Experience

Erica Shamrock Textiles

• United States
• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Sourcing Coordinator

  • Apr 2023 - Present

• Sourcing Coordinator

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Royal Heritage Home

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Designer

  • Apr 2019 - Mar 2022

  - Designed bedding/lifestyle products for multiple product categories: comforters, quilts, duvets, pillows, sheets, beach towels, bath towels, shower curtains, heated blankets, & throws. Working on development for 6-10 seasonal private label collections a year. - Created original artwork, concepts, CAD print designs, large-scale engineered prints, repeats, color-ways, technical specs, CAD product renderings/mockups for client presentations. - Collaborated directly with cross-functional teams to ensure calendar accordance and proper execution of quality product with smooth and seamless hand-off to production team. - Assisted Design Director with product development and sourcing for Rachel Ashwell Couture and Shabby Chic, meeting with brand to establish long term business goals and ensure a cohesive product transition. - Managed all product development for "back-to-school" brand Dormify. Including market research, sourcing new techniques, timeline development, designing bedding sets, coordinating sample development with overseas vendors, presenting to buyers, reviewing PP samples. Ultimately resulting in the placement of (14) bedding sets over two seasons, with reorders. - Managed all product development for two seasonal Robert Graham luxury bedding collections placing 4 duvets sets and 4 quilt sets along with a selection of decorative pillows. - Coordinated with overseas vendors to ensure timely product development. Sending technical specs, artwork with screen callouts for rotary printing, providing feedback and approvals on lab dips, hand tables, strike offs, product samples. With a focus on continuous improvement and building successful long-term relationships. -Styled and merchandised showroom for market presentations, with an emphasis on attention to detail and maintaining high visual merchandising standards. Show less

• Junior Designer

  • Jun 2017 - Dec 2018

  - Assisted Head of Design and Design Director in bedding development and artwork aquisition - Cleaned and reduced artwork files, put artwork into repeat ready for printing - Developed quilting and embroidery stitches for embellishments on quilts and decorative pillows etc - Speced bedding, beach, decorative pillow, and bath product for both development and production. Providing detailed information on fabric construction, cut and sew, and color. - Compiled a digital library of archival artwork and antique documents for easy access. - Maintained an organized studio, cataloged and archived all artwork, pantones, samples, and swatches. - Prepared packages for development and production. Sending out color standards, swatch references, separated CAD artwork ready for printing. Tracking packages and communicating with vendors to ensure timely delivery and receipt. Show less



Fashion Snoops

• United States
• Information Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Home Interiors Intern

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

• Pattern + Graphics Intern

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

  - Analyzed pattern direction from runway to retail to forecast burgeoning fashion & home interiors trends and support previous market predictions- Researched and developed relevant graphics to support overarching macro and micro trend stories on platform- Created original artwork and graphics available for download on FS platform- Authored merchandising copy for pattern and graphics/home interiors content on Fashion Snoops website- Built concept boards and palettes, created dynamic content layouts using Adobe Suite Show less

• Design Internship

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2016

  - Researched latest trends in fashion, home, textiles, color, and media to create mood boards. - Altered existing artwork through color, reducing, cleaning, reworking, and scaling to industry standard repeat sizes on Adobe Photoshop, Ned Graphics, and Adobe Illustrator. -Arranged product presentations for internal design meetings, meetings with upper management, and client meetings. - Kept an organized and streamlined studio environment, cataloguing samples, color chips, and artwork efficiently. Show less