Associate Designer

As a designer my career has been largely focused in knitwear. I have had opportunities to work with fully fashioned machine knits, hand knits, cut and sew knits and woven fabrication. In these various positions I have had a hand in every part of the design process from initial concept, yarn and fabric selection, proto fittings, cost analysis and production fittings to ecommerce and marketing. I would welcome any opportunity that would allow me to use and expand my knowledge of fully fashioned knits and my experience with wovens. EXPERIENCE

ASSOCIATE DESIGNER, BROCHU WALKER LA, CA - NOVEMBER 2017

• Concept Design and Research

• Creating Stitch Development based on seasonal trends and concepts

• Yarn and fabric R&D

• Responsible for all BOM and tech packs across sweater and woven categories

• Creating patterns/layouts for stitch placement and stripe varigations

• Assisting in ecommerce and lookbook shoots

• CAD’s for both special projects and main line collections

• Working directly with factories and yarn agents to ensure all products are completed as requested

• Running and Updated all Woven Production fittings ASSOCIATE DESIGNER, SUNDAY BROOKLYN LA, CA - MAY 2017-NOVEMBER 2017

• Coordinating with factories regarding samples and lab dips

• Working directly with sales team on seasonal goals

• Sketch and Spec new garments

• Fit all incoming samples

• Worked directly with technical designer to ensure garments are fit to buyers specifications

• Worked with buyers to hit price point and style requirements for special projects ASSOCIATE DESIGNER, TABULA RASA NY, NY- JUNE 2016-JANUARY 2017

• Assist in sourcing yarn and stitch research for each season

• Maintaining and updating the website

• Designing Knit Layouts

• Coordinating with factories regarding samples and lab dips

• Crafting bespoke pieces for various clients

• CAD’s

• Production specs

• Ran all Marketing campaigns and social media platforms DESIGN INTERN, POLO RALPH LAUREN NY, NY — JUNE 2015-AUGUST 2015

• Concept Design

• Researching vintage fabrics and styles

• Note taking in various design meetings

DESIGN INTERN, ROXY HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — MAY 2014-AUGUST 2014

• Specing protos for fitting purposes

• Natural Indigo Dying for special projects

• Tech pack updates post fitting

• Assisting in fittings

• Assisting in print development

• Editing Flat Lays and other materials for ecomerce use EDUCATION

PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, NEW YORK, NY

BACHELORS OF FINE ARTS, FASHION DESIGN, 2016

SKILLS

Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, Knitwear(cut & sew and fully fashioned), Dubied Machine Knitting, Single Bed Knitting Machine, Hand Macrame and Crochet, Woven’s, Technical Flats, Tech Packs, Specing Garments, Concept Development, Mood Boards, Sourcing Fabrics, Marketing, Web design mirandabenjamin.com 1-714-***-**** ****************@***.*** MIRANDA BENJAMIN

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