Design Manager

JACQUELINE ADAMES

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Education:

Centenary College, Hackettstown, NJ

Major: Fashion Design Graduation Date: May 2009

Relevant Coursework: Graphic Design, Clothing Construction,

Patternmaking, Draping, Textile Performance, Textile Design,

Portfolio Presentation, Computer Applications in Fashion.

The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Major: Fashion Merchandising/Design April 2004 -

September 2005

Coursework including: Color Theory, Business Management, Textiles

& Fabrics, Introduction to Manufacturing, Sales Promotion and Consumer

Profile

.

Work Experience:

Intimo

New York, NY Jan 2011- April 2011

Product Development Assistant

* Maintains Daily Tracking Charts.

* Maintains daily communication with mills and overseas factories.

* Updates, edits and creates textile CADS for fabric prints.

* Updates, edits and creates Line Sheets

* Creates Tech packs to be sent for sourcing and for factories.

* Gives color comments for Lab dip, strike off and hand looms.

* Gives color comments for development and bulk fabric.

* Specs fit and production samples.

* Uploads tech packs to webtech.

* Maintains product development time line.

* Approves packaging for both in house brands and licenses.

SGS CTS

Fairfield, NJ July 2010- Jan 2011

Textile Lab Coordinator

* Daily Maintenance of Textile Lab Tracker.

* Check textiles and garment samples into lab.

* Daily communication with Hong Kong and other overseas locations.

* Ensuring that client protocol and standards are adhered to

during overseas contracting.

* Passed and preformed the FH 100 Color Hue Test.

* Performed textile testing as per client requests and protocol.

* Wrote Textile Testing report to be sent to clients.

* Checked client request forms for any errors in pricing, time

frame and tests requested.

* Made sure that deadlines were strictly enforced.

Movie: The Fat Ladies Floated in the Sky Like Balloons.

Costume Designer.

* Develop technical sketches, costume drafts, and costume layouts

* Find costume styles, fabrics, patterns, and designs that will

suit the production's

particular specifications

* Scour thrift stores, department stores, and other buying

avenues to find ready-

made costumes

* Constructed Costumes.

* Supervise costume fittings with the cast.

* In charge of making sure that the costumes, sets and props

represented the

overall story being presented.

* Facilitated dress rehearsals

Perry Ellis Men's New York, NY May 2010

Temp Technical Assistant/Spec Tech

* Assisted Technical Design Team

* Speced woven's/knits Shirts, Pants, Casual Wear and Suiting Fit

and PP samples

* Entered Specs into Web PDM

* Assisted Patternmaker.

* Cut out production patterns.

Bernard Chaus/ Kenneth Cole NY New York, NY Feb. 2010

Temp Market Week Prep

* Helped design team with final line presentation.

* Steamed and hung garments.

* Assisted in showroom preparation for market week.

* Set up presentation and CAD boards for designer review.

Nina McLemore New York, NY June 2009 - Oct. 2009

Fabric & Production Intern.

* Assisted in fabric development for the spring 2010 line.

* Maintained daily communication with Mills & Factories in Asia,

Europe & the US.

* Sending out fabric developments for testing, Ensuring timely

arrival of results.

* Assisted in Fabric Sourcing.

* Issued PO's, tracked and cataloged all sample fabric shipments

* Assisted with Lap Dips, Strike offs and Color Library Management.

* Labeled all fabric sample & bulk yardage

* Monitored tailing yardage process.

* Organized headers received for PV fabric show in Paris.

* Maintained Fabric, Color and trim libraries.

* Created trim sheets.

* Monitored and tracked all Sample Garments by their location and

destination.

* Assembled Tech Packs

* Gathered Fabric pricing information.

* Updated Fabric and Trim buy plans.

* Manager and trained follow interns.

Gina Victoria Clothing Hoboken, May 2008 - Aug. 2008

Fashion Design Intern & Graphic Designer

* Produced technical flats

* Produced CADS in Adobe illustrator & Photoshop

* Attended Fit sessions and recorded test garment details.

* Made tech packs

* Filled out spec sheets.

* Assembled Line Sheets

* Created Promotional campaign for Summer 2008 collection

Computer Knowledge: Aria, Gerber, Web PDM, Adobe Photoshop,

Indesign & Illustrator, Microsoft Office suite, and Excel.

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