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Surface Pattern Designer

Nina May

Palm Springs, CA
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    Nina May has a wealth of experience in textile and surface pattern design for Home Decor, Apparel and Fashion Dolls. Her specialties include: Research and Development, Color Trending, Concepts, Fashion Trending, Textile Design, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, Hand - Painted and or Embellished Fabric Art for Photo Models, Executive Approval and Prototypes, Control Art for Production. Collaborating with Managers, Designers and their Teams.

  • Education
    • Graphic Design
      Woodbury University
    • Textile Design, Fashion Illustration
      Otis College of Art and Design
  • Experience
    • Freelance Textile Design Sample Maker
      MGAE
      Los Angeles, CA
      Feb 2022 - Present (4 years 4 months)
      Fabric Art and accessory prototyping, hand painted accessories sample maker.
    • Consultant/Textile Designer
      Jakks Pacific
      Mar 2018 - Present (8 years 3 months)
      Digital Textile Design and Hand-Painted Fabric Art for Fashion Doll Prototyping
    • Consultant
      Hasbro Toys
      Burbank, CA
      Jul 2014 - Present (11 years 11 months)
      Textile Design and Development working with Girls Doll Design Managers and their teams. Repeat and Engineered Prints for: Disney Princess, Disney Prinsess Style, Equestria Girl's, Littlest PetShop, Blythe, My Little Pony, Disney Descendants, Frozen, Frozen 2, Disney Style Ariel and Mulan, Elena of Avolar and Marvel Comics. Create hand-painted embellishments and CAD textile designed fabric art for Executive Approval, Packaging, Photoshoots, Toy Fair and Production Prototypes.
    • Textile Design/ Sample Maker
      Spin Master Ltd
      Culver City, CA
      Apr 2006 - Present (20 years 2 months)
      Textile Design and Development for The Girl's Dolls Managers and their teams. Specializing in CAD Repeat Patterns, Engineer Prints, Control Art, Fashion Flats, PMS Color Matching, Hand painted techniques on fabric art. Created Prototype Samples for: Executive Approval, Packaging Photoshoots, Toy Fair and Production Soft Goods Samples. Brands: LIV Dolls Collections, La De Da Dolls Collections, Little Charmers, Masha and The Bear, Hatchimals and Candylocks, Mermaid High Dolls
    • Owner/Designer
      Nina May Designs
      Palm Springs, CA
      Jul 1996 - Present (29 years 11 months)
      Textile Designer and Development of Pattern Design, Fabric Art, Sample-maker. Digital design and custom hand-painting and embellishments on textiles for Fashion Dolls.
      Design, Development and sales of Home Decor, Tech and Apparel Products.
    • Freelance Textile Designer
      Jada Toys
      City of Industry, CA
      Aug 2021 - Sep 2021 (1 month)
      Digital Textile Design Development for B.Kind Doll Fashion, Color Styling and Print Trends. Repeats, Engineer Prints for Pre-Lim Concepts and Production Art.
    • Textile Designer
      Buff U.S.A.
      Jun 2014 - Apr 2018 (3 years 10 months)
      and Fashion Textile Trending and Color-Ways for Buff sports UV headwear. Designing Repeat patterns, textures and implementing seasonal themed collections for various sports including Fishing, Cycling, Yoga and Running. Design for Men, Women and Children. Creates CAD Templates, Color - Ways, Engineer and Repeat Patterns for production.
    • Fabric Artist
      Mattel Toys Inc
      El Segundo, CA
      Jul 1996 - Nov 2000 (4 years 4 months)
      Research and Development for Barbie Main Line Girl's Dolls Department. Instrumental in design and development creating hand-painted fabric art, CAD art with Adobe Creative Suite, Control Art, Sketching, Embellishments, Trend Boards, PMS Color Matching, Samples and Prototypes for Packaging Photoshoots, Toy Fair and Production. Brands: Barbie, Kelly, Tommy, Hello Kitty, Disney Princess, Generation Girls, My Scene, Holiday Barbie and Dream Halloween and Little Mommy.
  • Affiliations

    Freelancers Union

  • Industries
    • Apparel
    • Entertainment
    • Luxury Goods
    • Soft Goods
    • Sporting Goods
  • Skills
    • Art Direction
    • CAD Design
    • Creative Suite
    • Design Research
    • DIY
    • Product Design
    • Product Development
    • Rapid Prototyping
    • Textile Design
    • Trend Research
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