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Education
FIDM/ Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandise
Los Angeles, CA
Associate of Arts Degree Major:
Merchandising Product Development
Graduated: September 2008
Skills
● A team player with the ability to provide leadership and motivation to the team.
● Thorough knowledge of silhouettes, fabrications, color ways, sewing techniques,
graphics and trims
● Strong sense of styling, color, prints, and ability to translate ideas into a specialty category.
● Technical skills proficiency Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, Acrobat 9 Pro,Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
● Flexibility to innovate and take design direction according to the needs of the business.
Experience
Harkham Industries, Inc. (Hype Kids / Johnathan Martin)
Los Angeles 06/09 03/13
Associate Designer
● Design development such as shopping the market, customer research, and trend reporting
● Assisted in line development, design, fabric sourcing and execution
● Manage in house sample room; work closely with patternmaker, cutters and sewers.
● Created and maintained an extensive fabric, trim and color library.
● Provided inspiration to artists for print and graphic development
● Prepared detailed design sketches by hand and garment flats using Adobe Illustrator
● Adept at photo editing, color correction, and image retouching
● Assembled seasonal line sheets reflecting corporate merchandising selections
● Work directly with head designer with all aspects on product development
● Created production style masters for screen print and sublimation layouts and placements
● Costing for wholesale and retail
● Create comprehensive production packages for sample orders and bulk production;
including all aspects of technical spec, fabric, and trim detail
● Communicated effectively with factories in Asia for development and production samples
● Approved development and production strikeoffs,
labdips,
and hand looms
● Aided sample development through fit comments, garment specifications, and communication of construction details to production
VF Contemporary Brands, Inc (Splendid Kids / Ella Moss Girl) Los Angeles 10/08 03/09
Sample Coordinator
● Checked pattern cards for correct cut number, fabric information, and garment construction.
● Composed purchase orders on a daily bases for garment send outs and trims
● Maintained consistent communication between vendors with status on purchase orders.
● Confirmed each garment had correct sewing construction before sending to dye houses.
● Worked closely with design team to ensure samples meet expectations.
● Created NAFTA and TPA for shipping to Canada and Mexico.
● Coordinated each showroom to get completed lines, color cards, and sample invoices.
● Arranged photo shoots for each seasonal lines to be put on Splendid/ Ella moss website.
● Produced product development samples for Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, and Anthropology
Personal
Personally designed / owns and operates K.E.D by Kathy through Etsy.com.
www.etsy.com/shop/KEDbyKathy
● Creates and modifies all apparel that is published.
● Manages online account & social media
● Responsible for all sales and shipping
