Michal Zawadzki

Working on seasonal Design and Development for the House brands and also supporting specific customer requests. * Working with the trend team on seasonal trends and then later translating them to the appropriate brand and styling. * Travel to China to work with the Development team on new last, const and accessories development. * Travel to partnering factories and sample rooms to check on development and production.

Directing the Design and Development team of seasonal collections along with 'Just in Time' collections to accommodate
quick market reaction.
* Managing and mentoring up to 17 people, with experience hiring, goal set- ting and performance reviews.
* Mentoring design team in Design Theory, Pencil and Pen hand sketching, and precise technical drawings and pattern
making.
* Collaborating with CEO and directors in executing a critical company direction with revised timeline, in order to expedite
speed to market while sustaining the dynamics of the organization's structure.
* Creating brand identities, both globally and locally, across multiple mediums and markets.
* Develop a new product segment: Fashion Athletic Category. Established a foundation and development process, along with
base fit and standards for Athletic Collection.
* Liaison between Design Development team, VM and Marketing team to prepare a unified seasonal marketing campaign.
* Travel extensively to Europe and Asia, attending trade shows and re- searching various markets to capture emerging trends. * Collaborating with in-house trend team preparing seasonal trends and capsule collections.
* Working closely with Asia, Middle East, Europe, America region retail partners in addressing and modifying accurately in
each market needs and analyzing sales results with sales team.
* Establish communication flow between the new oversea offices in China, and design and development teams in Singapore.
* Travel frequently to sourcing office to oversee the execution of the new development: lasts, fitting, constructions, upper
designs and materials.
* Work together with the Pricing department on negotiating and confirming pricing, approval of material, monitor
commercialization, and production delivery.
* Partner with factories and suppliers to ensure production accuracy

Planned and set up a computerized design studio. Recruited and trained a staff of 15 designers and implemented Max Creative as the foundation of each development process, in correcting lasts, modifying constructions, designing and supervising prototypes and sales samples.
* Established guidelines for development process, working closely with up- per management and partnering with suppliers,
and factories.
* Lead designer and Development and Sourcing Director for creating the launch of: Julian Hakes: The Mojito Project
* Senior Designer for new concept branding GUNMETAL: a fashion comfort brand distributed in USA and Asia markets.
* Senior Designer and Development Director for Ellen Tracy and Tahari
* Designed, Line Built and oversee all development while maintain close relationship with major First Cost accounts: DSW,
Nordstrom, JC Penney
* Lead designer on the launch of Luxury Rebel by Jean-Michel Cazabat
* Liaison between development team and the sample room to streamline the development process and efficiently eliminate
the lead-time and amount of prototype development.
* Directed sales presentation for first cost accounts and prepared visual merchandising for in-house brands' showrooms.
* Attended trade shows and travel throughout Europe and Asia studying trends and forecasting the latest market demand.
* Maintained close customer relationships in developing their specific lines and building strong partnership.
* Actively collaborates with international customers in cross-functional industries
* Director of the Interior Design for the Max Corporation's domestic retail stores, the Trading Company, and the corporate
international offices: New York, Florence, Hong Kong, UK.
* Coordinated and standardized new design and development processes between development teams and customers.
* Worked closely with tanneries to develop new articles in the brand price points

Designer for Branded Mid Tier Division Business.
* Participated in the design and development in the Fashion Athletic Category, and worked on new footbed and development
technology which are currently patented.
* Worked closely with the sales team to create seasonal collections for specific customers.
* Implemented 3D CAD and Adobe software into the Design and Development process.
* Prepared Customer Collections and Photo-realistic 3D CAD Presentations for many of the In House brands.
* Acquired extensive knowledge of: lasts, pattern making, and fitting through partnership with senior shoe technician.
* Participated in the Nine West Executive Training Program.

USA Responsible for creating concepts and final design solutions for various industry customers. * Worked with customers, production development team, focus groups, and created 3D prototype models to create a final design solution for each project. * In charge of the prototype finishing division, custom color matching, pro- ducing custom decals, and preparing prototypes for advertising photo shoots. And professionally trained on Dupont Color Mixing machine