Creative Liaison @ AHEAD USA in New Bedford, MA – 2007 to present
Hired in 2007, Jesse was originally trained as a Digitizer, worked in Production Art, managed our newly established Direct to Garment Department, and eventually became the point person for Production Screenprint and DTG before his promotion to Creative Liaison.Since 2014, the Creative Liaison position was quite literally created for him based on his talent to conceptualize and implement design solutions to meet production requirements and marketing strategy. The Creative Liaison works directly with the Chief Creative Officer to bridge knowledge between the Sales Reps, Senior Design Team and Production Artists and Digitizers. He is an accomplished designer, digitizer and developer for the company, and, with our COO, pioneers new concepts for products, process and technical development.After spending 13 years working in product design and ornamentation for a multimillion dollar brand, Jesse knows what truly drives innovation and how to improve communication between departments to create the best ornamentation and design on the market—and it’s not by managing without understanding the process. It’s actually engaging in the workflow you want to improve, so that the solution works and is intuitive for all. It’s building the right tools to empower others to do their best work with you. It’s connecting with everyone you’re trying to help and communicating that understanding back to them.The Creative Liaison is a specialized position within the Senior Design Team created to, among other things, support the translation of custom designs to new techniques and physical samples. Along with this unique role in the Studio, Jesse also works along side the team as a designer to create the speculative art for our Sales Reps that drives business.
Creative Accomplishments
From 2012 to 2018, Jesse purchased and operated two Direct to Garment printers as a side gig from his basement and with Buzzards Bay Embroidery in New Bedford, MA. In 2018, he sold the machines to focus full time on family and his role at Ahead LLC. You can review a catalog showing some of the prints, embroidery and mixed media work from those years till now by clicking on the link below.
Spec Art Management for the Ahead Creative Studio @ www.aheadcreativestudio.com – Built and manage a WordPress website that coordinates communication and access for all speculative art requests between over 60 Ahead sales reps across the US, Canada and abroad and our Senior Art Team @ 270 Samuel Barnet Blvd, New Bedford, MA. The submissions are submitted via forms on the website to Smartsheet and organized via sheets and reports. The process is completely custom built and automatically coordinates multiple variables including screening of jobs, controlled access by user, tracking and out sourcing of work.
Technical Development for Buzzards Bay Embroidery – Direct to Garment transfers – Developed a new technique using powdered adhesive with DTG inks on parchment paper to print transfers for headwear and apparel decoration.Website Development for the M. Weisman Roofing Company @ www.weismanroofing.com – Built and manage a WordPress website for a multimillion dollar roofing company based in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Personal Timeline
Jesse and David Martin were born June 13, 1980 in Washington DC to Bob and Sally Martin. By 1983, the family was living near Syracuse, NY and Lisa Martin, our sister, was born. David passed on June 9, 2010. We currently all live in Massachusetts.– Moved to Boston, MA – 2003– Met Andrea Frias & our daughter, Kaylee Frias-Martin in New Bedford, MA – 2005– Autumn Frias-Martin, our daughter, was born – May 2006– Married on the shores of Clark’s Cove in New Bedford, MA – August 2006– Haven Frias-Martin, our daughter, was born – August 2007– Purchased our home @ 63 Luke Street in New Bedford, MA – October 2008– Blake Frias-Martin, our son, was born – January 2013
If you are looking for a hard working, creative, multi dimensional free thinker who learns quick
& roles with the punches…
