Experience

Atlantis Sportswear Inc.

• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Artroom and Design Director

  • Oct 2011 - Present

  • Lead all art room graphic design and screen print preparation. • Designed seasonal high school spirit wear graphics and collections for over 100 schools each season. • Designed graphics for a large variety of customers: local businesses and high schools, Ron Jon Surf Shop, the United States Air Force Museum, the University of Dayton bookstore, the United States Naval Academy’s spirit stores, Bethany Beach Surf Shop, and over 100 Kroger stores. • Created original artwork for men, women, teens, children, and infants for a large variety of garment styles. • Worked directly with customers and managed all custom artwork approvals and mock ups and obtained approvals. • Ensured proper graphic size and placement, spot colors, and production ready color separations with appropriate underlays. • Prepped artwork for production for multiple large scale customers: Knights Apparel, Adidas/Reebok, Fanatics, Ripple Junction, J. America Sportswear, and Barstool Sports. • Worked with the screen room to ensure artwork was screen ready on films as well as the direct to screen printer. • Managed all on-going production artwork in order to keep ahead of the production schedule and made any necessary adjustments to artwork on press to ensure customer satisfaction. • Assisted production with catching when necessary. Show less



Justice

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Designer - Girlcare

  • Oct 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Designed personal care assortment for girls 8-14 years old including: cosmetics, fake nails/polishes/decals, hair brushes and hair colors, fragrances, spa, lip gloss, anti-bacterial, and giftable seasonal items from concept to factory production and store delivery. • Launched new girlcare product lines: anti-bacterials, lip glosses, and body mists. • Developed and maintained merchandising boards for concept, trend, development, and in office presentation. Board and sample set up for seasonal milestone meetings. • Created tech packs, art direction, vector sketches, and monthly trend forecasts. • Coordinated with cross functional teams of graphics, prints, and merchants and executed daily vendor communications and sample production comments. • Maintained and organized retail and pre-production samples. • Attended fit sessions with technical designer. • Maintained seasonal deliveries in Web PDM. • Assisted Accessories and Lifestyles teams with sketches, tech packs, and sample organization. Products included backpacks, belts, purses, footwear, mini lockers, initial pillows, journals, and other girls products. • Communicated daily with factories on the development of TOP samples and sourced products and textiles. Show less



Carter's | OshKosh B'gosh Genuine Kids

• New York, NY

• Design Intern

  • Jul 2010 - Mar 2011

  • Assisted the girls team seasonal line development from concept to final product for cut & sew, wovens, sweaters, outerwear, and denim. • Aided in fabric, trim, art/print/pattern, silhouette direction, and development using trend research and competitor analysis. • Sketched garment CADs for presentation boards, working boards, and tech packs for vendors. • Maintained all samples: retail, pre-production, and current collections. • Maintained all textile development for print/pattern, embroidery/applique techniques, construction techniques, Pantone matching, and fabric quality. • Executed comments for vendors/factories and maintained/updated brand assortment in Web PDM/PLM. Show less



University of Cincinnati

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Worker

  • Apr 2009 - Jun 2010

  Desk attendant in the School of Design at the college of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. Supported the Assistant Director and school faculty with basic clerical duties and helped callers and visitors with all inquiries. Desk attendant in the School of Design at the college of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. Supported the Assistant Director and school faculty with basic clerical duties and helped callers and visitors with all inquiries.



Kohl's

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Design Intern

  • Jan 2010 - Mar 2010

  • Worked with the infant/toddler design team developing seasonal apparel line delivery from concept to consumer for First Moments and Jumping Beans brands. • Provided market research (silhouette, trim, word play, and artwork/print/pattern trends), created presentation merchant boards for milestone meetings, and worked with technical designers and merchants. • Developed color palettes and fabric, art, trim, and silhouette direction. Assisted in color, art, and placement approvals. • Sketched CADs in Illustrator and developed tech packs for cut and sew/wovens/fleeces. • Maintained seasonal assortment in Web PDM. Show less



Costume Castle

• Loveland, Ohio

• Costume Designer

  • Jan 2009 - Sep 2009

  • Designed original historical costumes for specific characters and to fill voids in rental inventory. • Sketched characters, hand drafted patterns, determined appropriate textiles, constructed/sewed costumes, and added hand craft touches. • Pulled existing costumes, garments and accessories, for each character in full cast production rentals. • Assisted customers with individual rentals in specialty retail environment. • Altered inventory costumes for fit and repair. Show less



Evenflo Company, Inc.

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant to Fashion Stylist

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  • Created and selected fashion fabric for infant and toddler car seats to support the customer base. • Created original artwork for print design and prepared repeat patterns, color separations, and artwork specs. • Provided fashion trend analysis, renderings, fashion presentation boards, and sample selections to both internal and external customers. • Provided construction and color approvals to ensure that fabric suppliers produced fabric to meet expected color standards. Analyzed, reviewed, and provided detailed feedback to Fabric Procurement. • Provided fashion analysis with Sales and Marketing to identify fashion fabric needs by account. • Provided Fashion Operations with written work orders for sample room execution. • Sustained cost guidelines on infant and toddler car seats set by Marketing. • Designed car seat samples by selecting fabrics consistent with the season’s required price and fiber content. • Created digital renderings in Photoshop using selected fabrics. Show less