Samantha Prescott

-Collaborated with the Senior Accessories Designer and Product Development teams to design original artwork for mini backpacks, handbags, and wallets across both Hot Topic and BoxLunch brands.
-Produced print repeats from final artwork/assets provided by licensors, including revising,recoloring, and matching colors to Pantone standards.
-Utilized Adobe Creative suite in conjunction with hand drawing & to design, modify, and resize licensed artwork, while working closely with product development and design teams to articulate printing and design techniques (e.g., embroidery, appliques, beading) to factories.
-Created original non-licensed artwork for all brands while effectively demonstrating creativity and innovation in designs.
-Developed and revised art specification pages for submission to licensors for approvals of collections.
-Partnered with Apparel Art teams as needed to ensure collection consistency across all design departments.
-Presented design concepts and mood boards in collaboration with the design team for buyers which showcased design, color, and vision while maximizing new market trends.
-Provided color comments on PP samples/strike-offs and created revision sheets for external factories.

-Using Adobe Photoshop I built well balanced repeat patterns from purchased licensed artwork that I expanded into larger collections for quilting fabrics.
-The licensed art collections that were received from both large and small agencies pertained to a wide variety of themes ranging from floral, novelty and wildlife, to landscapes and seasonal.
-Throughout the development process of the collections, I made color corrections and pattern adjustments as feedback from our sales team was received, to ensure a quality final product.
-When the collection was complete, I finalized the art and printed to-scale mill sets complete with pertinent design information. The art is color correct for the Mill department to send it overseas to the factories, along with a color card and disc.
-Using Photoshop and Illustrator, marketing material for each collection is then created that included original quilt project mock-ups and a printed full scale presentation that showcased each pattern, it was then sent out to our sales force.
-All art files and relevant design information were maintained and highly organized on an electronic server for easy access and reference