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Obtained a Masters Degree in Clothing, Textiles and Design. My central focus is to utilize my skills and talents in the area of apparel design, textile, and product development. My career goal is to obtain a position that requires detail product developing, visualizing, fashion sense and design principles. To develop successful, functional, comfortable, high quality apparel designs that will be an achievement for the company.

Specialties
• Visual Merchandising
* Visual Communication
• Trend Forecasting
• Art and Graphic Design
• Design Principles
• Software: Office Suites, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, PowerPoint, FreeBorders, W.I.P.

I most recently completed my position with Coldwater Creek and have finished my freelance designing for an overseas company, Moxi, In. I am currently seeking a full time position as an Apparel or Textile/Pattern Designer on the Northwest or East Coast. Please feel free to contact me at anytime.

My portfolio can be viewed at the link below:
http://www.coroflot.com/Erin_V_Dawson

- On the side hobby- I design greeting cards for Spirit Towels USA. (BSU, LSU,OR, TX,etc.)- Designs are made into greeting cards, invitations, posters, etc. for birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, celebrations, thank you, kid's cards, wedding, business, general, holiday, mother's day  and father's day.
- Designs are copyrighted and published and can be purchased online and in stores nationwide.

Moxi, In.- Sports and active wear brand for men based in India.
- Creating the color palette
- Designing sketch flats
- Developing a product line
- Research competitive brands
- Creating Color Ups
- Designing textiles/patterns
- Tech Packs

Freelance Apparel Designer

Click to edit position description- Provide input for tech packs, fittings and drawings in accordance to the requirements, designs, and product development specifications.
- Communicate on a daily basis with overseas vendors to ensure the product is being executed on the level of brand integrity
- Manage daily fit sessions and give feedback advising techniques for improvement
- Responsible for tracking samples from both internal and external business partners/vendors
- Ability to draw/sketch prototype with minimal product dimensions
- Identify technical design risks
- Ability to complete tech packets under supervision of senior team members
- Manage the TOP approval process and communicate information to and from the Distribution Center, while keeping the Technical Designer informed of any issues/concerns relating to the product.
- Assist the Senior Technical Designer and Technical Designer in maintaining the Time and Action

Technical Apparel Designer

- Create, edit and update Spec Sheets: BOM, Measurements, Fit comments, Grading
- Create Tech Packs: Specific apparel information on placement, measurements and overall look of garment
- Designed apparel designs for Fall 2014 product line.
- Measurements-Took measurements of fit samples, noted changes, adjustments to garments for improvements
- Photography of garments for official website-set up, lighting, display
- Photoshop photos-edited, cropped photos so they are visually appealing
- Upload and manage main website

Apparel Designer

- Creating designs in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, etc.
- Communicating with overseas vendors and manufactures
- Stay current with latest design trends
- Create smart design solutions
- Creating finalized ideas and samples
- Designing and creating a variety of designs and products
- Preparation of designs, concepts, and sample layouts, and making necessary changes based on feedback throughout the iterative design process
- Communicate and present design concepts through visual flats, written tech packs, and digital design boards
- The Fashion Design internship involves the improvement of AGVSport product aesthetic by applying and introducing the latest concepts and techniques into the design of our products

Apparel Designer-Internship

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