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Dohee Kim
333 East 49th St, #4M, New York, NY 10017
dohee.kim@mail.com - Tel: 646.918.0318

Professional Experience

SUSAN LAWRENCE APPAREL, New York, NY Oct 10 - Feb 12
Associate Designer

- Designed women’s cut & sew / woven tops, dresses, and sweaters
for the career line and private label departments for key
retailers such as JC Penney, Macy’s and The Limited, inspiration
drawn from contemporary brands
- Researched market trends, consistently shopped competition,
designed products for seasonal themes, actively modified product
lines based on internal and external input to ensure designs met
customer expectations
- Prepared necessary flat technical sketches by hand and used
Illustrator to input data into Web PDM to create complete design
sheets to send for domestic and import garment production
- Collaborated with fabric, trim and print suppliers to develop
cost effective sample options for assigned accounts
- Provided all necessary selling tools including merchandise
presentation boards, sketches and samples to wholesale sales team
in order to cohesively present seasonal collections to merchants
- Successfully prioritized and managed workload in order to
achieve product development cycle deadlines
- Trained and mentored a Design Assistant and Interns

I.Q. & CO., New York, NY Jan 10 - Oct 10
Associate Designer

- Designed women’s / junior woven and denim tops, bottoms, and
dresses for private label departments at T.J. Maxx, Burlington
Coat Factory and Citi-trends retailers
- Leveraged international experience in order to effectively
source prototypes from Chinese and Indian factories - Facilitated
and executed design process from initial implementation to final
product approval
- Developed CAD artwork for seasonal color palettes (stripes,
plaids and prints), logos and hardware
- Utilized Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Excel to create full
tech-packs to send for overseas garment production
- Provided approvals and comments to factories regarding fabric
and trim qualities, lab dips, and strike-offs for
garment production and final approvals to facilitate timely orders

SAINT TROPEZ COLLECTION INC., New York, NY Jan 09 - Dec 09
Assistant Designer

- Designed women’s active wear and worked with cross functional
teams to develop appropriate garments for each season based on
the latest trends and buyers needs
- Developed product from concept to completion including market
research, tech-packs, assistance in the fitting process, and
advocating design comments

THEORY, New York, NY July 08 - Dec 08
Accessories Design Intern

- Designed handbags and belts based on trend research which lead
to the selection of designs for the wholesale line

REPUBLIC CLOTHING, New York, NY Jan 06 - Jan 07
Freelance Assistant Designer

- Developed first tech-packs for the women’s division of Chelsea
& Theodore and Elements brands
- Participated in fitting sessions and communicated with
International factories to increase production efficiency

Education

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY Aug 07 - June 08
Associate of Applied Science in Fashion Merchandising Management,
Magna Cum Laude

Kyung-Sung University, Busan, South Korea Mar 99 - Mar 03
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design and Merchandising, Magna
Cum Laude

Skills

- Proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Web PDM and
Microsoft Office programs
- Fluent in Korean