RYU Apparel Inc., Vancouver, Canada, announced the appointments of Ryan Lindholm as senior vice president of marketing and innovation, Danielle Hinan as director of brand and Bethany Young as creative product design director.
In his new role, Lindholm is responsible for leading RYU’s marketing discipline into a new dimension of innovation and design through brand visualization, design thinking, product development, marketing and business strategy.
Hinan has 14 years of experience within the fashion industry and is responsible for driving insights that contribute to consistent brand strategy through innovation and creativity.
Young brings more than 10 years of experience to the design team. She has developed products at Lululemon, and Kit and Ace, while being mentored by industry leaders at Y-3 and Nike.
“The talent that RYU is attracting is impressive and we are honored to be welcoming these new members on our journey,” says Marcello Leone, chief executive officer and president of RYU. “Our new additions to the team will add tremendous value to the brand. They each had several opportunities in the market but chose to become part of RYU because they share our vision for where the brand is going and what we are creating.” — D.S.
