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EXPERIENCE
1997 Present
Freelance Designer Thea Pérez Design
Initial concepts and color stories
Childrens and ladies embellishment artwork: beading, embroidery layouts
Extensive experience with sweaters and cut & sew as well as wovens
Original paintings for printed garments and print repeats
Original designs, artwork layouts, and spec packages
Novelty Stitch, Intarsia, Jacquard sweater layouts
Fashion Illustrations
Graphic print design for hardgoods home and pet product
2009
Senior Designer Boston Apparel Group, Boston, MA
catalog and ecommerce retailer
Development of trend & concepts; swatch and artwork purchasing; travel for line inspiration
Responsible for concept, design and initial proto development of all casual and career Tops: sweaters, cut & sew, and wovens. Also designed special capsule collections.
Design and execution of artwork including novelty sweaters graphed on CAD, and embellishment layouts ; color pitching print artwork
Collaboration with various internal departments: Sourcing, Merchandising and Tech Design to maintain integrity, quality and validity of the line
Mentoring and development of Design team
2002 - 2008 Teaching Experience Rhode Island School of Design, Providence,RI
Design/ Drawing for Apparel Dept. undergrad 2004 & 2008
Fashion Illustration for C.E. Dept. in 2002 & 2003 & 2008
2001 - 2002 Senior Knitwear Designer Susan Bristol, Boston, MA
Responsible for all sweaters in the Casual line, the largest grossing division; collaborated with woven designer throughout the season
Development of initial concepts; swatch and artwork purchasing; design and execution of artwork including novelty sweaters graphed on CAD; communication with overseas agents; overseeing fit sessions with Product Manager
Private Label development, and relations with key accounts in NY
1998 - 2001
Knitwear Designer David Brooks ~ Kellwood, Boston, MA
Responsible for knitwear design of Holiday 2000 line, resulting in a 30% sales increase
Managed design staff of 5, enabling the team to meet deadlines
Designed cut and sew garments as well as fully fashioned sweaters for all lines: casual, soft dressing, and sportswear
Involved in all aspects of line development before production:
theme boards and concepts; swatch and artwork purchasing; sourcing yarns and fabrics; managing fit sessions with Technical Designer; merchandising line for sales staff
Collaboration with Production Department to achieve margin
1997 - 1998 Design Associate Robert Scott/David Brooks ~ Kellwood, Boston, MA
Traveled to Hong Kong for development and Europe for trend
Spec and graph novelty sweaters on CAD
Liaison between design and tech support
1995 - 1997 Design Assistant Robert Scott/David Brooks ~ Kellwood, Boston, MA
Specs and artwork layouts
Daily communication with overseas and domestic agents
1993 - 1995 Manager/Associate Designer Geoffrey B. Small, GBS Corp., Boston,MA
Designed for Ready To Wear line
Oversaw production and delivery of line: managing internal staff of 6 as well as outside contractors; sourcing; tailoring; quality control; communicating with overseas and domestic accounts; shipping; inventory control
Traveled to Paris to work runway presentation of Fall/Winter 1995
Sold line to international accounts in both Paris and Boston showrooms
EDUCATION
1989 - 1993
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
BFA in Apparel Design
Independent study in photography, Paris, France
fall 2000 Brown Learning Community, Providence, RI
Adobe Photoshop
winter 2001 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Dreamweaver
MISCELLANEOUS
Mac and PC proficient. Experience includes: Primavision, Point Carré Design, Adobe CS5 Photoshop-Illustrator-InDesign, Color Matters,
MS Office, PLM
Photography
Clothing retail and wholesale experience
