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Associate Designer- Decorative Accessories at Pottery Barn Kids
Colleen Apgar
San Francisco, CA
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About
Apparel, accessory, and toy designer with nearly seven years of corporate design experience, and a strong emphasis on the children's market. Involved with all aspects of the design cycle, and capable of executing lines from concept, design, development and through out fittings and production.
Strongly skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
Proficient in Citrix - Momentis, Retail.com, MAC, PC, and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) -
Education
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Fashion DesignAcademy of Art University2004 - 2008• President’s Honor List • 3.45 gpa
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Experience
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Associate Designer- Janie and Jack LayetteGymboreeDec 2013 - Present (12 years 6 months)• Design boy and girl layette apparel and coordinating accessories
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Associate Designer- Crazy8 Newborn Boy & GirlGymboreeDec 2012 - Present (13 years 6 months)• Solely design full collections for both newborn girl and boy covering categories in knits, wovens,
denim, sleepwear, swim, shoes, and all coordinating accessories.
• Design full layette collections for boy, girl, and uni covering multiple knit categories and coordinating
accessories.
• Present trend and concept to high level and cross-functional teams. -
Associate Designer- Crazy8 Baby GirlGymboreeJul 2012 - Dec 2012 (5 months)• Designed multiple full lines each season covering categories including but not limited to: tops,
bottoms, play wear, dresses, outerwear, sweaters, denim, and swim. -
Assistant Designer- Crazy8 Baby GirlGymboreeFeb 2011 - Jul 2012 (1 year 5 months)• Researched and developed trends and concepts.
• Designed multiple full lines each season. -
Assistant Designer- Crazy8 Kid GirlGymboreeJul 2009 - Nov 2011 (2 years 4 months)• Designed full categories within a season to assist with the designers workload.
• Became solely responsible for designing a full line each season covering categories including but not limited to: tops, bottoms, play wear, dresses, outerwear, sweaters, denim, and swim.
• Simultaneously designed full lines in both kid girl and baby girl. -
Design Intern- Crazy8GymboreeSep 2008 - Jul 2009 (10 months)• Assisted the designer in black and white sketching as well as coloring of CADs.
• Attended fittings and assisted with changes.
• Organized and commented on artwork submits to insure quality of final products, and communicated any changes to factory agents. -
Design Interngr.danoJan 2007 - Aug 2007 (7 months)• Developed patterns based on the designer’s sketches and produced sample garments.
• Aided in the final cutting of fabric for pre-production and assisted in organizing cut pattern pieces.
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@colleenrb, member since 2014
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