Experience

SANTA FE APPAREL, INC.

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Designer

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Head Designer for women’s and men’s fashion lifestyle outdoor brand.- Manages T/A calendar and Line Development Plan for 4 lines: menswear: sportswear and outerwear, womenswear sportswear and outerwear, menswear: graphics, and womenswear: graphics- Manages Assistant Designer and Cad Artist workload.- Research seasonal trends and color for brand/ graphic development.- Works closely with sales/management to ensure seasonal product is in line with brand direction and costing requirements.- Branding/Graphic experience in creation of labels, hangtag development and marketing of product.



Bagatelle International Inc.

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

• Designer

  • Feb 2020 - Oct 2020

  • Design Sportswear collection including career jackets, casual third piece layering jackets, pants, and skirts.• Create Technical Packages for designs; including sketches, technical measurements, bill of materials and development detail pages.• Attend fittings, advise comments and update technical packages and sketches accordingly.• Review production trims and fabrics for approval.• Work with overseas factories to develop and maintain relationships; daily correspondence, sourcing fabrications, developing garments, and fostering new business.• Overseas travel and sourcing experience in China.• Merchandise the Seasonal Line in the showroom.

• Associate Designer

  • Feb 2019 - Feb 2020

• Assistant Designer - Product Development

  • Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

• Fabric Coordinator and Product Development Assistant Designer

  • Feb 2018 - Oct 2018



The TJX Companies, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Development Assistant Designer

  • Sep 2016 - Feb 2018

  - Sketch flats, create colorways, coordinate and edit artwork, source fabrics, collect concept samples and update ladder plan designs.- Attend print and fabric shows, hand off, detail, fit and buyer meetings with the design team to prototype, edit, and finalize the set looks.- Update the design board with each set design number, catalog all notes and previous revisions into the current ladder plan binder for reference.- Prepare design packages including flat sketches, colored minis, artwork, details, concepts, fabric samples and pantones to be sent to the factories.- Maintain and organize the pantone library, isolate used colors onto separate boards and update color swatches for the appropriate season.- Continually research trends and color utilizing trend forecasting services.



Steve Madden

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  - Assisted designers with the setup and take down of the show room.- Specced and illustrated handbags in Illustrator.- Photographed and tagged sample bags for the design library.- Organized and shipped inventory to manufacturers and designers.- Worked with senior designers in preparation for the upcoming season. - Assisted designers with the setup and take down of the show room.- Specced and illustrated handbags in Illustrator.- Photographed and tagged sample bags for the design library.- Organized and shipped inventory to manufacturers and designers.- Worked with senior designers in preparation for the upcoming season.