Costa Mesa-based Z Supply has promoted Erika Klein to the newly created position of chief communications officer.
Klein was previously the apparel company’s chief marketing officer starting in 2017 and is also on the board of the Z Supply Foundation, which she will now oversee.
Before founding her own PR firm Shout Public Relations 26 years ago, Klein worked at 26Red as the marketing director and Orsi Public Relations as an account manager serving retailers such as Mossimo and Cherokee. Prior to that, the executive was the West Coast advertising sales manager at Sportswear International magazine.
The local retailer is still searching for a new chief marketing officer. It currently has around 81 companywide employees.
Z Supply is also laying out a restructuring plan to set both the brand and foundation up for “exponential growth,” according to officials.
The company is currently looking to add international distributors for the first time to its retail network of almost 2,800 U.S. boutiques.
