Product Designer

MS in Textile Design,

Philadelphia University.

Philadelphia, PA - Dec. 2015

GPA 3.7

BA in Industrial Apparel Design,

Universidad del Istmo (UNIS),

Guatemala City. May 2012

GPA 3.47

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Fashion Design

• Trend and target market research

• Production and sourcing

• Product development

• Technical flats

• Product Technical Specifications

• Social media communication

Textile Design

• Hand painting and illustration

• Digital CAD illustration

• Creating repeats

• Indexing of colors in files

• Knowledge of print and yarn dyeing

• Textile technology on woven,

knitted and printed fabrics.

• Winding warps on hand looms.

Software

• Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator

and InDesign

• Digital Tools: Wordpress, Prezi, Dropbox

and G Suite.

• Microsoft and Apple Office Suite:

Excel, PPT, Word, Key Note and Pages.

• Social Product Development:

BeProduct and PlmOn.

Languages

Fluent in English and Spanish.

EDUCATION

SKILLS

264 Webster Avenue, Apt. 501 Brooklyn, NY

917-***-****

************@*****.***

www.andreamata.net

www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-mata-141b4763

Product Designer, Bedding, Bath and Kitchen Division, CHF Industries,New York City, NY- December 2016- to present.

• Assist and support the Design Director at the inception of a collection to insure design development for products that meet specific brand, costing, and product guidelines.

• Create and develop original designs for fashion bedding, soft good bath products, kitchen and table linens.

• Prepare technical breakdowns of all print and pattern layouts and woven dobbies and jacquards for design as a tool for overseas mills to develop.

• Plan, organize and conduct tech pack handoffs and follow up with vendors throughout the development timeline.

• Sourcing fabrics with oveseas mills and communicating throughout development stages.

• Process comments and approvals of strike off, development submits and final samples.

Soft Goods CAD Designer, CHF Industries,

New York City, NY, Jun 2016 – Dec. 2016

• Pattern design and color editing for bedding and bath products such as comforters, duvets, sheets, decorative pillows, towels and shower curtains.

Freelance CAD and Textile Designer

Philadelphia, PA – New York City, NY

Nov. 2015 – Jun. 2016

Projects include:

• Pattern design and color editing for bedding and bath products.

• Pattern design and color editing for apparel, fashion accessories and cold weather accessories for various brands.

• Assisted in the development of seasonal color palettes.

• Trend research for materials, patterns and color direction for various products in the home and apparel industry.

• Development of technical flat designs for apparel production tech packs.

Fashion reporter and columnist, Cooltown Fashion Blog http://cooltownfashion.com/ Guatemala City – Guatemala March 2012- April 2014

• Research current fashion trends through various social media platforms and trend related webpages.

• Attended social events to photograph street style.

• Created, curated and managed published social media content.

• Wrote a weekly column with the aid of photography’s. HOME AND TEXTILE DESIGN

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