Susan Stevenson

JANEX, Inc./MALIBU FUN STUFF, Inc. - Malibu, CA * TOYMAX, Inc. - Plainview, NY

NORTH AMERICAN BEAR TOYING AROUND - Huntington, NY

Freelance Fashion Designer - Custom clothing alterations on couture gowns and costuming.

Managed all aspects of product design and development overseeing each project for every license from inception through production. Supervised a core of designers, freelance illustrators, graphic designers, mechanical artists, sculptors and seamstresses. Creative Manager - Managed licenses and developed new lines for: Precious Moments Susan Wheeler Nick & Nora Santana Kewpie Holiday Bears for a Cause Raggedy Ann & Andy Lou Rankin Baby Dakin Kinkade Wyland SUSAN GUINTHER STEVENSON 843-810-8697 [email protected]

- Designed and engineered products, overseeing each item from inception through production. Created fun toys within cost parameters that remain aesthetically pleasing. Produced designs, sketches, production patterns, hand samples, sourcing, specifications., technical drawings for printing and embroidery. Client List includes:

Led brainstorming meetings. Designed and developed soft toys, and mechanical plush line. Liaised with vendors and managing freelance illustrators, and sample makers.

Designed and developed soft toys and dolls supervised prototype and production samples. Managed design, sample making, and finishing department. Liaised with China for production.

GOFFA USA - CAMBRIDGE TOY CO., Inc. - San Francisco, CA * PLANET BONEHEAD, Seabrook Island, SC * PEP DIRECT, LLC. - Wilton, NH * CONVERTIBLE DESIGNS - Fair Lawn, NJ * CRAYOLA, BINNEY & SMITH - Easton, PA * DSI, Inc. - Houston, TX * FISHER PRICE, Inc. - East Aurora, NY * GREAT AMERICAN TOY CO., LLC. - Plainview, NY * HERO BUILDERS, Inc.. - Danbury, CT * IMAGINE TOY DESIGN, LTD. - Brightwaters, NY * SAGEKING - Harrisburg, PA * TOY ISLAND, LI & FUNG GROUP - New York, NY Meet demands and needs of each client from product design and development overseeing each item from inception through production. Created fun, cute toys, insure product manufacturability and adherence to cost / target profit margin goals. while remaining aesthetically pleasing.