Product Developer, Designer

Elora Designer Product Martinez Developer Merchandiser

WORK EXPERIENCE SKILLS

- Extensive knowledge of knit & woven fabrics

- Designed cut & sew, sweater knits, bottoms, technical bottoms, knit tops, skirts, skorts, dresses, outerwear, lifestyle & athleisure

- Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, & InDesign

- Lead weekly ttings & t adjustments

- T-shirt apparel graphic design

- Persuasive presentation skills to interdepartmental teams

- Drives deadline & calendar deliverables

- Negotiates costing, lead times & FOB

- Knowledge of screen printing techniques & processes

- Tech Design: t & construction

- CAD design: 2D at sketching, technical drawing, hand sketching & CAD

- Global & domestic trend market research

- Fashion & trend analysis, research & execution

- Lead collaboration with PD, Merchandising & Marketing teams

- Techpack knowledge from ideation to commercialization

- Design: color theory, silhouette, materials & trims

- Knowledge of factory processes & communication

- Daily communication with factories overseas

- Sourcing & costing processes

- Traveled to domestic factories

- Attended trade shows for future season’s R&D

- Knowledge of Design, Merchandising, & Product Development Betabrand

Tech Fashion

Design Intern, April 2017 - August 2017

- Research fashion trends for Menswear, womenswear, shoes & accessories

- Attended & photograph weekly ttings

- Updated & create at CADs of garments

- Updated & create new tech packs for production

- Assisted with fabrication quality and trims

- Managed fabric library

- Indexed prints and created print spec directives SFC San Francycle

Classic apparel graphics for the cycling industry

General Merchandise Manager, November 2014- April 2017

- Created & Photoshop corrected creative assets for the website

- Designed men’s, women’s and kid’s apparel graphics

- Hand screen printed graphics

- Color corrected & photo composited assets for catalog & web

- Managed 6 employees

AWARDS

- YMA FSF Scholarship Winner 2017

- President’s Honor List (2014 - 2016)

- Imagine America Scholarship Winner 2013

Academy of Art University

BA Fashion Merchandising

2013- Spring 2017

West Valley College

AA Fashion Design

2010-2012

EDUCATION

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Title Nine Sports Inc.

Female owned & led to promote women risking & leading in the outdoor industry Designer / Product Developer, August 2017 - May 2020

- Research global markets for innovation of t, fabric, nish, trend & aesthetic

- Designed top revenue selling styles in washable knit tops, cut & sew sweaters, technical bottoms, outerwear, light & heavy weight wovens

- Creation of engineered 2D internal, product sketching & technical sketching

- Ownership & approval of t, fabric, color, trims, & print direction

- Management & research of R&D for construction, trim & fabrics

- Managed development & execution of prototypes, trims, & research

- Tech pack creation from ideation to commercialization including sketching,

t, POM, BOM & spec sheet

- Costing & material problem solving with factories in a timely

& cost e ective manner

- Lead presentations for conceptual development for seasons, collections, capsules, brand strategies & “Style Out”

- Creation & management of prototypes, Pre-Production, TOP samples

- Sample preparation, managed fabric, pre-proto & trim packages

- Created & completed tech packs, managed BOM

- Curated color palette, initial lab dips, strike-o s & bulk trims / fabric, & color review

- Managed, organized & created CAD les & folders

- Managed private label line plan, development calendar, & sample tracking

- Designed, developed & produced products for ecommerce, retail & catalog

- Developed & trained interns & design assistants

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