Associate Designer

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Assistant Designer - Ready-to-Wear Womenswear & Childrenswear

New York, NY June 2015 - February 2017

• Reported directly to the Design Director, designing seasonal & capsule collections.

• Extensive research of fabric, print, mood & vintage garments.

• Curated images into mood boards suitable for presentation to editors & buyers.

• Responsible for hand sketching croqui & technical flats with external & internal details for clear & effective communication with the pattern cutters & production team.

• Trim sourcing & embroidery artworks.

• Communicated all construction & finishing information for SMS to pattern cutter, providing in depth technical packages as well as drapings/mock ups when necessary. Created BOMs.

• Assisted in all aspects of fittings including note taking. QC for all SMS & Production samples. Ck Calvin Klein

Associate Designer - Men’s Wovens, Men’s Knits & Sweaters New York, NY February 2017 - November 2020

• Reports directly to the Senior Designer of each department; responsibilities include researching, concepting, & designing seasonal and capsule collections in line with the brands historic aesthetic.

• Responsible for sketching technical flats as well as detail sketches for technical packages.

• Concept and design of seasonal graphics and prints. Research into vintage as well as current trends.

• Creation of intensive technical packages for clear communications with our overseas factories.

• Active participation in all sample fittings as well as taking detailed notes.

• Working with the in house atelier for the creation of seasonal mock ups & full garments.

• Communicates daily with our overseas production & development teams as well as merchandisers. MARISSA L. FELL

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Calvin Klein

Design Intern - Platinum Label, Men’s & Women’s Ready-to-Wear New York, NY 2014

• Assisted the Platinum Label Design Team during the design of the Spring 2016 collection.

• Responsible for flat sketching updates, CADs, print/embroidery design & placement, design research, creation of mock ups, & presentation preparations. Badgley Mischka

Design Intern - Women’s Couture & Collection

New York, NY 2014

• Assisted the Couture & Collection teams during the design of Fall 2014 & Resort 2015.

• Responsible for vintage photography research, hand sketches & embroidery artwork, embroidery layouts for factories, patternmaking, sourcing fabrics & trims, communicating with domestic factories,

& runway show preparations.

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EXPERIENCE

Sachin & Babi

Design Intern - Women’s Ready-to-Wear

New York, NY 2012

• Assisted the Design, Fabric Development & Production Teams

• Responsible for fabric/trim sourcing, hand embroidery repairs on samples, assisting in fittings & lookbook shoots, as well as preparing for fabric meetings for the in house textile agency ANK Int. EDUCATION University of Cincinnati

Bachelor’s of Science in Fashion Design

SKILLS • Highly Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, & Photoshop as well as Kaledo Print/Weave/Knit, Apparel Magic, & PLM

• Skilled in hand illustration, technical flats, flat patternmaking, draping, tailoring, garment construction, textile knowledge, & communication.

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