watch line for both men's and women's. I was responsible for development of line extensions and new product. In addition, I lead a complete redesign of the licensed NCAA and NFL product we produced at the time. Through this redesign we were able to cut component liability to almost a non-factor in our ordering scheme. Near the end of 2016, I designed and lead the launch of a new proprietary brand called Canton and Hall. I was given full creative control with only the brand name, rough aesthetic, and pricing targets in the design brief. This brand was developed and sold in to Nordstrom in a little over a month. In the second half of 2017, I began development as the lead designer on our Fall 2018 launch of private label watches for Lucky Brand. I was responsible for designing both men's and women's product for this brand in addition to helping merchandise, line-assort, and create sales collateral.

As I moved up at Fossil, I continued to focus on bringing new stories and concepts to my team. I often was one or two seasons ahead of others on my team which left lots of room for blue sky thinking. At this time, Fossil transitioned the entire company to a formal PLM system, my aptitude for process thinking and troubleshooting helped me lead my team to be one fo the most efficient in the system. I helped train and download other teams in the company on our process and brought helpful feedback to the PLM management team to improve the system.

This was my first job out of college. As an entry level designer I was in charge of development and management of several watch platforms. I also worked within our team to create compelling seasonal stories based off of fashion trends and our brand DNA. As I designed new cases and concepts I would also manage their rollout into the watch line.

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Temporary Display Design Department Intern

Design Intern involved in work on all brands. Several conceptual graphic and toy designs have made it forward to production.

Design Intern involved in work on all brands. Several conceptual graphic and toy designs have made it forward to production.

Sales Associate in the Men's Suits Department as well as the Men's Clothing Department

Assisted the HR Employee Training department in fine tuning and organizing their various online training programs