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NANCY P. WALLER
184 21st Street. Apt. #7C Brooklyn, NY 11232
646-639-5875
email: NancyPWaller@gmail.com
WORK EXPERIENCE:
BCNY: Freelance Designer, Kid’s Shoes
April 2016 - Current
Design CADs with colored renderings and material details
Create designs for brands such as Michael Michael Kors, Tahari, Badgley Mischka
Create spec sheets and upload into company PDM/PLM system
JACK SPADE: Design Consultant reporting to Director of Design
April 2016 - April 2017, July 2014
Designed handbags and SLG’s for 2017, Spring through Holiday
Created Mood Boards and CADS for sketch reviews, and built tech packs
Managed 2 assistants, instituting spec templates and standards, and teaching advanced Illustrator techniques Hardware Redesign for Fall 2015 Collection
COACH: Designer, Men’s Bags and SLG's
Managed team for Fall 2016 Runway collection
Designer for Spring 2016 runway and 2016 Retail Collections
Designed 3 top selling men's bags in Japan and U.S. for Bleecker collection Created detailed tech packs for overseas and sample room
Worked with sample room to create and correct samples
JILL HABER DESIGNS: Technical and Cad Consultant
Provide technical expertise on handbag design for Fall 2013 launch Create detailed technical packages for bags and hardware
MACY’S INC: Designer, Private Label Handbags
Lead designer for Alfani Women's bags, an $8 million annual volume
Traveled to Asia for development trips four times a year
Managed and mentored an assistant designer
Promoted from assistant to designer in 2007, earning increased responsibilities
OTHER FREELANCE
CHICOS: Belts, Handbags
WORLD WIDE DREAMS: Wallets and Small Leather Goods
B for Brian Atwood: Handbag Cads
MAESA Cosmetics: Cosmetic Bags
EXPRESS: Women's Denim
KATE SPADE: Women’s Handbags
MUNDI WESTPORT: Women’s Bags
THE BLONDS: Couture Celebrity Stagewear, Corsets, Swarovski Rhinestone embellishment design
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Hand Sketching
Pattern-making Web PDM, PLM Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fashion Design. Virginia Commonwealth University
Winner of Provost Scholarship, 1999
