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Dec 2008- Present Freelance Designer Los Angeles, Ca.
Sweater Designer/ Product Development
Design Sweater for Private label development for brands such as Delias, Charlotte Russe, Forever 21, Metropark, Urban Outfitters, & Wetseal/Arden B.
Create Tech packs, sketches & Color Direction
Trend research and Competitive Shopping
Attend fittings & grade specs.
Source Fabric, Prints, Trim
March 2010- June 2010 Velvet Heart/Emphasis Label Los Angeles, Ca.
Woven & Knit Tops Designer/ Product Development
Design & relaunched Emphasis Label
Create tech packs, sketches, & approve Lab dips
Supervise design room coordinator, cutter, pattern maker, & sewers
Trend Research and Competitive Shopping
Over see fits for all styles under the Emphasis label.
Source Fabric, Prints, & Trims
Work w/ outside contractors and vendors
Prep styles for costing, design withing price points
Feb 2008- June 2008 SJP Design Solution Los Angeles, Ca.
Project Manager/ Dress & Top Designer
Design Dresses and Tops
Supervise private label development for brands such as Guess, Marciano, G Factory, Bebe, Forever 21/ Twelve by Twelve, Metropark, & Arden B.
Source Fabric, Prints, Trims
Create Tech packs, sketches, & approve Lab dips
Trend research and Competitive Shopping
Travel to China to oversea Product Development and Production
Communicate with overseas and domestic factories regarding production with private labels and in house designs
Supervise Design Showroom and manage technical designer, Cutter, pattern maker, & sewers
July 2006- January 2008 Wetseal/Arden B. Division Foothill Ranch, Ca.
Asst. Designer of Knits & Sweaters
Create storyboards for specific seasons and trends
Communicate, Design, and Development with overseas and domestic factories
Designed for 60% of total company (40% Knits & 20% Sweater)
Create Tech packs & sketches
Collaborate w/ Buyers
Participate in all aspects of fittings
Attend Floor Set and Best Seller meetings
Work w/ print house and buyers to execute and coordinate prints for Knit Top department
Trend Research and Competitive Shopping
August 2005- June 2006 Intl Knitting Los Angeles, Ca.
Product Development/ Designer
Meet and Develop with designers and buyers
Communicate, Design, and Development with our overseas factory
Oversee accounts such as Guess, Arden B., Bebe, Forever 21, Overstock, ABS, & Micheal Kors
Communicate thru emails in a timely manner
Shipping and receiving of all samples and packages
Handle all daily Office task.
EDUCATION
2003-2005 Brooks College Long Beach, Ca.
AA/ Fashion Design
Design, Illustration, Patternmaking, Sewing Construction, Business and Marketing, CAD, Sketching, Photoshop & Illustrator
Microsoft Word, Excel, Photoshop
LANGUAGE
English and Spanish
REFERENCES
Will provide upon request
