Experience

PMI Worldwide

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Product Developer

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  • Supports the Product Creation team and leads the daily tasks associated with bringing to life new concepts and designs. • Manages end to end development of new products, colors, materials, finishes, and product graphics. • Responsible for color, material and finish development and approval for seasonal development. • Builds and maintains seasonal project tracking and calendars. • Responsible for new item creation, complete tech pack and BOM requirements, and communication to factories. • Proactively manages product development process, communicates relevant details such as timeline, samples needed, creative guidelines, and product integrity standards. • Maintains open communication with our internal factory managers and supplier partners. • Works with internal teams and external vendors to get pricing, item details, templates, and any other pertinent details during development. • Responsible to confirm all new products meet testing requirements and testing documentation is completed and recorded. • Actively participates in quality reviews of samples and shipments. • Responsible for accurate tracking and communication of status to all stakeholders. • Manages physical samples on and offsite. • Ensure development samples are organized, accessible, and managed through seasonal storage and archives. • Manages projects / processes / workflows that typically impact multiple internal clients and many external customers. • Brings accountability, clear communication, and proactive execution. Show less



Nordstrom

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Print Designer

  • Jul 2021 - Nov 2022

  Creates new, original prints and pattern designs for target market Re-renders styles and create repeats with limited information Presents and communicates visually to team patterns and color concepts Delivers results within budget expectations and understand financial impact of decisions Conducts research to support print design and color pattern direction Researches and reports on industry print and art related trend direction, color direction, and technique innovations Creates new, original prints and pattern designs for target market Re-renders styles and create repeats with limited information Presents and communicates visually to team patterns and color concepts Delivers results within budget expectations and understand financial impact of decisions Conducts research to support print design and color pattern direction Researches and reports on industry print and art related trend direction, color direction, and technique innovations



Soft Surroundings

• United States
• Retail
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Designer/Product Development for Home & Non-Apparel and Associate Textile Designer

  • Oct 2020 - Jul 2021

  Designs all Home and Non-Apparel products from development to finished product (35% of the business) Works with 2 other textile designers in desgning all of the prints and yarn dyes for Apparel. Designs all of the embroidery needs for Apparel Provides design/print development packages in complete layout principles to vendors with print, size, and color standards Completes timely aprpoval of all strike-os and samples for coloration and design Designs all Home and Non-Apparel products from development to finished product (35% of the business) Works with 2 other textile designers in desgning all of the prints and yarn dyes for Apparel. Designs all of the embroidery needs for Apparel Provides design/print development packages in complete layout principles to vendors with print, size, and color standards Completes timely aprpoval of all strike-os and samples for coloration and design



Belk

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Textile Designer

  • Jan 2019 - Jul 2020

• Assistant Textile Designer

  • Jul 2017 - Jan 2019



Renfro Corp

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Assistant Intern

  • May 2017 - Jul 2017