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Assistant Designer
Chinese Laundry
Los Angeles, CA
Sep 2016 - Sep 2020 (4 years)
Assist CL by Laundry head shoe designer/line builder and brand manager, assist with seasonal design concepts, study markets to establish trends, produce clear and detailed sketches, create technical packages with specs and materials to overseas development teams, work with Microsoft Office/AS400 systems, create prototype and sample requests, name shoe styles for line and customers, keep track of all samples, follow up with China on sample arrivals, review line sheets before major shoe shows, and work with sales reps, sample, purchasing and customer service departments.
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Sales Advisor/Shipment Lead
Hennes & Mauritz
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
May 2009 - Oct 2016 (7 years 5 months)
Merchandise departments based on research trends and color stories, train new employees, lead in processing new and replenishing shipment and maintaining stock room organized by company corporate standards.
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Design Assistant Intern
Self Esteem Clothing
Montebello, CA
Jun 2015 - Jul 2015 (1 month)
Design Assistant- Juniors Apparel
Assisted head juniors designer, created fabric dye cards for dye house, created cut tickets for cutters, worked with Garment Base Pro, completed purchase orders, organized department trims for designers/pattern makers, organized pattern cards, tech packs and cut tickets, finished (some hand sewing) sample garments, photocopied garments for upcoming seasons.
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Costume Design Intern
CSULB Theater Costume Shop
Long Beach, CA
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015 (3 months)
Theater Costume Shop Design Assistant
Worked with head designers, assisted with several productions-focusing on "Eurydice" by Sarah Ruhl, alterations, fabric dyeing, costume sewing construction using industrial machines, created theater props, assisted in costume fittings/took notes on fit, and attended rehearsals with production crew.
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Design Assistant Intern
Groceries Apparel
Los Angeles, CA
Mar 2012 - May 2012 (2 months)
Design Assistant- Organic Apparel
Assisted head designer and owners, organized collection and color swatches from look book, assisted with processing shipment to vendors.
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Technical Design Intern
Genetic Denim
Los Angeles, CA
Feb 2011 - May 2011 (3 months)
Design Assistant- Denim
Assisted technical designer in denim fittings, measured denim fit samples, produced Excel measurement spreadsheets, organized new collections based on look book.