Jen Daigneault
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About
I am a fashion industry professional with a diverse product design background in footwear, apparel and soft goods design. Designing great consumer focused product is my passion. I enjoy the entire process from concept to seeing my designs hit the market. I am hyper creative and love to ideate and build storyboards. I am advanced in Illustrator and create my own graphics and tech packs.
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Education
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Fashion Design FashionMassachusetts College of Art and Design2006 - 2010Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fashion Design 2010 Departmental Honors, GPA 3.75
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Experience
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Footwear Color and Materials DesignerASICSBoston, MAJan 2018 - Jun 2019 (1 year 5 months)Designing lifestyle and performance footwear collections for key accounts including Foot Locker, Footaction, Champs Sports, Eastbay, Lady Footlocker, Fleet Feet, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Marathon Sports, Kohls and Zappos.
• Presenting collections to key accounts.
• Creating all graphics and tech packs for each collection.
• Coming up with themes and creating story boards for collections.
• Travel for trend research, trade shows and sales meetings.
• Working with material developers to find new materials and techniques.
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Accessory Headwear DesigneradidasCanton, MANov 2014 - Dec 2017 (3 years 1 month)Designed accessory collections for licensed product including the NBA, NHL, MLS and UFC. My collections for 2016 included high profile products such as the NBA Draft Hat contributed to over 26 million dollars in revenue.
• Presented seasonal and special-make up collections.
• Created all graphics and tech packs for each collection.
• International and domestic travel for trend research, sales meetings, sports events for consumer research and vendor relations.
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Contract Children's Sweater DesignerTJXFramingham, MAMay 2013 - Nov 2014 (1 year 6 months)Created art, trend presentations, and seasonal color palettes for sweater group. I managed other designers when Head Designer traveled and trained new designers on different knit techniques and design programs including Illustrator and Generation Digital. I also presented seasonal collections to the Buyers.
• Created garment flats, graphics, bead, embroidery, and knit artwork layouts.
• Measured specs and updated tech packs.
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Contract Women's Sweater DesignerJ. JillQuincy, MAOct 2012 - Jan 2013 (3 months)Designed detailed sweater silhouettes, beading, embroidery and knit layouts. Set up all presentation boards for Head Designer and participated in meetings.
• Communicated with vendors daily.
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Freelance Apparel DesignerFreelancerBoston, MAJan 2011 - Oct 2012 (1 year 9 months)Worked with start-up apparel companies designing products as well as helping them create brand identity. Clients included streetwear, childrenswear and womenswear companies. I presented collections to owners and completed all graphic art, digital flats, specs and tech packs for each line.
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Textile Design AssistantKVA MatxBoston, MAAug 2009 - Oct 2009 (2 months)Designed and built solar textile prototypes for use in developing countries. Solar bags allowed clean and renewable energy to be harvested during the day creating extended time in the evening for studying and work. A collaboration with Timbuk2 messenger bags allowed visiting doctors to charge laptops and medical equiptment on the go.
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Apparel Design InternPumaBoston, MASep 2008 - Dec 2008 (3 months)Worked closely with head desginers on men’s and women’s product lines including running, golf and core collections. My daily tasks to support the team included creating and altering flats, setting up tech packs, participating in fit meetings, researching market trends, and setting up presentation boards.
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Awards
• ASICS Boston Marathon Gel-Cumulus 20 featured on Boston.com 2019
• ASICS "Dojo" Footwear Collection featured on Hypebeast 2018
• ASICS Tiger "Fuzzy Gel-Lyte MT" Sneaker featured on HighSnobiety 2018
• ASICS Tiger "Happy Chaos" Collection featured on The Source "Black Friday Releases You Don't Want to Miss" 2018
• adidas Headwear NBA "Geek Head" Collection featured on Hypebeast 2016
• Published in "Emerging Fashion Designers II" 2011
• Interview Weekly Dig May 2010
• Current Fashion Show 2010
• Wearable Art Fashion Exhibit 2010
• Off the Rack Fashion Show 2009
• All School Show 2009, 2010 (jury selected)
• The Art of Fashion Exhibit 2008
• Behind the Seams Fashion Show 2008 -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@jen_daigneault, member since 2010
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