Experience.

Orvis: Remote

Product Designer – Women’s Apparel

April 2023-Present

• Lead the Women’s seasonal design direction; creating color palettes, seasonal kickoff presentations and finding alignment across Men’s & Women’s product briefs

• Actively researches product influences: trend, market, activities, field use and customer insights data; and applies those learnings to the collection

• Supervises and mentors Assistant Designer; teaching the process from design to execution as well as managing her team

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure successful design, quality, cost targets and compliance standards

• Provides design point of view, alongside the merchandising team, on seasonal perfect pairings and floor sets

Garnet Hill: Exeter, NH

Designer – Apparel & Footwear

July 2021-March 2023

• Designs and delivers market-relevant products which strengthen brand image and line growth across multiple Women’s Apparel & Footwear categories

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure successful design, quality, cost targets and compliance standards

• Supervises and mentors Assistant Designers with product design and development from technical sketching to PLM tech pack creation and sample review/fittings

• Visits domestic and international partners to strengthen vendor relationships, improve

  processes and oversee new development

• Creates and communicates succinct and effective milestone meeting materials, such as trend insights, concepts, and prototypes

Associate Designer – Apparel & Footwear

March 2018-June 2021

• Designed and delivered market-relevant products which strengthen brand image and line growth across multiple Women’s Apparel & Footwear categories

• Exceeded all company targets for growth of designated categories

• Coordinated and executed all design and print/pattern work according to strict development calendar deadlines and requirements

• Created technical sketches and recolored, cleaned, and created callouts for new prints and patterns

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure successful design, quality, cost targets and compliance standards

• Created and communicated succinct and effective milestone meeting materials, such as trend insights, concepts, and prototypes

Assistant Designer – Apparel & Footwear

July 2016-March 2018

• Oversaw and assessed all factory submits

• Created technical sketches and recolored, cleaned, and created callouts for new prints and patterns

• Maximized department performance and ensured adherence to company-wide development calendar timeline

Haddad Brands: New York, NY

June 2015-June 2016

Assistant Designer – Levi Strauss Kids

• Created, maintained and updated tech packs using Style Sheet PLM system

• Sketched digital CAD designs in Illustrator

• Worked closely with sourcing, production, technical design, fabric and sales team to ensure quality of product and design direction

• Assembled design assortments, catalogs and sales requests

• Maintained sampling chart for quantities ordered each season

• Contributed to seasonal trend direction, color selection and line development