PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Creative professional with over 15 year of experience in apparel design and product development across an array of categories - Tops, Bottoms, Dresses, Outerwear, Swim, Sweaters, Denim, Sleep, and Accessories
Team Collaborator with mentoring and management experience and cultivating strong cross-functional partnerships
Thorough understanding of the product lifecycle from concept to production with a demonstrated history of creating and tying aspirational concepts to business strategies to create a well-balanced assortments with both innovation and key comps, while embodying the brand identity
Extensive knowledge of brand calendars, fabric R&D & PLM
EXPERIENCE
FABKIDS | San Francisco, CA Oct 2019 - Oct 2024
Senior Designer - Girls Apparel & Accessories
• Collaborates with Director to build concepts & assortments for Girls Apparel
• Is responsible for designing all Girl categories - knit, woven, denim, sweater, swim, active, sleep, underwear, & accessories for girl & boy
• Manages Assistant Designer in growing into their role - including overseeing sketching, fit & sketch pass off sessions, & touch base meetings
• Collaborates with Head of Print & Graphics for new season ideas and direction & mill sheet details
• Presents product & trend in various brand meetings
• Participates in trend & competitor research by shopping the local market or other US markets
• Ensures that product is consistent with market trends & business strategy
• Collaborates with merchandising team to build an assortment that drive newness & fuels best-selling favorites
• Manages fabric & trim R&D for the brand
• Responsible for product development & communication
• Creates & updates BOMs in PLM creates design line sheets for girls apparel.
• Responsible for communicating details of designs with the technical designers.
• Lead & attends fit sessions to ensure product fit is consistent with our brand & safety standards
CRAZY 8 | San Francisco, CA Dec 2017 - Jan 2019
Designer - Girls Apparel
• Designs & oversees all kid girl apparel from concept to production - woven, knit, denim, sweaters
• Provides reliable & responsible support to design director & VP
• Works closely with director & VP on concept & big ideas for new seasons
• Works with associate designer to share ideas, & align on styles as needed for toddler girl
• Manages assistant designer with sketching, tasks & time management
• Research current young adult & womenswear trends & translate them into style stories with big ticket key items within shop concepts
• Develop fabric, sweater yarn & trims for development for each season
• On boards new team members & freelancers
• Lead & attend sketch, fittings & product review with cross-functional teams
• Present new season concepts to leadership team & cross-functional partners
• Knowledgeable of production calendar for deadlines
• Produce sketches, compose SISs, organize sketches, use Illustrator & Momentis daily
GYMBOREE | San Francisco, CA Oct 2016 - Dec 2017
Designer - Girl Apparel
• Designed sweaters & knits categories from concept to production
• Mentored assistant designer with sketching, tasks & time management
• Developed sweater yarn & knit fabrication
• Oversaw woven & trims development with associate & assistant designers
• Research current trends in children’s & womenswear market
• Lead & attend sketch, fittings & product review with cross-functional teams
• Present new season concepts to leadership team and cross-functional partners
• Create and maintains current season binders with product information
• Knowledgeable of production calendar for deadlines
• Produce sketches, compose SISs, use Illustrator & Momentis daily, review fabric information on sketches with manager
GYMBOREE | San Francisco, CA Jun 2014 - Oct 2016
Associate Designer - Toddler Girl Apparel
• Designed complete collections & smaller capsules from concept to production
• Developed trims & woven fabric with assistant designer
• Research current trends in children’s & womenswear market
• Attend sketch, fitting & product review with cross-functional teams
• Create seasonal binders with SISs & line sheets
• Sketch, compose SISs, review fabric information on sketches with manager, use Illustrator & Momentis daily
OLD NAVY | San Francisco, CA Jan 2013 - May 2014
Assistant Designer - Toddler Girl
• Ownership of woven tops & skirts, & knit styles exclusive for web
• Research current trends in children’s & womenswear market
• Led sketch reviews, fittings, costing meetings with cross-functional partners
• Assembled BOMs, fabric & color/print lists, created seasonal binders
• Use Illustrator and PLM daily
OLD NAVY | San Francisco, CA Jul 2010 - Jan 2013
Assistant Designer - Newborn
• Designed with manager holiday capsules and for knit-based collection called Essentials
• Extrapolated partial designs idea into full garments from senior designer
• Assisted in creating brand messages throughout the entire baby department
• Attended fittings & details with cross-functional partners
• Assembled BOMs, fabric and color/print lists
• Create seasonal binders with style sheets, wash targets, CADs, color chips
• Created an organized & functional fabric library for the team
• Use Illustrator & PLM daily
OLD NAVY | San Francisco, CA Sept 2008 - May 2010
Design Intern
• Supported the entire baby design department with BOMs, Line Sheets, FTP lists and color chip boards
• Sketch, edit and contributed to designing garments
• Use Illustrator & Excel Daily
• Filed fabric headers
• Receive, unpack & organize Line Adoption samples & strike offs
• Cut, Organize & file CADs
• Attend meetings & assist assemble concept boards
TEA COLLECTION | San Francisco, CA Feb 2008 - April 2008
Design Intern
• Worked with Senior Tech designer to measure samples
• Filed materials, organized samples & strike-offs
• Attended fittings
SKILLS
Proficient in Abode Illustrator, PLM, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint
Excels with Organization, Time Management, Eye for Detail, Communication, Collaberation
Trend Forecasting, Innovation, Fashion, Garment Construction
education
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS | San Francisco, CA
Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree in Fashion Design