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About
Competencies:
* 15 years of experience in the garment industry.
* 7 years of managerial experience.
* 4 years of contemporary experience.
* Illustration and flat designs (pc/hand), presentation/mood boards, color theory, textile and
sourcing.
* Forecasted market trends for sportswear, denim, soft and hard wovens, knits and
sweaters domestic and globally.
* Lead design and development from inception to completion of final garments.
* Determine seasonal concepts, establishing print, pattern, fabric and trim direction.
* Broad experience in fittings: denim bottoms, twills, soft woven and knits. Dresses, skirts,
jackets and tops. Pre-production and production approvals.
* Managed design calendar to ensure a successful workflow.
* Maintain good relations with buyers, sales team, vendors, factories, resources and peers.
* Manage/supervised to provide leadership and feedback to design team thru clear
communication.
* Excellent leadership skills. Keep product DNA consistency, but still managing to stay “in
trend”
* Respect peers opinion and always follow company leadership in regards to business
strategies.
* Great presentation skills.
** Skills: Illustrator, Photoshop, Web PDM, (MAC & PC), Word, Excel, A2000. Excellent
communication skills drawn, written and verbal. Fluent in Spanish and English. -
Education
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Bachelor of Science Textile and Apparel StudiesWestern Michigan University
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Experience
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Denim DesignerMP Clothing Inc.Los Angeles, CAMay 2021 - Present (1 year)Ovesea and direct all stages of design.
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Fast Track DesignerLos Angeles, CAFeb 2019 - Apr 2020 (1 year 2 months)GUESS? INC./YC Factory
Fast Track Designer/PD Feb 2019-April 2020 Top, Dresses, Jumpsuits, Jackets.
DEVELOPMENT: Created mood boards for all deliveries for Guess Factory YC and Men. I researched and forecasted trends, prints, and colors that can be translated to YC Factory customers. I created 6 mood boards, 3 for YC and 3 for Men, every 6 weeks.
BUYING; I lead Chase/Fast Track; Met with vendors picked from many of their collections, and merchandised accordingly to delivery and the buying needs (tops, dresses, pants, jackets, skirts, jumpsuits and rompers). I presented the final selections to the Head of Planning and the Vice President of Factory YC/Mens divisions.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Create in Enovia Program all tech packs; open buying negotiations with vendors and finalize cost and deliveries.
PRE-PRODUCTION; Follow up with vendors/sources through the entire process regarding protos, fits, deliveries, fabrics, trims, strike-offs, hand/looms, lab dips, screen prints approvals, making sure there is not a need for extensions. With a 95% success.
DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT: Fit garments on a professional fit model, along with technical designer and buyer to ensure corrections are kept within the time frame to keep deliveries. Ensure follow thru from technical team to vendor’s fabric, trim and print processes. Solely approved fabric, trims, color l/d, h/l, and construction quality when labels for T.O.P. need
to be approved.
GRAPHICS; I worked with graphic designer partnering on all upcoming prints. Create color combos for every new delivery that are to be approved by DMM. Created all Mood Boards digitally in Illustrator/Photoshop
Presented mood boards to YC team and Retail Managers.
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