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REIKO MINNIEFIELD
4 Pinecrest road,
Valley Cottage, NY 10989
845-267-8953
rbhappie@optonline.net
www.styleportfolios.com/reikom

***Professional Experience***

Designer for 7-16 girls
Levi\'s Girls Graphic Dept. - division of Haddad Apparel Group, LTD. New York. May 2011 to September 2011
- Research and Create concepts for the new season
- Design graphics, embroideries, prints and stripes
- Prepare production art sets

Designer for 7-16 girls
Pure Stream Enterprise Group, Inc. New York. October 2010 to November 2010
- Create concepts for the new line
- Design styles, prints, embroideries, stripes and plaids
- Spec garments
- Prepare production package

Textile Artist
Marcie Designs Inc. New York. October 2004 to May 2011
- Design prints, embroideries, stripes and plaids

Designer for outerwear
SGA (U.S.A.) Inc. New York. November 2003 to February 2005
- Designed jackets and arts
- Prepared production package

Associate designer/Designer for 2t-6x girls
Kids Headquarters - division of Wear Me Apparel Corp. New York. April 2000 to February 2003
- Designed plaids, embroideries, stripes and prints
- Merchandised styles by color
- Approved production l/ds and s/offs
- Prepared presentation boards
- Researched and shopped fabric
- Monitored and organized sample room

Associate Designer for 4-16 girls
Cherry Stix Ltd. New York. November 1997 to August 2000
- Designed embroideries, prints, stripes
- Arranged presentation boards
- Approved production l/ds and s/offs
- Communicated with oversea factories

Assistant Designer for 4-16 girls
Periscope Kids. New York. July 1997 to October 1997
- Speced and Made pattern of styles
- Organize and maintained design room environment

Assistant Designer for 4-16 girls
Cherry Stix Ltd. New York. September 1996 to December 1996
- Drew and colored flat sketches
- Organize and maintained design room environment

Assistant Designer for 4-6x girls
Carlisle Kids, Inc. New York. November 1995 to August 1996
- Drew and colored flat sketches
- Prepared presentation boards

***Education***

Fashion Institute of technology, State University of New York.
BS - in Textile: Production Management, Graduated May 1997
AAS - in Fashion Design, Graduated May 1995

Kodansha Famous Schools, Tokyo, Japan.
Commercial Art, Illustration and design, 1989 to 1990

***Skills***

Computer - Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Microsoft Word
Languages - English and Japanese