Civil Engineering Graphic Designer
Resume:
Michelle Hunt
St. Louis, MO *****
314-***-**** ********@*******.***
Present
February 2012
Elan Polo St. Louis, Missouri – Sr. Designer in Men’s & Boy’s Target Team
• Study and translate current fashion trends into marketable footwear lines by utilizing WGSN, Online research, and market shopping
• Design, CAD and create tech sheets for Target men’s and boy’s casual and athleisure brands, as well as boy’s private label footwear for youth and toddler genders. Have also worked in departments creating footwear for casual women’s & girls, as well as athletic in all genders.
• Creating company branded marketing collateral for key customer meetings
• Communicating with sourcing teams to receive samples on tight schedule
• Problem solving with sourcing and teammates to create new trend right product cost effectively for production
• Researching new technologies to be competitive in today’s industry. December 2011
September 2002
Brown Shoe Company St. Louis, Missouri – Designer in Children’s department
• Analyzed trends through shopping trips, catalogs and internet websites to identify new key silhouettes for additional sales opportunities and updates for current constructions
• Created adoption/sales reports to determine customer’s key constructions
• Experimented with innovative technologies for children’s footwear, including tube lights which increased lighted licensed footwear sales by 70%
• Responsible for designing and specifying athletic and seasonal licensed footwear for Marvel, Disney, Mattel and Nickelodeon along with Buster Brown branded line
• Create proportional CAD drawings of footwear utilizing Illustrator and Photoshop programs, including developing repeating patterns
• Used PLM program to detail footwear, monitor cost of materials, and keep track of ship dates for customer meetings or events
• Understanding of duty knowledge in footwear industry
• Traveled to China factories to observe, finalize and develop footwear lines Brown Shoe Enhancements
• 2010 Supervisor Training
• 2004 Worked with IT to create a paperless licensing approval system for quick submission of concepts to Licensors reducing 92% of our lead-time.
• 2004 Developed a “Lunch and Learn” teaching line builders Illustrator program September 2002
March 2000
Freelancing Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona - Graphic Designer/ Production. Freelanced for a variety of ad agencies. January 2000
April 1998
Amway Corporation Ada, Michigan - Graphic Artist. Prepared designer’s artwork for pre-press, designed editorial pages in monthly magazine. December 1997
January 1995
Kendall College of Art and Design Grand Rapids, Michigan. BFA in Visual Communications, 3.76 GPA. Kendall College Scholarship, Michigan Award, and The New York Studio Program. President and Dean’s list. September 1992
November 1990
Cincinnati State Cincinnati, Ohio. Associate’s Degree in Civil Engineering/Architecture.
Computer Knowledge Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, Rhino, PLM, Excel, AS400, WGSN
Michelle Hunt
1598 Ross Ave
St. Louis, MO 63146
314-***-**** ********@*******.***
Present
February 2012
Elan Polo International
2005 Walton Road
St. Louis, MO 63114
Brent Phelps
December 2011
September 2002
Brown Shoe Company
8300 Maryland Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63105-3693
Neal Goone, Director
Stephanie Powers, Director
September 2002
January 2001
Aquent
404 S. Mill Avenue, Suite 101
Tempe, AZ 85281
Evelyn Flores, Area Manager
January 2000
April 1998
Amway 7575 Fulton Corporation Street East
Ada, MI 49355-0001
Pam Bogacz, Art Director
“Michelle is the resident expert of
establishing electronic standards
and is very proficient. Figures out
processes as well as electronic
templates.”
April 1998
August 1997
McGraw-Hill/ Sweet’s Group
1425 Perkins NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
Jill Rice, Art Director
****-*****@****.***
December 1996
September 1996
NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 100112
Carol Melloni, Creative Director
University Computer Center
55 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
Jim Russell, Assistant Manager
“Excellent computer skills…
genuinely excited by design –
She’s punctual, exhibits grace
under pressure and is always
willing to pitch in and help myself
and others when the heat is on”
August 1994
November 1992
Black & Veatch
10250 Alliance Road
Suite 101
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Frank Appelfeller,
Project Engineer
“…She consistently was able to stretch
beyond the normal use of the
engineering tools available to her to
produce some very creative products. I’m
sure that Michelle will be a solid
contributor for any organization…”
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