Textile/Graphic Designer at Self Employed

Erin Riche

Oakland, CA

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Creative, self motivated and talented artist with a strong color sense and excellent concepting skills.

Worked across all product areas within prints/graphics in childrenswear, womenswear, and home textiles. Stellar technical/computer skills with a substantial background in handdrawn/watercolor techniques in photoshop.

8 plus years experience
Experience
- Textile/Graphic Designer
  
  Gymboree
  
  Mar 2013 - Present (13 years 3 months)
  
  * Provide creative direction and guidance to Baby Girl CAD\Graphics Associates
  * Create original prints/graphics/colorways in close collaboration with Design, Merch, and Production
  * Research and shop seasonal trends including vintage & trade shows for pattern/graphic inspiration
  * Develop presentation boards of artwork to illustrate seasonal concept
  * Prepare artwork and print packages that comply with production ready standards
  * Correspond with preproduction to ensure proper execution of textile goods
- Freelance Textile/Graphic Designer
  
  Erin Riche Design
  
  Feb 2007 - Present (19 years 4 months)
  
  Freelance Textile/Graphic/Embroidery designer for multiple clients in womenswear, childrenswear, and home textiles. Clients include Free People, Tommy Hilfiger, Crazy 8, Kahn Lucas, TOCCA NYC and contract artists within industry.
- Associate Graphic/Textile Designer
  
  Gymboree
  
  Oct 2011 - Mar 2013 (1 year 5 months)
- Freelance Women's CAD Designer
  
  Tommy Hilfiger
  
  Jun 2011 - Jul 2011 (1 month)
- CAD Designer
  
  Carter's | OshKosh B'gosh
  
  Sep 2009 - May 2011 (1 year 8 months)
  
  * Create original prints/graphics/colorways in close collaboration with Design
  * Research and shop seasonal trends including vintage & trade shows for pattern/graphic inspiration
  * Develop presentation boards of artwork to illustrate seasonal concept
  * Prepare artwork and print packages that comply with production ready standards
  * Correspond with preproduction to ensure proper execution of textile goods
- CAD Artist-Part Time
  
  Sunbury Textile Mills
  
  Sep 2006 - Sep 2009 (3 years)
  
  * Redesign vintage documents & inspiration to create original textile designs exclusive to Sunbury
  * Efficiently multitask projects for multiple department deadlines
  * Scan, clean, repeat purchased artwork into standard industry repeat sizes
  * Maintain in-house library of print files for use by Woven Designers
Skills
- Graphic Design
- Textile Design
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