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Accessories Designer, Specialist in Digital Footwear Design

EDUCATION:

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, New York (2009)
◊ AAS - Accessories Design GPA- 3.91

London College of Fashion, London, England (Summer 2009)
◊ Digital Footwear Design GPA- 4.0

Kean University, Union, New Jersey (2008)
◊ BA - Fne Art

EXPERIENCE:

FREELANCE DESIGNER, New York City, New York
(September 2009 – Present)
◊ Drafted flats and presentation boards
◊ Created original designs for: fabric, embroidery, and silkscreen
◊ Generated technical packages, brand image development, and design direction
◊ Three-dimensionally designed, modeled, and rendered custom hardware with technical data, and specifications

WORLD MARKETING, CAD Designer, New York City, New York
(March 2008 – February 2009)
Labels Include: Fernando Sanchez, Lisa Kornman Luxe, Lexdray, & Private Labels
◊ Freehand Sketched Luxury Handbags for Lisa Kornman Luxe
◊ Supported design director of Lexdray mens line from initial stages, to selecting materials, preparing tech packs, and making corrections on factory samples, to final approvals
◊ Digitally drafted on Illustrator and in Photoshop, as well as edited photos
◊ Specced, drew flats & dimensional representations, organized materials library
◊ Developed mood boards, made swatch cards, designed hangtags
◊ Attended meetings regularly with trend forecasting services, and accompanied senior designers in meetings with fabric, and embellishment suppliers

TRIPLE-M DIAMOND, Director of Operations, New York City, New York
(November 2002 – August 2005)
◊ Managed Operations between factory and design team to ensure proper final prototypes
◊ Monitored, organized, and completed multiple projects, from conception to completion

SKILLS:

Excellent freehand sketching and rendering, Fast and accurate drafting and rendering in Illustrator. Effective as part of a team or independently. Proficient on both Mac and PC

COMPUTER PROGRAMS:
Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook
Rhinoceros 3D, Solidworks, Romans CAD