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Serving as adjunct faculty at woodbury university in burbank california with classes in fashion business practices and costume design. international and national travel to new york city

Europe and asia.

Senior Manager, Design & Product Development

Engineering & Production

I grew up in Orange County, California with interests in wellness and outdoor activities from skateboarding, surfing, biking, and snowboarding to name a few.  The SoCal lifestyle has influenced my design aesthetic. I am a seasoned designer with experience in the process and challenges of product management.  Having owned and operated my own start up clothing company, Max & Bean I understand the importance of developing relationships with manufacturers and vendors to form a mutually profitable business.   My design background is an advantage to maintaining design’s overall vision throughout the product development process.  My experience in the girls market has allowed me to gain extensive knowledge in all fabric and trim categories.

Design, coordinate, and organize the flow of pre-production and shipping of various samples and stock for a women’s garment-dye start up business. Having managed my own apparel company I have full understanding of design and execution processes and calendars, requiring a very hands-on approach to problem solving and time management.

Set creative direction, design, merchandise, and execute brand strategy for a multi-channel tween start up business.  Plan line architecture for all channels of business (Wholesale, Off-price, E-commerce) based on market positioning, financial plans, and sales projections, while executing the brands’ point of view from design concept to fulfillment. Through the experience of my previous positions I have developed a strong foundation that has offered me a full understanding of how to bundle resources and capabilities, to form and use core competencies to implement business strategies to grow a start up.

Managing Member

Strategically planned line architecture for all categories based on fashion trends, business needs, financial plans/OTB, and historical data for the girl’s division including apparel and accessories.  Direct seasonal design concepts that align with our company’s design, buying, and merchandising line plan. Supervised product development and technical design teams to overhaul a bottleneck and severely backlogged proto/fit schedule. Partnered with planning team to liquidate aged inventory by season and presented clearance programs to the executive teams by category with in store timeline for rollout. Overall assessment of the girl division work flow and implemented a T&A schedule and calendar processes for design, PD, Buying, Tech Design, Marketing, Sales, and production.

Senior Director, Creative Design

Set creative direction for four seasonal design collections per year while reducing cost to improve margins.  Executing design line plans for each unique business needs: US, EU wholesale, majors, exclusives, and retail. Director of design concepts, resources, fabric, print, yarn, trim, graphics and key items to design team, managing concept dissemination to accessories design team and licensees of Baby Juicy, Shoes, Jewelry, and Handbags.

Design Director, Kids

Designed and executed seasonal collections for the girl’s business, including trend direction, sample development, pattern and fit, sourcing minimums, and adhering to sales plan. Successfully launched Teenie Infant division. Developed close relationships with merchandising team to improve value equation while increasing margins across key categories.

Senior Designer

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