Jiayi Ruan
* ******* *****,****** ** Monte,CA *1733
919-***-**** acykgi@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATIONS
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
M.S. in Textile Management, 3.60/4.0 GPA
August. 2013 - May. 2015
Donghua University, Shanghai, China
B. E. in Textile Technology Design, 3.58/5.0 GPA
September. 2010- June. 2013
WORK EXPERIENCE
Aug 2015-Now Assistant Product Developer / Designer Andari
Fashion EI Monte, CA
. Work with apparel brands to develop prototypes and SMS from concept
to reality.
. Track status of all styles daily with domestic factory and oversea
vendors to ensure timely delivery.
. Correspond with oversea development staffs (written and verbal) to
ensure clear and concise understanding of product requirements.
. Create spec sheet for new styles including technical sketching,
construction details, POM, and specification.
. Develop sweaters and KDs to show factory's capability and seasonal
trends.
. Analyze customer's tech packs. Work with supervisors, technicians,
and product manager to provides technical support relevant to
design construction and materials. Meanwhile, avoid future issues
in production
. Source materials and trims with local mills, agents or overseas=
vendors.
. Set up, organize and maintain yarn library. Including yarn from
Italian, China, Japan, Peru and local.
. Research new seasonal trends, materials, colorways and stitches.
. Assist with Performing lab dips and garment dying for various kinds
of fabric for testing and sampling.
. Create and manage line sheets.
Aug 2014-Dec 2014 Internship
FIEL Raleigh, NC
. Textile material and manufacture sourcing & outsourcing.
SKILLS AND CREDENTIALS
Textile Design
. Knitting design: Experienced in fully fashion & whole
garment knitwear design and circular knit fabric design.
. Printing design: Translate artwork to repeat
pattern. Create original motifs.
. Screen Printing: Create repeat tiles and multiple colorways.
Familiar with manufacture process.
. Woven design: Experienced in woven design. Familiar with
all basic weave structures. Good at both hand woven and
electronic Jacquard woven.
. Pattern making: Good command of flat pattern marking. Able
to sew and make a garment.
Software
. Adobe Software: Photoshop, Illustrator.
. Textile design: Lectra kaledo Print,Lectra kaledo Style, SDS-ONE
APEX3 (Shima Seiki design software)
. MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Testing
. Obtained Occupational Qualification Certificate of Textile Fiber
Inspection (in China)
Language Ability
. Fluently communicate in English and Mandarin.
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EXPERIENCE
2014.5- 2014.12 Treasure of the TAGS (Textile Association of Graduate
Student) at NCSU
2013.8- 2014.8 Steward of Chinese Students and Scholars Friendship
Association at NCSU