Denis Lates: Design Lead in Fircrest, WA

06/19 Lead designer for men's outerwear, swim, and lounge. Managing a team of two direct reports, two cad designers and one graphic designer in collection development. Focusing on growing the franchise items and developing trend items. 04/20 Head of men concept working on runway reports, forecasting upcoming season and color direction. 08/20 Lead designer of Boys responsible for knit, sweater, eece and lounge assortment. Managing a team of one direct report, two cad designer and two graphic designers. Creating commercial designs that re ect the conceptual direction and business strategy of the company.

Managed a team of nine direct reports for design and development for all men's knit categories. Partnered with overseas factories to optimize designs and minimized rework cost by working with manufacturing, assembly, product development, and staging personnel - internal and external. Worked directly with technical design team to ensure t and production was consis- tent with brand vision. Designed all product for basic silhouettes which consisted of $300M in sales annually.

Designed and developed all knit and sweater categories across seven private label brands and partnered with design director leadership to create on trend and engaging product presenta- tion. Optimized designs and work with production designers to execute overarching ideas, re-purposed work, or design from scratch.

Supported factory through the development of new silhouettes, sweater, and stitch develop- ment. Building relations with the Sales team for better understanding on selling product based on trend deck for new seasons. Created a library of stitches in core yarns for future develop- ment. PROFICIENCIES Flex PLM / Web PDM Adobe Creative Suite Microsoft O ce Programs Sketch/Technical Drawing In-Depth Knowledge of Fabric, Printing, and Wash Process