Antonia Marie

-Communicating with mills both domestically & internationally to develop fabric and negotiate
-Assisting Contract/Residential studios to create sample books & input product information
-Collaborating with the Merchandising/Purchasing departments in order to stock all showrooms
-Working in conjunction with Sample Books and IT to make sure all product information prints on
books/samples correctly & attending meetings in order to address problems that arise
-Providing tech support to the department as well as the owner with printers, iPhones, & iPads
-Working on Licensing programs of Kate Spade, Candice Olson, Jonathan Adler, & Michael Berman
-Responsible for gathering spec information and set up of 2000-3000 SKUS annually & the person in charge of all wallpaper items

-Created high-end luxury carpet designs for residences, boutiques, and private planes using Nedgraphics Texcelle and in-house software
-Tested and provided feedback to developers for in-house software
-Taught designers how to use software using google hangout
-Used Oracle to respond to and fulfill design requests from salespeople across the United States
-Met with clients & salespeople to discuss design solutions
-Inserted carpet designs into CAD drawings of rooms for clients and manufacturers

-Worked under tight deadlines to create store planograms of up to 100 products based on one idea or piece of artwork
-Products that were created were storage boxes, wine cases, pens, paper pads, gift bags, stickers, notepads, and so on (please see website)
-Developed new types of products that were manufactured and sold to stores like Bed Bath & Beyond and Target
-Finalized paper products once they were sold and sent them to production

-Used Photoshop to color reduce artwork to be made into kitchen towels & various other products
-Created store planograms of multiple kitchen items for retailers such as Bed Bath and Beyond, Target, & Christmas Tree Shops
-Utilized Illustrator to design new items like oven mitts, placemats, and potholders

-Internship was in collaboration with the Mark and Pearle Clements Award at Syracuse University
-Researched for and created hand painted options for various designs of mostly apparel end-use
-Helped to translate articles and directions from Italian to English
-Assisted product development section in the accessories department to choose designs for upcoming Paul Smith line

Worked in-house and at home for Limited Brands to create original tee shirt designs and organize fashion line sheets for a few short-term projects

-Researched upcoming trends for bed and bath lines
-Designed bed components (specifically pillows) and created pillow and bed flats
-Created production specs of finished goods for manufacturers in China
-Went trim shopping for bedding components and prepared showroom for market

-worked at a leather accessories company located near the Ponte Vecchio that designs handbags and belts and creates them by hand
-duties included cutting patterns for bags by hand and with machinery, painting, riveting, and assisting in design decisions

Worked in-house in NYC a few days a week in CAD department color reducing and separating fabric/artwork and creating colorways