Anthony Monzo

• Managed a team of product designers and a sales sample coordinator while handling the creation of all new products within the multimillion dollar Core Stick product lines, including crayons, pencils, markers, paint, and a variety of modeling compounds. • Art directed the Product Design Team to meet the design needs of seven marketing partners' daily design deliverables including, short-term ideation and long term product ideation pipeline development. • Selected as the key Designer to drive innovation and Blue Sky ideation to create products beyond what Crayola has traditionally offered from the previous 115 years. • Led all aspects of product design, including multimedia video presentations to successfully communicate new concepts to leadership and the sales team.

•Performed management and art direction of design for the entire Crayola Outdoor product line. • Played an integral role in introducing and developing a very successful 3-D Chalk product line. • Designed and art-directed products to support the Color Wonder line as companions to chemical technology.

•Managed Matchbox Large Truck and Mega Rig lines, including TV-advertised products across varied price points. •Partnered with global inventors and teams to develop cost-effective, innovative toys amid high material costs. •Traveled to Asia to negotiate costs and oversee tooling and model development.

• Designed a full line of innovative Matchbox playsets and led styling for the successful DI Truck line. • Drove concept-to-production development with daily coordination of Hong Kong teams. • Led creative execution for Toy Fairs in New York, Florida, and Los Angeles.

•Conceptualized and presented Blue Sky ideas to marketing and leadership teams. •Translated concept sketches into functional models and mechanisms for impactful presentations. •Designed toys for the Jurassic Park motion picture, contributing to a high-profile licensed product line.