Experience

Gina Group

• United States
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Footwear Designer

  • Sep 2021 - Present



BEDGEAR

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Product Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Jan 2021



NoName

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

• Children's Footwear Designer

  • Dec 2017 - May 2020

  ● Product development, management and design for children’s shoes across multiple brands.● Responsible for overall product development setups, designs, cads, tooling updates, sampling management, and timeline management. ● Communicate with all levels of the internal and external organization’s to ensure product procurement deliverables are being met.● Generate new product ideas and concepts.● Travel domestically for trend research and forecasting (i.e: Upstate & Downstate NY, New Jersey, Florida, California)● Create design packets, presentation materials within each coinciding brands guidelines for all outlets as it relates to seasonal product development. ● Build and help maintain strong vendor relations maximizing quality with cost effective and timely manufacturing alongside partnering sales representative.● Create and Maintain development worksheets for all product by season for easy communication between myself and relating factory.○ Responsible for logging and documenting new product development specs, color swatches, comments, changes, and overall product decisions with proper dates ○ Communicate product direction and changes to vendors and factories accordingly.● Constant presentation of new products to internal teams to maximize on coordinated efforts, needs and requirements per brand and coordinating consumers● Work with external corporations/licensor teams and vendor partners from conception/sourcing to final product implementation.

• Assistant Designer

  • Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

  ● Aid in designs for multiple different brands alongside head designer’s.● Create CAD sketches & decks to present to prospective and current accounts. ● Create tech packs, print repeats and artwork for factories for sample development.● Coordinate data, specs by product using internal data entry for factory coordination.● Utilize trend research to help create trend presentations.● Work closely with sales and production teams.

• Sample Coordinator

  • Feb 2016 - Jul 2017

  ● Responsible for aiding all of the product development teams member’s in miscellaneous tasks.● Sample management and tracking for all deliveries.● Frequent factory communication regarding items on order as well as future product development.● Assist in photography for internal .com merchandising● Manage all overseas and domestic shipping coordination for incoming and outgoing samples.● Log and enter every product sample with coordinating code for easy referencing.● Manage showroom and material room organization and stocking.● Manage start up/keep up of new internal .com.● Aid in communication between designer and vendor.● Organize and maintain all samples by season and brand.



Fantasia Bridal Center

• Rocky Point, NY

• Retail Store Manager

  • Sep 2013 - Feb 2016

  ● Hands on training and education regarding buying process. ● Create and oversee visual merchandising for entire store, including bridal display. ● Frequent vendor communication and price point management. ● Maintain healthy ongoing client relationship’s. ● Obtain new and successful client relationship’s. ● Responsible for all clientele request’s regarding event specifics. ● Measure and tailor suits, tuxedos, formal wear for clientele. ● Responsible for management processes such as wholesale relations, inventory maintenance and replenishment, employee scheduling.



Gracious Home

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Buying Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - May 2015

  ● Generate new product codes using company software, AS400. ● Placement of purchase orders. ● Assist in buyer/vendor meetings, open to buy meetings, e-commerce meetings. ● Maintain organization and on going relationship throughout buying team, from associate to senior on daily basis. ● Renew brand placement and visual’s by store, weekly. ● Generate new product codes using company software, AS400. ● Placement of purchase orders. ● Assist in buyer/vendor meetings, open to buy meetings, e-commerce meetings. ● Maintain organization and on going relationship throughout buying team, from associate to senior on daily basis. ● Renew brand placement and visual’s by store, weekly.



Working Service Dog

• Bohemia, NY

• Production Assistant

  • Sep 2012 - Mar 2013

  • Worked closely with CEO to startup company which became very successful • Stocked and ordered inventory from international manufacturers, along with sewing and customizing products • Learned international communication techniques to order and restock new inventory • Packaged products, shipped products and checked inventory/sale status • Worked closely with CEO to startup company which became very successful • Stocked and ordered inventory from international manufacturers, along with sewing and customizing products • Learned international communication techniques to order and restock new inventory • Packaged products, shipped products and checked inventory/sale status