Brenda Quintana

1) Judith Jones/ Gourmet Travelista 2) Signature Fashions 3) Fourwinds Apparel Inc.
-Collection Development and Trend Research
-Designing ready-to-wear garments as well as handbags
-Concept design from sketch, pattern making, to sample making
-Domestic manufacturing sourcing
-Technical and fashion sketching

Beautifully DBA I.Madeline
Assistant Designer

-Sourced overseas textiles and trims for new Juniors Division
-Technical sketched new styles and sent tech packs to international factory for sample production
-Managed Juniors division in its entirety
-Communicated with showrooms nationally for road shows, trade shows, and sample management
-Stood in as Sales Representative for MAGIC, the official launch of Beautifully
-Blogger for head division, I.Madeline
-Directed and styled lookbook and line sheet photoshoots for both divisions

Fashion Life Inc, DBA FANG
Sample/Design Room Assistant
-Appointed style numbers utilizing company’s textile coding
-Designed heat transfers for garment embellishments
-Functioned as sample and design assistant to Junior knit and woven, Kids, Toddler, and Missy Designers.
-Orchestrated with VP of design and merchandising to prepare entire collection for monthly market week
-Communicated with Buyers to prepare and send out duplicate samples for design meetings
-Communicated with Sales Representatives and designers during market to arrange and send samples.
-Managed Sample/Design room for timely completion of hundreds of samples monthly.

Fourwinds Apparel
Design Intern
-Partook in print purchasing meetings with Jack Jones and Periscope
-Rendered technical flats and appliques
-Allocated textiles and samples to be sent overseas
-Collated and grouped line sheets and technical packets
-Interacted and functioned with company team as a whole
-Prepared color cards and cut sheets to assist with market week.