Paige Butler

Previously Associate Designer at Jerry Leigh
-Develop and manage crossfunctional development calendar
-Overseeing sample development overseas and domestically
-Develop seasonal accessories/ gift with purchase items
-Teaming with patternmaker for fit/pattern development
-Approving lab dips, strike offs, art size and placement etc
-Managing costing techpacks/logs
-Fit, fabric and trim sourcing
-Occasional travel to meet with buyers
-Sketching/CADS
-Linesheets
-Rendering prints, colors and textures for realistic CADS/sketches
-Linesheets/ Mood Boards/ Art Direction
-Creating style numbers, BOMS/tech packs
-Teaming with license department for art approvals/development
-Managing corporate credit card and expense reporting

Key Categories: Mens & womens denim, wash development, kids tees & denim
Started out as a temp and brought on full time.
- Key member of small team with high company-wide impact and profit
- Creating linesheets, style numbers, detail sheets
- Handling domestic development with local vendors
- Traveling to factories to help increase productivity and problem solve
- Designing thread combos, prints, overdyes, fits and pocket embellishments
- Establishing and designing successful kids line featuring denim and knits
- Teamwork with fellow design team on season trend and color research
- Building and managing wash standard procedure
- Managing garment from concept to proto to production
- Oversaw assistants in sampling
- Writing development POs with Full Circle

fashion editorials for largest English-Korean entertainment news site -Keeping to deadlines -Researching trends and celebrity news for fashion based articles -Creating "Grab the look" type articles by re-creating celebrity looks in modest price point

-Technical & Flat sketching
-Creating techpacks with technical sketches, target specs and construction notes
-Specing garments for fit

Designer for Men's Outlet Knits, Tees, Wovens, Active Wear, Non-denim/Outerwear.

-Managed sampling and protos
-Creating thumbnails and BOMS/detail sheets for techpacks
-Graphic and embroidery placement
-Handled import development with vendors across the globe
-Trend research and color development
-Plaid and print development
-Managed sampling and protos
-Built presentations for key internal meetings
-Lead and participated in fittings