Catherine Huss: Technical Designer | Former ROXY, prAna, Mitchell & Ness in San Diego, CA

• Design, sketch, create tech packs for women’s swim, communicate with patternmaker and factories • Design and source sustainable materials, trims and packaging • Manage development, production, timelines and operations

• Manage Technical Design Department for Men's, Women's, Kids and Accessories • Create tech packs and technical sketches • Manage tech specs • Design and develop new Women's styles • Communicate all fit comments with overseas factories

• Create hundreds of tech packs for licensed sports league apparel • Edit and recolor logo graphics in Adobe Illustrator

Create initial tech packs, flat sketches and specs, develop grading for newborn to 5T, send comments to overseas factory.

• Manage Technical Design Department for 4 brands, 200+ SKUS, kids and women's • Measure all samples and manage tech specs • Communicate all fit comments with overseas factories • Create and maintain grade rules • Create tech packs and technical sketches.

Personally style hundreds of clients (Women & Men) each month using an online styling platform.

Technical Designer • Create tech packs and communicate all fit comments with factories. • Measure all samples and manage tech specs. • Schedule and manage fittings with models, analyze fit of all garments on fit models. • Create technical and flat sketches for all garments with Adobe Illustrator. Pattern Maker • Create 1st patterns from company blocks for Missy, Contemporary and Maternity cut and sewn knit and woven tops and dresses with Optitex. • Make pattern corrections up to pre-production patterns based on fit analysis. • Create and update pattern cards. • Work with sample makers and contractors to find efficient solutions for garment construction.

• Made flat patterns and samples for 15 different knit garments. • Conducted fittings and graded the final patterns.