I work in the Pacific Northwest as a Textile Designer for an online/catalog company, Connecting Threads (www.connectingthreads.com) I've previously worked in the Fashion Industry in New York for 10+ years. First as an Intimates Designer, then switched gears and entered the world of Textile Design. I create prints, screen prints, embroideries, accessory artwork. Also technical issues like flat sketching and creating Line Sheets. I've also done print work, creating fliers, invitations, cards.

Work Samples

  • Sun Kissed Harvest collection

  • Art Direction/Styling

  • Sun Kissed Embroidered Pillow

Work History

Jenni L Calo

PERSONAL STATEMENT
Extremely creative individual with a passion for imagery and design; highly motivated, excellent organizational skills, very hard working and efficient, punctual, and a great team player with exceptional communication skills.

EXPERIENCE
• Crafts Americana Group (Connecting Threads) (PDX) - Textile Designer 02/10 - Current
• Freelance Graphic Artist Concurrent
• Ariela Alpha Intl. (NYC) - Senior CAD Artist 09/05 - 09/09
• Carole Hochman (NYC) - Designer/CAD Artist (Jockey Retail) 02/05 - 09/05
• NAP Intimates (NYC) - Designer (Victoria’s Secret Catalog Division) 10/99 - 02/05
• The Limited Inc. - Lerners (NYC) - Temp as Assist. Product Coordinator 07/99 - 09/99
• Freelance Design for Talbots and Federated 01/04 - 12/04

EDUCATION
• Art Institute International, Portland, OR 01/95 -12/99
Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion/Apparel Design
• Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA - Fashion Illustration 01/92 - 06/92

DESIGN SKILLS
• Create print collections for online/catalog business. Primarily for home sewers and the quilting industry.
• Very well rounded artist skilled in many different styles.
• Coordinate and direct outside designers on the development of their collections.
• Art Direct and style photo shoots for each catalog cycle.
• Create screen prints, embroideries, accessories, logos, packaging design, flat sketches, create Line Sheets
• Work closely with designers/merchandisers to brainstorm and execute print directions and themes
• Prepare artwork for overseas factories. Oversee entire strike-off process.
• Excellent color eye; handle all color matching, approvals and standards.
• Research trends & inspiration
• Create brush, distress, technique libraries for easy use for artists
• Attend print shows, quilt market and trend forecasts
• Illustration, Sewing/Construction, Draping, Pattermaking
• Japanese Textile Techniques: Tsustugaki & Katezome

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Responsible for the best selling collection - “Rhapsody of Reds” to date (Connecting Threads)
• Artwork published in Pattern People Ebook “Repeat After Me”
• Promoted to Senior CAD Artist for being involved in all aspects of the job and taking the lead at being proactive  and setting up the foundations for benchmarking and best practices. (Ariela Alpha Intl.)
• Sent to Mexico to work with fabric/printing factory (Connecting Threads)
• Sent to Turkey office to oversee Development (NAP Intimates)
• Sent to Paris to attend the Premier Vision and Léon for Interfilière trade shows for market research (NAP Intimates)
• Scholarship for the Concord Unity Foundation
• 1995 Bank of America Award for Art, Academic Letter in Art

COMPUTER SKILLS
• Adobe CS6 (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), NED Graphics, Plaidmaker, MS Word, MS Excel. Mac & PC, AutoCad
• Responsible for maintaining printer, color calibrating standards to printer

Education

  • Art Institute of Portland

    • Bachelors Degree Apparel Design
    • 1995 - 1998

Specialties

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