Coroflot

Resume

Experience

Reebok international Associate Apparel Designer 2009- Present
Design and maintain the Sport Essentials collection for FW11-present, total business forecast of $7,000,000. Support the women's design team with the Cirque du Soleil, Easy Tone, Sport Essential and Retail lines, a total of 116+ style. Role includes conducting seasonal trend and market research trips, brainstorming and sketching on cross collection seasonal themes, creating and exploring price sensitive solutions, attending fittings, implementing ans filtering cross departmental feedback, creating mock ups and attending product reviews.

Amazing Tees Freelance Apparel Designer 2008 - 2009
Design consultant and pattern maker for eco-oriented start up. Standardized, graded, and patterned existing client style to streamline communications with overseas factory. Assisted in general market planning and design direction.

Polo Ralph Lauren Summer Apparel Design Intern 2007
Assisted the Design Director with concept rigs, fittings, and presentation and showroom preparation for the launch of the American Living collection. Role included fabric swatching, concept rig set-up and stylizing, and seasonal concept research.

Freelance Apparel Designer and Seamstress 2001 - 2005
Designed and constructed women’s and children’s clothing including custom dresses, tailored to reflect each client’s personality, body type, and physical attributes.

Education

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Providence, RI 2005 - 2009
BFA Apparel Design with honors, Apparel Medal of Achievement

Brown University Providence, RI 2006 – 2009
American Sign Language I –IV and Introduction to Deaf studies

RISD European Honors Program (EHP) Rome, Italy 2008
Independent studio arts and art history semester abroad

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Savannah, GA 2004
6 week summer intensive program in apparel design


Skills
Advanced sewing, tailoring, pattern making, draping, machine knitting, and textile comprehension

Extensive knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Office

Extensive dance and general fitness background, conversational fluency in American Sign Language, MIG/TIG welding and English wheel


Activities

Brown University Teacher’s Assistant 2009
American Sign Language levels II IV; held and organized weekly tutoring sessions, planned nad solo taught Friday classes, graded assignments, and proctored final exams.

RISD Alternative Spring Break Site Leader and Coordinator 2007 - 2008 Organized and lead two consecutive spring break service trips to Door of Faith Orphanage, La Mision, Mexico. Oversaw the organization and implementation of subsequent trips to Miami and Guatemala.

RISD Christian Body President 2006 - 2008
Facilitated weekly evening worship and leadership meetings, organized guest speakers and outreach activities, facilitated freshman Bible study.

RISD Resident Assistant 2006- 2008
Friend, mentor, disciplinary, listener and activities organizer for RISD freshmen. Included intensive leadership and conflict resolution training.