As marketing, production & design professionals that built our collective experience with youth target brands; The Ronin Network was formed to provide a service that combined branding experience with sourcing & production knowledge base. With the addition of design backgrounds, we set out to create a product sourcing agency which could provide a holistic approach to our client’s branded product needs. Armed with that holistic understanding, we developed a nimble process that is able to provide clients with incredible speed to market. To provide the best service and value to our clients; we selectively curate whom we work with in order to leverage the strengths of our network’s backgrounds and experiences to its full potential for them. We are Ronin; in feudal Japan, the warrior class of Samurai were sworn to protect their liege lords with their lives. Those Samurai whose liege was killed, were to wander the land, looking for work as hired swords. These masterless warriors were no longer referred to as Samurai. They came to be known as the Ronin.

OUR STORY

WHAT WE DO The Ronin Network is a full service creative agency with sourcing, production and marketing capabilities. We are an ever-growing collective of independent creators, innovators and influencers who are seasoned in every medium and discipline.

Design – Concepts, Mock Ups, Tech Packs

Sourcing – Domestic & Overseas

Production Timeline Management

Logistic Planning & Management

Co-branded SMU Procurement & Project Management

Strategic Product Marketing & Planning

Consultation

RONIN IN ACTION CASE STUDIES

CAPCOM/MONSTER HUNTER – PROP REPLICA

MONSTER HUNTER PROP SWORDS • The client wanted to bring to life and scale

weapons from within the world of their game, Monster Hunter.

• It was of the utmost importance for the client that these prop swords looked exact to fans’ expectations, as if they were ripped right out of the game itself.

• The swords had to be weight and counter-balanced so that it would be wieldable by fans at conventions and shows which the swords were to appear for photo ops.

• Ronin delivered development phase pictures for client to use in community engagement activities while our professional prop team worked on sketching, pre-production modeling and production of the swords.

JVST/CAPCOM – G.W.P.

RESIDENT EVIL ZOMBIE TEE • Ronin worked with client to produce this

Zombie T-Shirt for Capcom. The shirt was a gift with purchase for any customers who pre-ordered the game through Game Stop in the US and Canada.

• A flash mob outside of Comic Con was used to promote the shirt.

• Services provided: • Production management • Price negotiations to meet client’s budget • Consulted client in creation of production

ready art & tech packs • Planned and coordinated logistics

ORISUE – PR MAILER PROGRAM Orisue PR Mailers • Clothing label Orisue wanted to create

impact amongst their PR channels to create buzz around the release of their upcoming collections

• Ronin worked with client to create themed PR packs with items inspired by each season.

• Seasons provided to client were Summer (not pictured), Fall & Holiday 2011.

• Services Provided: • Worked with client to brainstorm and

source appropriate items • Helped curate a group of goods that

fit within client budget • Source vendors • Production management • Logistic coordination

Carabineer Mug & Utility Knife

Thermos, Audio Card & Molded Chocolate Bars

FILA – EVENT ACTIVATION • Client developed a mixtape with New

York’s DJ Mode in conjunction with the re-release of the "96" Grant Hill Sneaker.

• As a delivery platform that would leave a lasting impact, we designed and sourced a custom USB drive fashioned into a mock cassette tape to keep with the theme of the 1996 hip hop mixtape scene.

• This was made for the company's PR outreach which included gifting at tastemaker release party and mail outs.

• Services Provided: • Develop concept for client • Design and spec concept. • Source vendor • Production management • Logistic coordination

EVOSPEND/LRG – REPLICA GIFT CARD • Client requested concept to provide a

reproduction of the actual Debit Master Card being launched with LRG.

• We reproduced the card and created minor changes such as replacing the magnetic bar code with scratch off to reveal promotional code.

• Distributed to investors and strategic retail partners.

• Provided something tangible to take away and have a version of the card without the sign up process.

• Services Provided: • Co-Develop concept with client • Source vendor • Production management • Logistic coordination

PRODUCT GALLERY A SAMPLING OF OUR WORK

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