Experience

Fownes Brothers & Co., Inc.

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Designer

  • Mar 2021 - Present



Burton Snowboards

• United States
• Sporting Goods
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accessories Developer

  • Oct 2018 - Feb 2021

  -Responsible & Accountable for the product development of categories including gloves, caps, beanies, face layer, socks, base layer & protection. -Daily use of Centric PLM for all BOM building, style comments, costing & sample tracking. -Collaborates with cross functional team including Creative, Merchandising & Technical design. -Daily communication with Asia & Europe vendors, including style comments, costing negotiations & detail clarification. -Manages the product life cycle at all stages, across multiple seasons, including DTC & Wholesale timelines. Prioritizes accordingly to ensure on time purchasing and delivery. -Works with cross functional team to flip categories to become more sustainable. Whether it be bluesign®, Leather Working Group, ZQ Merino & increasing the use of recycled polyester across Softgoods. With the new beanie line being 77% rPET & acrylic free and 100% of non-leather gloves being bluesign® approved. -Responsible for ensuring that all new products are submitted for Lab & Wear Testing. Processes feedback to ensure the best product is being offered to the consumer. -Inputs & reviews consumer-facing product copy. -International & Domestic travel to work through developments & build vendor relationships. Show less



The TJX Companies, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Development Specialist

  • Apr 2017 - Oct 2018

  -Spec bags, sketch flats on Adobe Illustrator, generate development tech sheets to send to Asia vendors.-Actively contributed to development meetings with design manager, product team and buyers where styles are reviewed and adopted. -Attended vendor meetings where relationships were built, styles comments given, and costing was negotiated.-Assisted in creating market trend books and trend boards for quarterly presentations.-Maintained detailed style files with all reference materials & trims for each bag. -Tracked and approved protos and communicated with Asia vendors about design & construction updates. -Received buyer units from all chains and worked to communicate all terms to achieve orders.-Took part in weekly branding meetings and communicated branding elements with vendor throughout the sampling process.-Tracked weekly selling reports for US & Canada stores to pick up what styles would have the best re-order potential.-Used Flex PLM to generate visual line boards. Show less

• Product Development Designer (Contract)

  • Aug 2016 - Mar 2017

  -Attended regular prototyping meetings for Merino, Cashmere, Novelty Wool and Cotton/Active programs. Worked alongside the product & buying team to design into the brief. -Designed jacquard artwork in Kaledo Knit to follow brand direction, and edited color on Kaledo Print.-Executed flats in Adobe Illustrator for women’s and juniors’ sweaters, as well as cut & sew on an as needed basis. -Created and organized all color cards for women’s sweaters, assisted with the juniors’ sweater team.-Researched trends for design direction Show less



The Putney School Summer Arts

• United States
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Fashion Design Teacher

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  The Putney School is a diverse boarding school with students from 27 different countries as well as from all over the United States. -Created lesson plans for the semester, entails going through the design process for children 14 to 18. -Taught the students different types of seams, trend analysis, mood boards, style board, color story, fashion history, fashion sketching, pattern making, and draping. With this knowledge they designed and constructed their own garments. Lesson plan was guided by what I learnt in my freshmen year of college. I was extremely proud of my students & their dedication to come into the sewing lab on their free time. -Putney’s first summer fashion show was put on where all students wore their final pieces. Show less



Chryssie's Bridal

• Canton, Ma

• Bridal Stylist

  • Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Chrissies Bridal is a small family owned bridal store selling a variety of wedding gowns. -Assisted women find the perfect dress for their body type, as well as their ideal style. -Booked appointments through bridal live and sent out confirmation emails. -Organized dresses by designer while learning their individual style. Chrissies Bridal is a small family owned bridal store selling a variety of wedding gowns. -Assisted women find the perfect dress for their body type, as well as their ideal style. -Booked appointments through bridal live and sent out confirmation emails. -Organized dresses by designer while learning their individual style.



CAPINC | A TriMech Company

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2014

  CAPINC is a 3D printing and SolidWorks CAD company that distributes their technology throughout New England to a variety of markets including fashion. -Designed symmetrical 3D printed shoulder pieces to be printed and incorporated into my senior collection. -Took part in cleaning the pieces for the nomadic culture collection that was in the 2014 International Interior Design Association (IIDA) fashion show; this collection won best use of material. This process gave me creative knowledge of how unusual materials can be incorporated into fashion. -Participated on a team that went to MIT for a presentation to show the club Design for America how to use SolidWorks. -Photographed all the pieces in each of the company’s three locations so that the company can keep track of where each item is, making them easily accessible when they are needed for sales calls. Show less



Make it Sew

• Rutland, Vt

• Seamstress

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Make it Sew is one of the few alteration/design shops in Vermont. They do custom designs as well as alterations. Make it Sew is one of the few alteration/design shops in Vermont. They do custom designs as well as alterations.