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About
Being one of many in my field of creatives I would like for you to understand how different I am from the rest. I would like to start with saying how diligent my work ethic is, I am always looking for a better way to get the job done and to create a great product that the client will love.
With my years of experience, my skills as a designer have developed to where I can confidently say I can handle anything given to me. Throughout my experience with product and packaging design and having designed for a range of different clients, I can definitely say I have a thorough understanding of the industry.
I would like nothing more than to share my ideas and talent with the right people and hopefully evolve even more as a designer.
I have many samples of work on my online portfolio at carlymae.carbonmade.com please take the time to view it, as I have many examples of my work. -
Education
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Bachelor of Fine ArtsKutztown University2010
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Experience
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Womens and Boys Footwear DesignerLJP InternationalEdison, NJDec 2015 - Present (10 years 6 months)I am responsible for designing footwear for our women’s line Mootsie Tootsies and our boy's line Ben Sherman ranging from casual to dress and special occasion. I am in charge of the entire design process from initial sketches to sample review. I follow trends within the market to help build a concept that would work for our customer by shopping certain markets and communicating with oversea vendors. I also have direct communication with our Asia office to make sure samples and materials are being developed in a timely manner so while I’m at the China office I can make my revisions and approvals for the line to fit our budget.
Skills Used: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Hand Sketching, Tech Packs, Spec's, Pattern Correcting, Merchandising. -
DesignerPayless Shoe SourceNew York, NYMay 2014 - Sep 2015 (1 year 4 months)I was responsible for designing footwear for kids and young teens, from everyday active wear to seasonal items. I worked with many different brands to create young and fun styles for both girls and boys that both the children and parents will love. I would follow trends within the market to help build a concept that was in trend for the season that made sense for each specific age group and gender. I also had a hand in the entire design process, from first design sketches, to creating mechanical tech packs to send to our production department, to corresponding with Asia about corrections on received samples, material changes and outsole development.
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@cleve612, member since 2015
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