Martin Kirby

Creative Director at Godspeed

Greater Melbourne Area

About

I spent over a decade of my formulative years writing, recording and performing globally in a hardcore punk band whilst simultaneously working as a tour manager / production runner on other tours & events in the Australian industry. Post music industry I lived and worked in New Zealand & Japan as a NZSIA certified snowboard instructor before settling in Tokyo where I worked with Japanese fashion brands in a freelance brand development & marketing role. In late 2015 I opened URAHARA - A physical & online menswear and lifestyle store focused on exposing quality Japanese brands and have simultaneously developed my own brand Godspeed. For the past 5 years I have worked with Japanese denim label Fullcount in an international sales, B2B and marketing role including attending tradeshows in USA, Europe, Japan & South East Asia. URAHARA - @urahara.store / www.urahara-store.com GIFU - @gifu.au / www.gifu.au

Experience

  • Creative Director at URAHARA
    Jan 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

  • Creative Director at Godspeed
    Jan 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

  • International Sales Manager at Fullcount Co. Ltd
    Jan 2019 - Feb 2024 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    International sales & strategy. Retail account management. Design and implementation of wholesale B2B. Design and implementation of international web store.

  • Production Runner at Live Nation Entertainment
    Jan 2008 - Dec 2020 · 13 yrs

    Driver / Stage Technician Live Nation Entertainment Handsome Tours Blue Murder Touring Michael Coppel Presents Soundwave UNFD Resist Records 2013 - Beyoncé - Rihanna - Metallica - Einstuerzende Neubauten - Divine Fits 2012 - Big Day Out - Soundwave Festival - Harvest Festival - Refused - Nicki Minaj - PINK - Snow Patrol - Foster The People - Fleet Foxes - Cant - SBTRKT - Austra - Girls - Boris - Cold Chisel - Jay and Silent Bob - The Pogues - August Burns Red - Joe Satriani - Mountain Goats - Bad Religion - Dierkes Bentley 2011 - Parklife - Heatwave - Zappa Plays Zappa - Dropkick Murphys - Frenzal Rhomb - Propagandhi - Strung Out - No Use For A Name - Owen Pallet - Okkervil River - Mudhoney - Explosions In The Sky - Tegan and Sara - Lykke Li - The Streets - Ringworm - Enter Shikari 2010 - Jack Johnson - Frenzal Rhomb - Strung Out - Marilyn Manson - Behemoth - Obituary 2009 - Bad Religion - Frenzal Rhomb - Propaghandi - Zappa Plays Zappa - NOFX 2008 - Dropkick Murphys - Lagwagon - Slipknot - Thrice - HIM - Horse The Band - The Starting Line

  • Tour Manager at Resist Records
    Feb 2008 - Jun 2016 · 8 yrs 5 mos

    Tour manager for Resist Records / Blue Murder - No Sleep Til Festival - Converge - Terror - Polar Bear Club - Rise And Fall - Down To Nothing - We Came As Romans - Ringworm