Business people : Volcom Appoints Design Director for Men’s & Youth

Volcom, Inc. announced the appointment of Jason Bleick as senior design director for Men’s & Youth divisions. Bleick has years of experience as a creative director within the action sports industry and beyond. At Volcom, Bleick will provide design direction, innovation and overall product strategy to the global teams. Bleick comes to Volcom with an immense amount of knowledge on all aspects of product creation. He was most recently creative director for Analog and spent 7 years working with the brand in various creative capacities.

Bleick’s experience reached beyond Action Sports where he started his own Design Studio. Bleick also founded and was creative director of Ever. Prior to that, he was VP of design at Quiksilver.

“We are excited to have Jason join the team and help to bring a fresh, new perspective to our product,” said Jenna Graves, vice president of apparel design and merchandising. “He has a huge appreciation of Volcom’s heritage and brand DNA, and I am confident in his ability to lead our men’s and youth design teams.”

( SportsOneSource Media )