Head Designer

Tracee Keller

Head Designer

http://tracee-keller.squarespace.com

************@*****.*** . 12 Lockwood Avenue . Freehold . New Jersey . 07728 . 908-***-****

Education

Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fashion Illustration, May 1998 Employment

The Children’s Place, 1/2016 - 2/2016

Secaucus, NJ

Freelance Accessories Designer

. Designed accessories for the Girls and Boys lines including cold weather, socks, and hair.

. Designed the packaging for categories including die lines.

. Approved all packaging before going into production.

. Sketched and created all tech packs for all categories.

. Researched current trends, color, prints and fabric development.

. Detailed sheets and created repeats for all prints.

Aeropostale: P.S. Kids, 11/2015-12/2015

New York, New York

Freelance Boys Woven Designer/Concept Designer

. Designed Boys 5-14 wovens.

. Created tech packs, fabric development and compiled all packages into PLM.

. Researched markets trends in color, artwork, trims and fabric development.

. Worked with the senior concept designer on room setup for the holiday trend meetings.

Horizon Group USA, 6/2015 - 11/2015

Warren, NJ

Freelance Senior Packaging Designer

. Designed packaging for licensed product lines: Hello Kitty, Bratz and Project MC2.

. Created basic die lines for a variety of products.

. Took product shots, color corrected and photo retouched all photos for all packaging.

. Organized the design schedule to get all packaging complete for Toy Fair.

. Maintained production of a high volume of packaging under very tight deadlines.

. Created product specs for the vendors.

Ruff Hewn, 9/2008 - 5/2015

New York, New York

Boys Head Designer

. Designed Boys 2-20 private label for BonTon Stores, Inc. including knits, wovens, sweaters, denim, swimwear and outerwear.

. Designed all packaging, labels, logos and in store display units for kids, womens, mens, jewelry, home and shoes.

. Worked directly with the creative director to develop and execute designs.

. Researched markets current and future trends in color, artwork, trims and fabric and present boards to the buying staff.

. Worked directly with the Product Manager on meeting set-up and sample development.

. Trend shopping for the latest styles and fashions.

. Prepared all flat sketches and linesheets for all meetings.

. Comp shopping once a month and have weekly best seller meetings.

. Directed 3 artists on all concepts, layouts and final art.

. Selected and approved all fabrics, trims, lab dips and meeting samples before going into production.

. Created design sheets, fabric development and compiled all packages into PLM.

. Worked daily with the Technical Designers on specs, styling details and fit approvals.

. Attended weekly fit sessions to approve preproduction and production samples.

. Shopped Europe and California for the latest trend and concept samples.

Home Head Designer

. Launched and designed the latest in soft and hard home, table top and accessories.

. Researched trends and created trend boards for each of the relevant products.

. Set up displays to show in our meetings to the buyers.

. Approved all samples before they go into production.

Impact Imports International, 4/2006 – 9/2008

Allendale, New Jersey

Infant Head Designer

. Designed Layette and Infant Boys/Girls high end private label for: Barney's, Bloomingdales, Saks, Babies R Us and Macy's. Also our own lines: Dressed to Drool, Miniclasix and Minibasix from flat sketches all the way through to the final product.

. Worked directly with the Technical Designer on specs and fit approvals on all garments.

. Attended weekly fit sessions to approve preproduction and production samples.

. Organized weekly design meetings.

. Managed my team of designers and artists.

. Directed 2 artists on all concepts, layouts and final art.

. Selected all colors, fabrics and trims for the lines.

. Created and approved all lab dips, prints, stripes and plaids for the garments.

. Trend shopping for the latest styles and fashions.

. Researched the latest trends and incorporated them into my designs.

. Prepared all the design boards, fabric and artwork packages to get priced overseas.

. Created trend concept and color boards for the upcoming seasons.

Garan Inc., 5/2004 - 4/2006

New York, New York

Boys Head Designer

. Designed Infant/Toddler Boys line from sketches to final product.

. Worked directly with the Technical Designer on specs and fit approvals on all garments.

. Managed a team of designers, artists and interns.

. Directed 3 artists on all concepts, layouts and final art.

. Selected all colors, fabrics and trims for the line.

. Communicated daily with our sample center.

. Created stripes, prints and plaids for the garments.

. Shopped Europe, California and Florida for the latest trend and concept samples.

. Researched the latest trends and incorporated them into my designs.

. Prepared all the artwork pitch sheets to get priced and worked directly with the vendors until we received the final product.

. Created presentation boards with designs and fabric swatches.

. Designed for Walmart.

Topsville, 4/2003 - 5/2004

New York, New York

Designer/Artist

. Designed all Boys CAD's and artwork, newborn to size 18.

. Created plaids, prints and artwork for the garments.

. Researched the latest trends and incorporated them into my designs.

. Prepared all the artwork tech packs to get priced overseas.

. Created fashion trend boards for the upcoming seasons.

. Designed for Faded Glory, Target and JC Penney.

Trends International, 4/2001 - 4/2003

New York, New York

Designer/Artist

. Designed all Girls and Boys CAD's and artwork.

. Created plaids, prints and artwork for the garments.

. Researched markets current and future trends in color, artwork and fabric.

. Prepared all the artwork tech packs to get priced overseas.

. Created mood boards for the upcoming seasons.

. Designed for Faded Glory, Target and JC Penney.

Verizon, 9/2000 - 4/2001

Somerset, New Jersey

Freelance Graphic Designer

. Designed ads for the Yellow Pages.

. Worked closely with the Art Director on ideas for layouts, logo designs and artwork.

. Scanned, manipulated and color corrected images to go to print.

Metrostars, 3/2000 - 8/2000

Secaucus, New Jersey

Freelance Graphic Designer

. Worked closely with the Art Director creating posters, print materials, logo designs and schedules for the MLS Soccer League.

Marketsource Corporation, 6/1998 - 3/2000

Cranbury, New Jersey

Illustrator/Graphic Designer

. Conceptualized and produced promotional print materials for company-owned equities.

. Illustrated and designed customized sampling events for fortune 500 companies on a national scale.

. Designed advertisements for television kiosks, used on college campuses throughout the country.

Clients Included:

. Athenos, Loews Theatre, MCI, Proctor and Gamble, Sports Illustrated, Pantene, Pepsi-Cola Company, M&M Mars and Liz Claiborne.

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, PLM, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Word, Microsoft EXCEL, Microsoft PowerPoint, Acrobat Reader and 2D computer animation.

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