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Nikko Lencek-Inagaki
Creative Strategy, Product & Marketing
Nikko Lencek-Inagaki
Creative Strategy, Product & Marketing
Based in
New York, United States
Seniority
More than 10 years experience
Gender
Male
Resume
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Campaigns
Content Direction - St...
Content Direction - Mi...
Campaigns
E-Commerce
Retail Design
Product Management
About

Creative strategist who loves a luxury lifestyle brand - and seeing multi-dimensional solutions being implemented across its stakeholders to drive growth.

A strong believer in a 'one strike rule' for high value customer experience, and the elegant power of clarity.

Passionate about tailoring, adapt

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ive design, impactful sustainability, and eco-system design.

Writing a cookbook. Volunteering NYC Parks gardener. Building a family elder care solution centering living, and living well.

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Full Bio Events
Growth Strategy
Watson Ellis Custom 2022 - 2024
New York, United States

Advising a quickly growing custom suiting atelier on brand value proposal, customer experience, marketing, PR, and sourcing.

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Creative Strategy, Marketing & Design
Freemans Sporting Club 2011 - 2022
New York, United States

A unique 4-D (multi-generation LTV) lifestyle brand using pillars in food & beverage, menswear and grooming to create a looping conversion ecosystem.

Owned menswear creative strategy and execution, seeing the brand through a transition from DTC to wholesale, new store designs, an all-channel digita

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l re-launch, a corporate sale restructuring, expanding overseas production, and establishing a digital marketing team.

Oversaw all product end to end, retail design & digital customer experience, marketing & content creation, CSR, wholesale & collaborations, and allocations & logistics, reporting to the President and C-Suite.

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E-Commerce Re-Launch
Freemans Sporting Club 2021 - 2021
New York, United States

Owned end to end: direction, design, content, user experience.

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NYFW Mens
CFDA 2020 - 2020
New York, United States

NY Fashion Week presentation

Casting, Location, Styling, Grooming, etc.

NYFW Mens
CFDA 2019 - 2019
New York, United States

NY Fashion Week presentation

Casting, Location, Styling, Grooming, etc.

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Independent Coursework
Fashion Institute of Technology - FIT (New York) 2011 - 2012
United States

Pattern-making, Tailoring

Special Projects & Sales
Rogan / Loomstate 2010 - 2011
New York, United States
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MA
University of Chicago 2008 - 2009
United States

History of Science & Museums

Editor
OUT Traveler Magazine 2007 - 2009
New York, United States

OUT Magazine's stand-alone luxury travel publication, published in print bi-monthly.

Launched digital content.

Editing; photo editing; art direction for layout; assigning writers; managing interns; writing (profiles, travel guides, reviews, journalistic articles); maintaining B2B relations with tou

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rism boards, PR agencies, travel operators, etc.

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Assistant Editor
TRACE Magazine 2007 - 2008
New York, United States

International arts & culture magazine focusing on the 'Transcultural' experience, published in print monthly.

Contributing Assistant Editor for print (front of book) and Web Editor.

Editing; photo editing; art direction for layout; assigning writers; managing interns; writing (interviews, cultural

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events coverage, cultural articles); maintaining B2B relations PR and talent management agencies.

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Fellowship
Humanity in Action 2007 - 2007
France

Project in post-war European minority rights

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BA
Wesleyan University 2003 - 2007
United States

Psychology

Independent Study
University of Bologna 2005 - 2006
Italy
Industry sectors

Fashion

Hospitality

Lifestyle

Luxury

Travel & Tourism

Advertising

Skills

Creative Strategy

Content Marketing

customer experience

Menswear Design

Product Development

Retail design

Content creation

Editorial Direction

Mens Tailoring

Product Management

Apparel Sourcing

Event Production

Wholesale

Software skills

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel...)

Shopify

Klaviyo

Canva

Languages

English

Native language

Italian

Professional knowledge

Japanese

Basic knowledge

French

Basic knowledge

Spanish

Basic knowledge

Types of contracts
Freelance / Missions
Full Time
In house / Interim management
Collaboration
Personal details

Green card holder / US working permit

Worldwise
Barron's by PENTA
2020

Press Mention

Five Fits With....
Esquire by Esquire
2020

Running series on creative leader style

Best of Men's 2020
Forbes by Forbes
2020

Design mention

Best of Men's 2020
Forbes by Forbes
2020

Design mention

Collaboration
Haberdasher by Haberdasher
2020

Design collaboration mention

Best of Men's 2020
Men's Health by Men's Health
2020

Design mention

Are Archival Pieces the Future of Fashion?
Daily Beast by Daily Beast
2020

Quoted

How Independent Men's Wear Brands Intend to Protect Themselves
WWD by WWD
2020

Quoted

Best of Men's 2020
Esquire by Esquire
2020

Design mention

Best of Men's 2020
Gear Patrol by Gear Patrol
2020

Design mention

Best of Men's 2020
GQ by GQ
2020

Design mention

Best of Men's 2020
Inside Hook by Inside Hook
2020

Design Mention

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