Experience

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  Riley Blake Designs

  • Director of Design, Batiks

    • Sep 2023 - Present

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  Banyan Batiks by Northcott

  • Denver, CO

  • Design Director

    • Jan 2017 - Sep 2023
    • Denver, CO

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  EBI Fabrics Corp Cottons Division

  • All Things Creative

    • Oct 2014 - Sep 2023

    Responsibilities include development of design ideas, from color to motif and story, design of merchandising and marketing campaigns to promote collections from both inhouse designers and licensed. Recruitment of designers to fit within EBI Fabrics concepts. Following through the strikeoff phase and color selection. In charge of national sales force, developing new sales concepts, positioning collections in a competitive marketplace for a boutique type of offering; including email campaigns, social media, website, and large account maintenance and sales.

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  The Quilt Studio

  • Albany, New York Area

  • Independent Business Owner

    • Aug 2000 - Feb 2015
    • Albany, New York Area

    Developed a business focused on different aspects of the quilting industry including a design division, an education division, publication division and long arm service division.Design division focused on pattern design for technique driven projects that were distributed worldwide and fed the education and publication divisions. Design division also produced 300 batik designs in 2013 for production in Bali, used in the quilting industry as well as apparel.Education division focused on developing lectures and classes, nationwide. Classes also produced on Craftsy and Craft Daily.Publication division focused on submissions to major publications, McCall's Quilting, Quilter's Newsletter, Quick Quilts, Best Modern Quilts, Best Holiday Quilts, as well as a book publication with AQS Publishers, featuring a technique developed by The Quilt Studio.Longarm service division created a niche market with a two week turnaround, freemotion style quilting and teaching, for those every day quilting projects, culminating in over 1500 clients. 6 classes produced by F & W Media featuring this concept and skill.

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  Eagle's Eye

  • Conshohocken, PA

  • Assistant Fashion Designer

    • 1994 - 1998
    • Conshohocken, PA

    Market research, color story development, product development from sourcing trims, to designing sweaters, wovens and knits to coincide with the higher end market. From concept boards to catalog design, working in a smaller division of an established company allowed for immersion into all aspects of the process. Product placed in department stores, specialty boutiques, catalogs for Women's Wear. Also developed wovens and knits to enhance offerings at outlet stores.