Coroflot

Resume

Professional Experience
Freelance Design
Men’s and Young Mens Apparel
Nov 2008- present
MB Sport -
Smith’s American Workwear- mens sportswear and workwear
Priviledged Life – mens contemporary sportswear
Luv your World- mens and womens graphic tees
Ecologicny www.ecologicny.com (parent company Indus Apparel) mens and womens sportswear
DRT and Dish Jeans- (parent company Indus Apparel) mens and womens sportswear


Cote de France New York, NY Men’s Knits and Wovens Designer
July 2006 –Nov 2008 Bruno, Macys, JcPenney including J. Ferrar, St.Johns Bay Organic, Stafford, all private label
• Design wovens and knits for mens division
• Set seasonal colour direction
• Shop Market
• Work with overseas on development
• Work with sales reps on creating private label lines

Capital Mercury Apparel Ltd. New York, NY Men’s Dress Shirt Designer
Nov 2005-Mar 2006 Jones NY, NYNE, Open Line (private label)
• Design woven dress shirts
• Set seasonal colour direction
• Shop Market
• Create patterns in Scot-Weave
• Communicate with overseas on creating handlooms
• Work with sales reps on creating special makes

Shaant, IE Industries Inc New York, NY Men’s Design Director Wovens
Jun-Nov 2005 – Private Label and Branded. Merchandise and Design a wovens line that targets a specific customer.
• Design and set the direction for all wovens branded and private label
• Manage assistant designer
• Create all plaids and prints, work with overseas to properly execute them.
• Create new styles for all bodies.
• Travel for client/retailer presentations and for market research.

C-Life Group, New York, NY Men’s Sportswear Designer
Feb 2004 - June 2005 Private Label and Licensing Company. Merchandise and Design for licensed brand US Surfing Federation, young mens surf inspired sportswear line consisting of board shorts, graphic tees, knits, wovens.
• Design young mens private label brands, tee shirts and board shorts
• Work with overseas sourcing in developing products
• Work with salesmen in specializing and customizing lines for their customers
• Approve all handlooms, lab dips, screens, and fit.
• Market research and shop New York, California, Rome, Florence, London

Group 3 Design, New York, NY Men’s Sportswear Designer
2001 - 2004 A brand management company managing properties such as Bugle Boy, Mongoose, Starter Athletics, Shaq, McKids (McDonald’s licensed childrens apparel), and Delias. Designed and launched young men's skatewear/streetwear brand Mongoose.
• Partnered with Mongoose to maintain an excellent relationship between target customer and product
• Traveled to and visited potential new factories and vendors, locally and Mexico
• Directed relaunch of McKids (McDonald’s licensed apparel) domestic brand (sold at Sears, Wal-Mart) into a successful global brand (China, Mexico, and Central America)
• Assisted with design and brand management of Starter Athletics, Shaq, and Bugle Boy

Columbia Sportswear, Portland, OR Associate Designer Men’s Sportswear
1998 – 2001 - Wovens, Knits, Sweaters, Bottoms
Assisted the design director in all areas of design: sketching, flat creation, cleaned prints, assisted in fit sessions, created presentation books
• Designed Men’s Golf, Men’s Wovens, Knits, and Men’s Sweaters twice a year, 60-80 styles in production, in addition to a SMU program, 250 skus, which contributed to a $170 million line
• Met all time lines from concept to production, eliminating the need for an additional assistant and ensuring samples at sales meetings, resulted in keeping under department budget.
• Created and developed original artwork for prints and yarn dyes; repeats, colourways
• Collaborated with Product Development to ensure correct fit for garments and created a block system (standard flats and fits) for new styles, big and tall, and international customers (Japanese and European).

traceytoole, NY, NY- www.traceytoole.com Owner/Designer
2001- current Own and Design womens totes, house linens and pet accessories

3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY Sewing Instructor
Dec 2009 to present Instruct introduction to sewing and level II sewing

Brooklyn General Brooklyn, NY Sewing Instructor
Mar 2009 to Dec 2009 Instructed introduction to sewing and level II sewing.

Volunteer Non-Profit Experience
• August 09- June 09 A Tail at a Time, Pet Adoption and Rescue –Co-Founder/ Creative Director/ Adoptions
• Oct 08 – August 09 Anjellicle Cats Rescue- Creative Director- overseeing events, fundraisers, adoptions and all creative- website, newsletters, promotional materials, correspondence
• July 2006 – Oct 08 Anjellicle Cats Rescue- Creative Director/ Event Coordinator/ Adoption Counselor
• June 2005-July 2006 Anjellicle Cats Rescue –cat room volunteer

Education
• Associates of Arts Degree in Apparel Design / Bassist College of Art / Portland, Oregon Sept.2001
• Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in English Literature / St.Bonaventure University / Olean, New York, May 1995
• Semester abroad concentrating on English Literature /Thames Valley University / London Oct 1993

Technical Skills
• Adobe Illustrator CS and Adobe Photoshop CS
• Scot-Weave, Styleway/ Colourin
• Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word PowerPoint
• Sewing