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Designer
(Freelance)
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Sep 2013 - Present (10 years 8 months)
•Design jewelry - design jewelry based off trends and general concept direction from client.
•Research trends - search market for trending silhouettes, color, and overall style.
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Assistant Designer
Stuart, FL
Feb 2012 - Present (12 years 3 months)
•Design hard and soft goods – Design and develop accessories and garments to target a specific demographic within the gift market.
•Prepare product specs for garments – Create product specs and tolerances, flat garment drawings, and patterns; send sizing, color, material, and trim direction and standards.
•Prepare product specs for hard goods – Create product specs and die lines, and send color, material, and trim direction and standards.
•Manage product development – Communicate with overseas factories to ensure that the quality of color and materials match standards, and that deadlines/ex-orient cutoffs are met.
•Packaging Design - Design and construct packaging die lines to ensure proper fit; send color and material direction and standards.
•Label creation- Construct product label artwork to ensure that all labels have correct verbiage to meet import, federal, and state laws.
•Design web artwork - Design rotating images, banners, and miscellaneous graphics for the website, and create B2B and B2C email blasts.
•Design commercial marketing artwork - Design and prepare catalogs, flyers, post cards, POP signs, trade show panels, and banners for press.
•Photo correct images - Retouch lifestyle images, color-correct product images, and use Photoshop to adjust/recreate images.
•Style and facilitate photo shoot-style models, develop shot list, and facilitate photo shoot to ensure efficient use of model and photographer.
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Assistant Design Intern
New York, NY
Jun 2011 - Sep 2011 (3 months)
•Drew flat garment drawings.
•Assisted with spec sheets, pattern construction, product production, and trim/notions applications.
•Graded patterns.
•Sourced trims and notions.
•Hand made accessories - bracelets, necklaces, and wedding veils for BHLDN.
•Accomplishments - Assisted in the assembly of hats for the Anu Sui Fashion Week show.