Technical Designer/Costume Maker

MICHELLE VALDEZ

214-***-**** ********.*.******@*****.*** McKinney, TX

https://michellervaldez.wixsite.com/portfolio

EXPERIENCE

Waitressville, Dallas, TX February 2023 – Present

Creative Technical Designer (February 2023 – Present)

●Create Technical Flats used in Line Sheets, Technical Product Packages or Technical

Design Sheets

●Create Technical Product Packs or Technical Design Sheets for all apparel and

accessories

●Build, review, confirm and send all Tech Packs to non-domestic factories

●Manage all Development Approvals from overseas factories that may include but not

limited to: lab dips, fabric samples, and garment prototype development samples

●Manage the corrective action plan throughout the Development Phase, and create

●the Standards to pass off to Production

●Manage Sample evaluation reports

●Troubleshoot with overseas factory on any development issues during

Development/Concept Stage

●Create Bill of Materials for all styles/initial costing for all import and domestic products

●Create new patterns from scratch, grade and nest patterns, create mini-markers, and harvest pattern data such as fabric yields

●Review and revise existing blocks and active style patterns

●Champion rollout of PLM System, and handle ownership of all Design elements in

●Tech Packs

●Manage all fittings and participate in annual fit review

●Test raw materials and finished samples for durability, washability and product

behavior

Varsity Spirit Fashion, Plano, TX September 2012 – February 2023

Costing Engineer (January 2022 – February 2023)

●Evaluate and develop cost sheets for both Catalog and Custom products that includes:

Bill of Labor (BOL) and Bill of Materials (BOM) (including Fabric, Trim, and Notions)

●Maintain PLM Data Tables

●Assist/Collaborate with other department projects

●Collaborate with other departments within the product development process to share and implement best practices

●Collaborate with the Manufacturing facilities in sharing knowledge and implement best practices

●Define and develop construction guidelines and/or recommendations

●Collaborate with the design team and product development to ensure the application of such recommendations

Varsity Spirit Fashion, Plano, TX

Senior Technical Designer (July 2017 – February 2023)

●Oversee a team of 2 technical designers

●Led PLM implementation, integration, training, and migration; Serve as PLM administrator

●Costing and reverse engineering styles not using New Product Development in house

●On Feasibility Team to determine/revise Production friendliness of new custom styles

Technical Designer (March 2014 – July 2017)

●Create and revise technical design sheets for multiple brands

●Respond to field construction queries from factories and create OE sketches for OMS

●Identify inconsistencies in samples, patterns and specs

●Analyzing samples from multiple factories for fit, pattern corrections, fabrication, as well as functionality and design

Graphic Designer (September 2012 – March 2014)

●Coordinated Custom Lettering team

●Ensured on time delivery of documentation to factories and end client

Reverence Dance Apparel, Arlington, TX January 2012 – September 2012

Patternmaker

●Made markers

●Photoshopped catalog

●Created Spec Sheets

●Coordinated production

Spirit Innovations, Addison, TX October 2008 – January 2012

Patternmaker

●Created patterns for new styles

●Graded and exported patterns to use for sublimation uniforms

●Handled QC, purchasing and created technical sketches and spec sheets

Larry Leathers Productions (for Jan Strimple), Dallas, TX May 2008 –September 2012

Design Intern

●Supervised 8 other students

●Produced Props and Headdresses for Kidney Texas Luncheon

Anyaa by Elizabeth Anyaa, Dallas, TX May 2008 –September 2012

Marketing Intern

●Promoted, Organized, and Installed exhibition of Textile Arts in Jeanette Kennedy Gallery

●Made patterns and samples for exhibition

All American Cheerleading, Dallas, TX April 2006 –January 2007

Technical Designer

●Designed new and custom cheerleading uniforms

●Webmaster (did all updating all websites associated with my company)

●Exporting and cleaning up patterns from CAD to Adobe Illustrator for sublimation use.

EDUCATION

Dallas County Community College, Dallas, TX May 2008

A.A.S. in Pattern Making and Apparel Design

SKILLS

Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks, Fashion Design Studio, Gerber Accumark, Gerber PDS, MS Office Suite, Sketching, CAD, Design Era, DeSL PLM, Patternmaking/Grading, CLO 3D

References

●Robin Claytor- Ex- Boss: email:txbernie@, cell: 903-***-****

●Katie Raush- Lead designer VSF: email: ************@****.***, cell: 805-***-****

●Dean Armstrong- Director/Makeup Artist: email: *******@*****.***, cell: 214-***-****

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