Marketing and Creative Direction for Active Outdoor Product Brands
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Tradesman Collection

We joined forces with longtime skate team rider and DIY craftsman Kyle Berard, who's creativity inspired us to build the Tradesman Collection. With Kyle at the helm, we donated to several DIY skatepark projects with support from this collection.

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PROJECT OVERVIEW
One of a series of product collaborations featuring independent artists and riders.

PROJECT GOALS
1   Co-create a product story that combines the artists narrative and style with Dakine's to create something unique.

2   Support like-minded individuals that inspire us through their creative contributions to the riding community.

3   Reflect the creative attribute of Dakine's target customer and brand personality.


Photography

PROJECT DELIVERABLES
- Go-to-market plan created with design, marketing, product development and sales teams.
- Owned, paid and earned marketing strategy.
- Content creation plan, including on-location photo and video shoots.
- Product design deliverables: collection branding, colorway styling, custom packaging.

Sell-in deliverables: Rep and distributor presentation kit, studio product photos, workbook story and product detail pages, sales meeting and tradeshow presentations and displays, trade PR and industry product seeding.

Sell-through deliverables: Campaign roll-out on social, dakine.com and email, influencer product seeding, 4-minute video, photo lookbook, paid social ads, media partner promotions and display ads, media PR and events, and retailer assets launch kit.


Social


Video


Tradeshows

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Media Coverage


Dakine.com

Dealer Catalog

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Studio Photography

PROJECT CREDITS
Artists / Riders: Kyle Berard, Kevin Kowalski, Cody Lockwood, Mason Merlino, Willis Kimbel, Ben Hatchell, Dalton Dern, Frank Shawn, Nick Peterson
Marketing Director: Scott Koerner
Digital Marketing Director: Colleen Quigley
Art Director: Justin Mooney
Graphic Designer: Chad DeWilde
Product Designer: Robert Morano
Photography:  Bryce Kanights, Rhino, Alex Erikson
Video: Tyler Malay, Elias Parise