CAROLINE FLOURNOY

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Fashion Merchandising

Emphasis: Product Development & Design

The University of Georgia, Athens, GA Dec. 2020

-Member of Rouge Fashion Magazine

-Member of Chi Omega

- Volunteer at Make-A-Wish

RELEVANT COURSE WORK

- Apparel Design - Textiles

- Digital Apparel Design - Textile Testing

- Principles of Marketing - Professional Development

- Prod. Dev. Tex. & Apparel - Apparel & Textile Economics

- CAD for Apparel Design - Prof. Dev. for Fashion Ind.

- Promotion/ Visual Merch. - Apparel & Soft Goods Manufacturing EXPERIENCE

Oct 2022 - Present Rebecca Minkoff - RTW & Runway Collections, New York, NY Associate Designer

- Design, develop, present and follow up on seasonal runway and ready-to-wear collections. Manage process workflow with both internal and external team to ensure high level of execution

- Create specs, design call outs, and construction details for all tech packs and issue to factories.

- Fabric and trim sourcing/ development/ organizing our inventory and materials

- Communicate with all factories overseas to ensure deadlines are being met

- Assist in fittings by steaming, prepping, pinning, and taking all fit notes

- Creation and maintenance of linesheets, boards, and charts. Communicated all changes to the collection across all multi-functional teams. April 2022 - Sept 2022 Carlisle Etcetera, New York, NY Associate Designer

- Worked closely under the Creative Director on all design presentations, color stories, mood boards, fabric boards, development of ideas, finalizing fabric selections, color palettes, and ideas into groups and created a story for each collection. Collaborated with other teams (Design, Production, Technical, and Merchandising) to develop a brand appropriate RTW assortment while ensuring that design vision, sales and profitability goals are met

- Creation and maintenance of linesheet and order details chart. Attended line edits meetings and communicated all changes/drops/adds to the line

- Assisting in all research and development for fabric and yarn selections for all collections

- Developed strong working relationships with vendors in partnership with Sourcing to ensure style development meets brand aesthetic

- Oversaw all print design and print layouts and oversaw all of trim for both collections Jan 2022 - March 2022 Carlisle Etcetera, New York, NY Assistant Designer

- Created new development sketches and technical flats using all Adobe software

- Selected trim for garments, researched and gathered trim inspiration and materials for all styles, embroideries, or developments

- Worked closely with designer and trim vendors to develop and source trim for seasonal collections

- Conducted design research on computer and print media and created prints

- Filed and recorded designer’s expenses for design expenses and office expenses

- Oversaw organization of design office and of ordering supplies for all departments

- Attended all fittings and took all fit notes and assisted in preparing garments needing in the fitting

- Attended weekly Line in Process meetings, weekly cross functional touch base meetings, merchandising meetings, and focus group meetings

April 2021 - January 2022 PPI Apparel Group, New York, NY Assistant Designer/CAD Designer

- Supported multiple Senior Designers with various duties as assigned and worked on the design of multiple clothing pieces

- Completed tech packs, mood boards, stayed up-to date on current industry trends, and worked closely with the production team

- Sketched artistic and detailed prints using seasonal color palettes for collections Sept 2020 - Dec 2020 Misha Nonoo, New York, NY

Design & Development Intern

- Created fabric charts, sample tracking excel, new product presentations, embroidery and bag designs, and came up with product names

- Researched new sustainable factories, sustainable fabrics, styles, and products for upcoming new products

- Assisted the team with a website refresh, sourcing models, and on an e-commerce photoshoot

- Designed tech packs, illustrator sketches, and merchandising plans June 2019 - July 2019 House of Tammam, London, UK, Fashion Design Intern

- Worked with cross functional teams in Design, Production, Technical Design, and Merchandising to ensure programs and products are sustainably executed

- Produced new and engaging social media content and ran all social media accounts

- Sewed and contributed to garment construction with an intern team to make sustainable clothing CONTACT

- Email: ad469g@r.postjobfree.com

- Phone: 678-***-****

- Portfolio: https://www.carolineflournoy.com

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-flournoy SKILLS

- Adobe InDesign - PDS & WFX

- Adobe Illustrator - CAD

- Adobe Photoshop - Organization

- Customer Service - Kaledo: Style, Print, Knit, & Weave

- Microsoft Office Suite - Marker Making, Grading, & Cut Order Planning

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