What is your employment status? EDC: Consulting and Freelancing with various brands. What is your official job title? EDC: Creative Design Consultant     Please summarize your professional career in 1 to 3 sentences; what should everyone know about…

What is your employment status? LB: Employed full time at Jakett, and doing freelance technical design as a side hustle What is your official job title? LB: Designer / Technical Designer Please summarize your professional career in 1 to 3…

Madison Mishak is a sweaters expert who has a passion for all things design. She loves creating strategic color palettes, artful stripes and reinventing both stitches and fabrications for each season she brings to life. She has most notably designed for Macy's, Kenneth Cole, Jones New York and Eileen Fisher.

Julia Griffel is a textile designer specializing in infant and children’s prints. A native New Yorker, Julia graduated FIT’s elite toy design program and went on to work as a toy, apparel and textile designer. She has eight years industry experience designing for labels such as Cuddl Duds, Flora Nikrooz, Ellen by Ellen Degeneres, Xcessory International, among others. A true and passionate creative, Julia currently works as a fine artist and freelance textile designer.

Paul Austin is a freelance menswear designer currently based in London, UK as well as having worked in Hong Kong and NYC.

JoAnn Lieberman is a versatile, multi-disciplined freelance artist specializing in pattern and surface design development utilizing traditional hand paint techniques and CAD for women's fashion, children's wear, pet wear, stationery, home goods, concepts & trends.

  Yulia Ellison is a footwear and jewelry designer based in New York City. She has also lived in Los Angeles, Milan and Madrid, where she worked for various luxury and contemporary brands.     What is your employment status?…