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Design Leader - Apparel, Accessories & Footwear

Carmen Pozo Martinez

Vancouver, Canada
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    I’m an experienced designer with deep seated passion and aptitude for trends, fashion, sport and art. I’m a creative person driven by a livelong desire to invent. I love creating new concepts and products, and bring rigour and excellence to every stage of the design process. I’m extremely personable and love working with others to both learn and succeed.

  • Education
    • BTEC Qualification: DDD
      Manchester City College
    • BA Hons Fashion Design and Technology
      Manchester Metropolitan University
      2011
    • BTEC National Diploma Student representative Fashion and Textiles
      Manchester City College
      2007
  • Experience
    • Head of Design
      Planet CPM
      Barcelona, CT
      Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 6 months)
    • Senior Designer
      Paper Label
      Vancouver, BC
      Mar 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year)
      Design and build entire collections with the goal of ensuring fit, construction and product quality are of the highest quality, while accurately representing the design vision.

      · Collection creation in all categories, including woven, knit and tricot, and fully fashion knitwear garments.
      · Supervise and lead the design team and the development of seasonal collections, ensuring commercial viability by meeting strict deadlines and calendar dates to deliver exceptional products, on time.
      · Study of the market and fashion trends in terms of design, color and sustainable fabrics.
      · Choice of fabrics, trimmings and silhouettes.
      · Creation of Moodboards, concept boards and color palettes for the season.
      · Creation of technical packages to communicate designs clearly to suppliers
      · Lead fittings for all garment fit, construction and fit for multiple product categories.
      · Search and development of fabrics with suppliers abroad, as well as dealing with local agents.
      · Approve fabrics and trimmings for quality and colours at each stage of development.
      · Lead and manage the design team's workload and work closely to expand their skill set and knowledge.
    • Senior Designer
      Gneiss Climbing
      Kelowna, BC
      Aug 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years 4 months)
      Design FW21/ SS22 apparel range, create tech packs and measurement charts
      Fabric and trims selection, sample development, fitting and communication with suppliers
      Content creation and social media tools development
    • Footwear Designer / shoemaker
      Amsterdam House arts and crafts
      Amsterdam, NH
      Jun 2020 - Jun 2021 (1 year)
      Footwear design - Sneakers/ outdoor boots/ sandals/ shoes/ sleepers
      Foot layout points / Last design/ Pattern making /Construction of upper, lining and insole /Sole making
      Fitting, alterations on patterns, problem solving, fabric development and manipulation - Embroidery, printing and embossed design
    • Head Designer - Womenswear - Apparel / Footwear / Accesories
      Desigual
      Barcelona, CT
      Jun 2016 - Jun 2020 (4 years)
      Responsible for the design and development of the sport category: apparel, footwear and accessories, and womens casual footwear range(June 2018- June 2020)
      Creating seasonal themes, developing and selecting fabrics and trims, daily communication with factory, seasonal trips to supplier
      Reporting directly to the creative director, present the category to senior management, markets and key accounts
      Managing the creation process from first sketch to final sign off, leading fit sessions, ensuring range is delivered on time and within margin targets
    • Sr Designer GYM fitness
      OYSHO - Inditex
      Albany, NY
      Jan 2015 - Mar 2016 (1 year 2 months)
      Barcelona Responsible for the design and development of the women fitness collection- jersey and woven Research trends and study competitors, both primary and secondary, combining technology and inovative design to create the best product Development of trims and fabrics, as well as looking at latest trends on graphics for palcemnet and allover prints
    • Designer Sports Ladies
      H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB
      Stockholm, Sweden
      Nov 2012 - Dec 2014 (2 years 1 month)
      Stockholm Design and develop Sports Ladies collection- jersey and woven Combine design and technology to create the best product Research trends, qualities, trims and construction solutions, constantly be aware of our competitors Responsible for design and development of the sports swimwear collection
    • Design Assistant/ All-around design creation
      Kuyichi
      Amsterdam, NH
      Jul 2011 - Jun 2012 (11 months)
      Amsterdam Organized, managed & develop the "Salvage Project" Designed and created 50 piece Salvage collection Bread & Butter 2012. Integral part of the women's design Team Design & development of the Women's and Men's styles across all categories Coordnating and managing a team of 6 interns during the Bread & Butter fair in Berlin
    • Design Assistant Performance apparel
      Puma AG
      Herzogenaurach, Germany
      Feb 2010 - Dec 2010 (10 months)
      Herzogenaurach Design assistant Performance apparel product, including Running and Training collection. Garment and trend research. Designing Promotion product for colleges and athletes. Participate in daily meetings design presentations, fittings, fabric and trims selections. Design and development of Usain Bolt Traning and copetition wear. Design and develop Olympics 2012 Jamaican's Athletics team collection
    • Pattern cutting Assistant
      Adidas AG
      Herzogenaurach, Germany
      Jun 2009 - Jan 2010 (7 months)
      Herzogenaurach Pattern cutting assistant at Adidas, I attended regular fit session, create size tables and Style Patterns. I worked in the development of the new sizing for men's training department. I was also been given my own design projects to understand the product creation. Carmen Pozo Martinez - Resume- 2015 CV Carmen Pozo Martinez
  • Industries
    • Apparel
    • Footwear
    • Sporting Goods
    • Sustainability
  • Skills
    • Apparel
    • Footwear
    • CAD Design
    • Design Management
    • Design Research
    • Fashion Design
    • Illustrator
    • InDesign
    • Photoshop
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