Patricia Gianessi Lewis

* Worked directly with VP of Design for the Russell Athletic Brand.
* Conceptualized storyboards, color palettes and design inspiration for the
2022 & 2023 season for Women's, Men's and Youth apparel.
* Created sketches and maintained all apparel technical packages.
* Developed and maintained trim log, Master file and individual trim art pages.
* Assisted with line presentations to upper management and sales offices.
* Provided direct communication with the product developers/fit techs.
* Attended fittings in person and through Teams communication to review
bought samples and development samples.

• Work closely with the designer and head of product to develop the new Women’s line and all Men’s accessories from hats, bags, towels, etc.
• Maintain direct communication with the vendors that develop our sportswear, swimwear and accessories.
• Develop new fabrics, trims, print strike offs and lab dips for the designer.
• Produce and monitor all BOM’s and Measurements sheets for each style.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of the Line Plans for each season.
• Work with vendors on costing and garment analysis.
• Operate each fitting with the designer by measuring each garment, going through detailed POMs and then send revised measurements and detailed comments to the vendors for the next sample stage.
• Assist with photo shoots and maintain rep memo sheets for each season.

• Monitor and maintain the Sportswear, Swimwear, Neoprene and accessory development from concept to production.
• Work directly with the Designer, VP of Merchandising and Design Director on a weekly bases
• Create and maintain Line Plans for each season and category.
• Develop and monitor new fabrics, trims, print strike offs and lab dips for the designer.
• Negotiate costing with the vendors for all categories.
• Manage all samples lines and shipment of lines to sales reps.
• Perform quality control inspections weekly for production.

• Work directly with Design Director and VP of Merchandising in designing the apparel, accessories, neoprene and boardshorts for the new SISSTREVOLUTION brand.
• Create and maintain technical packages for all styles.
• Work closely with the technical designers and attend all fittings to review each garment for correct fit, construction, fabrication and wash.
• Create color palette and work on print files for each season.
• Assist in design and developing new trim package.
• Maintain seasonal “Visual Line Plan”.
• Research new trends, local stores, social media, competitors and vintage garments for inspiration.

As a freelance Fashion Design, I work closely with the Design Director and head of Merchandising to accomplish the urgent deadlines. My daily tasks include:
- Generating custom sketches based on the Line Plan details and target customer.
- Applying custom details and construction based on new trends and target cost.
- Meet with Design Director weekly to review sketches and merchandise the prints and colors.
- Create technical sketches and bill of materials for each style.
- Work directly with Product Developer and Tech Designer to ensure the new designs are properly constructed and communicated to the vendors.

• Work cross functionally with all departments
• Creating and maintaining Techpacks and Art Pitches for all SMUs, Supplements and Volcom Little Girls.
• Contribute to fit direction and spec maintenance, and communicate design,fit and construction comments to the Supplier & maintain the seasonal style design comment sheet at each sample stage
• Putting together CAD pages and All-In-One packages with requested art & silhouettes, specific to each account request
• Re-coloring existing art and updating sketches as per requests
• Adherence to development deadlines
• Knowledge of construction methods, fabrics and print / wash techniques
• Monitor and maintain the development communication with Suppliers
• Complete style set up and BOM maintenece throughout the lifecycle of the product
• Responsible for costing negotiations with the Suppliers
• Make design comments from protos until TOP stage and relay buyer details to the vendor to implement changes
• Familiarity with competitive products/brands. Assist team in seasonal competitive market research report
• Work with Compliance team and Production team each season to ensure that each style is production line appropriate.

• Monitor and maintain the Swim development communication with Suppliers.
• Create shells for each season and manage style information in PLM.
• Oversee SEASONAL STYLE & BLOCK tracker to ensure samples are on time and accurate.
• Develop new swim fabrics and trims and establish a library for them.
• Worked with Compliance and RawMaterials on fabric and trim development.
• Create pictures or diagrams for the vendor in order to increase understanding of garment construction & trim application.
• Manage Visual Booking report for the department to use as a visual aid to sales and developing new seasons.
• Facilitate in the swim merch/ecom shoots
• Oversee fit list and work closely with fit techs
• Travel to factories to increase productivity in BLOCK approvals, fabric and s/o comments & review overall construction of product.
• Coordinate meetings with Production to review garment construction and ways to improve quality control issues
• Assist designer in tech updates.

• Work directly with the sales teams on SMU projects and SUPPLEMENT packages.
• Design global accessories (backpacks, hats, lunch bags and pencil cases.
• Putting together CAD pages and All-In-One packages with requested art & silhouettes, specific to each account request
• Re-coloring existing art and updating sketches as per requests
• Adherence to development deadlines
• Knowledge of construction methods, fabrics and print / wash techniques
• Monitor and maintain the development communication with Suppliers, the product developer is the main point of contact for the supplier.
• Complete style set up and BOM maintenece
• Responsible for costing negotiations with the Suppliers to meet or exceed margin targets (in conjunction with Merch Manager)
• Make design comments from protos until TOP stage and relay buyer details to the vendor to implement changes.

As a Volcom women's designer I conceptualize and design product for all sportswear categories which includes:
- Fabric selection
- CAD and techpack generation and maintenance
- Review garments for proper fit and construction.
- Maintain quality standards for all fabrics, color dips and trims.
- Assist in merchandising each category.
- Research and provide information related to market analysis, trending and competitive landscape.
- Worked directly with the VOLCOM Australia team to design and develop seasonal styles for their region.
- Traveled to VOLCOM Australia to review sample fits and construction with their designer/merchandiser.
- Attending VOLCOM Australia sales meeting to increase knowledge in their market, costs and seasonal needs.

Work side by side with the designer for RVCA Women's Sportswear and Swimwear
• Coordinate new concepts and trend direction for fabrics, colors, prints and silhouettes.
• Create color palette and set up new print art files.
• Design sportswear styles including all knits, woven's, outerwear, bottoms and swimwear.
• Review and maintain all Technical Packages pertaining to each style.
• Review all submits for new and established styles.
• Develop new trims packages.
• Attend women's fittings and review each garment for sewing construction, branding placement, and design details.
• Organize Merchandise Masters for line review.
• Communicate with international regions on new line development.
• Assisted in merchandise shoots and organization of flat shoots.
• Help design for the RVCA Women's Swimwear line since March 2012 by developing concepts, sketches and completion of technical packages.

Work directly with the Design Director for RVCA Men's Cut & Sew.
-- Develop technical CAD drawings for men's.
-- Review and maintain Technical Packs pertaining to each style.
-- Create plaids, stripes and prints for upcoming seasons.
-- Attend men's fittings and review each garment for sewing construction, branding placement and design details.
-- Review submits of fabrics, trims, prints, washes, etc for each style.
-- Oranize concept boards for upcoming season inspiration.
-- Coordinate Merchandise Masters of all styles in delivery and categories for line reviews.
-- Input style information into the network.
-- Assist with presenting the line's during sales meetings and budgeting meetings.

Developed buy logs for upcoming seasons. * Created visual line sheets for the merchandiser's. * Assisted with merchandising outfits for the Spring 2010 photo shoot and line sheets. Helped complete Y-Cut sheets for sourcing.

Assisted Designers in coordinating storyboards for seasons through online research. Produced color cards for upcoming seasons. Skills: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, PLM. Swimwear design and construction. Pattern draping/drafting, fashion sketching and textile identification. Operate sewing machine, overlock, blindstitch, and industrial machines. I'm a hard worker who is great at multi-tasking, very organized, creative and doesn't need to be micromanaged. I'm keen to detail, work great with others and strive to design/develop the best quality products.