Agnes Schugardt

Designer for home textiles and soft goods. Responsibilities include design and follow through of patterns for blankets and throws for major retailers such as Costco and Walmart. Other areas of expertise include packaging design and follow through as well as designing for major licensed products with large corporations such as Disney and Marvel for childrens home goods. Spec set up and communication withfactories overseas as a key responsibility. Creation of sell sheets and presentations for new and existing clients.

Coordinator and liaison between design and production of this accessories company. Responsible for setting up a technical system of translating design line sheets into product through a system of detailed spec packages for hosiery and accessories. Ensuring that the product requested comes back correct and on time from overseas factories through extensive daily communication. Overseeing system of Quality Control by doing detailed inspection of all samples and keeping detailed records of all comments with the makers through a QC form. Maintaining all licensed products at licensor and company standards while communicating with licensors regularly and following all protocol pertaining to each license. Using technical textile and apparel knowledge created and maintained a system of detailed sizing standards that is to be followed for specing all items and making sure that all samples are following standards while updating any changes that need to be made to sizing on a regular basis to ensure best quality fit while maintaining visual appeal. Daily communication with both design and production teams to make sure that all sampling is being requested clearly as well solving any technical issues in a timely manner.

in the School of Fashion & Merchandising Drawing & Illustration 2- Instructor of introductory course to Adobe Creative Suite for Fashion Design where students learn Photoshop basics and drawing of technical garment flats in Illustrator Fashion Design 2- Instructor of technical section of this fashion design course where students perfect & coordinate their technical flats in Illustrator with the design & sewing/patternmaking courses Product Development & Design Applications- Instructor of Product Develpoment section of the Business Management Program. Course includesdeveloping a line from concept boards & colour cards to tech packs & cost sheets.

in the Fashion Arts Department in the Business School. Colour Theory- Instructor of Colour Theory for first semester fashion students. Curriculum includes teaching colour theory basics as well as how colour relationships relate to fashion trend forecasting and how the use of the Munsell & Pantone colour systems are applied to the fashion industry. Advanced Creative Suite Applications- Instructor in teaching second year students branding basics using Adobe Creative Suite Applications such as Illustrator, InDesign & Photoshop to create a full promotional package.

Online instructor teaching fashion design students the fundamentals of basic fashion figure illustration and fabric rendering.

- Oversaw the creation and production of all prints for the day and evening dress lines. Duties included meeting with print studios, purchasing of prints. Other duties included communicating with print studios for exact direction of repeats etc. Communicating with factories overseas on a daily basis to ensure timely receipt of yardage for sample production. Keeping of precise records of all prints sent out in the fabric library was a key duty which also included organization of all print yardage requested and received in house as well as any purchased artwork to be used for later seasons. Management of seasonal color palettes also a key duty.

Print design and manipulation from start to production. Main area of duty in textile design was building a theme for each season and designing prints within the theme using the main seasonal color palette. Sending print packages and communicating with factories to ensure timely receipt of yardage and samples. Other main duty included design and layout of look book, posters, magazine ads, as well as other promotional devices for the company. Packaging and some accessory design as well.

private label swimwear company. In charge of designing catalogs, graphics and hangtags for various labels & brands. Other duties include design of prints, logos, presentation boards and specs for production.

luxury denim and fashion label. Duties included drawing very detailed flats & sketches of apparel as well as footwear and accessories for specs in illustrator. Some catalog design and constant updating of linesheets for buyers, and creating tech specs in Excel.

Assistant to art director for swimwear company. Duties included designing screens, creating color separations for prints, and designing logos and presentation boards.

Duties included doing CAD's and boards on Illustrator and Photoshop, cost sheets and acting as a liaison between production and design. FREELANCE OYP Apparel-Toronto, ON CAD designer of all sports garment technicals for this emerging company. Joe Fresh-Toronto, ON CAD & Technical Apparel Graphic Designer for girls. Tasks include designing graphics for t-shirts, prints & repeat patterns for girls and boys apparel. Hudson's Bay Company-Toronto, ON Apparel Graphic Designer for Hbc Disney license labels Alex Russo & Sonny Monroe. Tasks include designing repeats, t-shirt graphics and some accessories for these two labels. London Portfolio-NYC Studio Assistant. Assistant to sales reps as well at the InPrints Textiles Trade Show. Assisted in and doing the sales reps appointments. Other duties include assisting the art director studio is organized and running smoothly.

exclusive fashion label. Duties included design sketching, draping, pattern drafting and sewing for Winter collections assisted casting and production of Winter