Design Sales

Toby Andrea Markulin

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Edgewater, NJ 07020 **********@***.***

Designer / Technical Design

Driven professional with over 20 years of progressive experience in diverse roles of apparel design and

manufacturing, including; research and development of design direction; world-wide sourcing; company

liaison to facilitate sales; quality control of technical design through finished production; direction and

execution of CAD presentations; creation of design and manufacturing timelines; management of design

room personnel and work flow.

Apparel Design Silhouette Design Direction Product Development Systems

Technical Design Concept/Trend Presentation Technical Design Instruction

Merchandising Print Design Direction Fashion Design Instruction

Account Liaison CAD Presentation Design Room Management

Sales Color Forecasting Quality Control

Experience

Freelance Design 2/08 – Present

• Miss Peaches Swimwear - 12/08 thru Present

Responsibilities include all sourcing of eco-friendly technologies and fabrications, (Waterless Printing)

CAD design presentations utilizing Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop CS3, sample development through

production patterns and Quality Control of fit, creation of specification packs utilizing Microsoft Office

Suite, develop sales and marketing strategies to create national sales distribution

• Oxford Collections for Target - 11/08 thru 1/09

Responsible for designing swim silhouette and print direction utilizing CAD, Adobe Photoshop and

Illustrator CS3 programs

• Stargate Apparel - 2/08 thru 5/08

Responsible for designing swim and cover-up silhouettes plus print direction utilizing both hand illustrated

and computerize presentations

Mystic Apparel Co., New York, NY 2/06 - 2/08

Designer / Merchandiser Swimwear

• Researched, designed, and merchandised the Missy Contemporary lines “Marigo

and

• “Figure Magic” branded and private label lines

• E xecute and develop first th rough fi t patterns and specification packs

• CAD, Develop and execute all prints and new color ways

• L iaison for customers to facilitate sales direction, fit and delivery of finished

p roduct

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Christina Swimwear, New York, NY 11/04 - 2/06

Designer / Merchandiser

• Research, design and merchandise customer specific presentations and “Costa

del Sol”

• open line for private label sales

• Develop and execute prints and silhouettes through production

• Select and develop fabrication including direction for solid piece goods

• I n teraction with customers to facilitate sales direction, fi t and delivery of

f inished product

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A&H Sportswear Company Incorporated, Pen Argyl, PA 01/91 - 10/04

Designer / Merchandiser

• Directed design from forecasting t rends and color, to the interpretation of

fabrication and

• silhouettes through worldwide market research

• Create concept t rend and product presentation boards for branded divisions

(Backflips Kids,

• Backflips Juniors Dippers California) and for preferred customers including;

L ands End, L.L. Bean, J.C. Penney, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, Bikini.com,

Bonjour

• Create and execute merchandising and production timeline calendars

• Select and develop artwork and fabrication for printing at biannual print shows

• Develop prototype samples of swimwear and cover-ups

• Create production specifications that include fabrications, hardware and t r im

• Supervise fi t ting of all prototype and production garments

• Manage development of production patterns and specification sheets

• Responsible for quality of all finished production from fi rst lot approvals through

s ize-runs and

• production lots

• Manage up to 15 employees; sample hands, sample sewers, pattern makers

design room assistants;

• setting short and long term priorities and mentoring employees through

technical and design problems

• Educate and manage design support personnel concerning the design process,

i nterfacing with

• manufacturing and sales of the needs of the external customer

• Company liaison for private label accounts; responsibili ties include fulfillment of

required

• developmental needs, specifications and t ime lines

• Assistant Designer

05/89 - 01/91

• Fit all production garments for assigned division

• Organize all sample fabrics and sample t r ims

• Completed and distributed all production specification packets

• Design and create presentation boards for preferred customers (J.C. Penney)

• Create specialized garments for fashion shows; including the BASF Fashion

Shows, Swimwear

• Association of California Fashion Show, and Swimwear Association of Florida

Fashion Show

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Fashion Instruction

Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA 8/09 - Present

• Instructor for Junior year Fashion Design Studio class including ‘Jump Start’,

Menswear and Swimwear projects

Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA 09/94 - 6/09

Fashion Design / Merchandising Advising Instructor

• Develop curriculum for student’s project based upon t rend research to

conceptualize

design techniques for concept board presentation

• Managed the junior class on the use of cut and sew stretch fabrications for

swimwear

and woven fabrication for cover-ups

• Instructed junior class in the draping and drafting of the first th rough fi t

swimwear patterns

• Coordinated the final critique for students’ design projects through all the stages

f rom

concept to final garment, culmination as the judge for superior design and execution prize

in the annual student fashion show

Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 06/02 - 06/03

Fashion Design / Merchandising Advising Instructor

• Judge for Swimwear for Drexel University Fashion Design Department

EDUCATION

Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

Graduate Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design

Graduate Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA

Associates Degree in Fine Arts

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Corporate Training, New York, NY

• Principle-Centered Leadership

• Mission, vision and quality within organizations

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• Quali ty Assurance

• Development of Specification Packages for Off Shore Manufacturing

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• Dale Carnegie Management Series

• Motivation on how to develop a team player

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• Time Management Seminars

• Ten points to achieving a deadline

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• Handling Problem Personalities

• Maximizing employees strengths and minimizing weakness

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• Design Seminars for Forecasting Trends in Color and Silhouette (twice a year)

• Keeping competitive by understanding direction of the market place

AWARDS

Earnie Award for excellence in design 06/94

• Awarded by Earnshaw’s Publications for children’s’ swimwear

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