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Apparel Consultant

Specialist & Consultant

<p>Sr. Apparel Consultant with 15+ years of experience across design, development, marketing, and production. I have successfully created apparel collections leading the process from concept through final delivery. I'm experienced leading teams and managing outside vendors and factories to ensure QC and delivery times are met. </p>

Launching seasonal and private label activewear collections from scratch working directly
under founders & CEO's
●   Pitching trend research & mood board presentations
●   Managing designers, tech designers, graphic designers, pattern makers, and sewers
●   Factory liaison and managing T&A calendars/deadlines
●   Leading all creative direction for design collections, photoshoots, and website merchandising

Apparel Director AND Consultant

Reporting directly to the CEO and Creative Director to create a line of Men's and Women's
Lifestyle apparel
●   Lead design kick off meetings for all collabs and set calendar deadlines
●   Directly managing 8 core employees and 3 freelancers
●   Creating seasonal line plans, sourcing/vetting new manufacturers (domestic & international),
and signing off on all PO's. Implemented new standard terms to include on all PO's
●   Creating and implementing detailed yearly design/production calendar and ensuring on time and accurate deliveries
●   Approved lab dips, strike offs, fabric selections, and PP samples
●   Providing seasonal design inspiration, mood boards, and color palettes

Design Director

Drove company sales from $100,000 to over $1 million in one year through the creation/launch of a successful, private label division, which gained 10 clients in 3-month time span
o  Carbon38, Soul Cycle, Peloton, Bloomingdales, Core Power Yoga, etc.
●   Managed E-Commerce store through Shopify including visuals, product descriptions, promotions,
3rd party app integrations, and overall site merchandising
●   Responsible for influencer/brand ambassador outreach/management as well as organized fashion
shows, pop up events, and sample sales
●   Worked directly under CEO, created seasonal line plans and SKUs for development and production.
●   Sourced manufacturing partners and negotiated costs to hit target margins.
●   Coordinated the sampling and production process from start to finish, working directly with the factories and outside vendors, while adhering to design calendar
●   Managed and mentored an internal team and ongoing freelancers
●   Cross functioned with marketing, sales, and social media
●   Created designs/CADS and complete tech packs in Illustrator & Excel.
●   Conducted fittings on live model, made notes, and adjusted tech packs for factory to revise


●   Created graphic designs and print ready files using Illustrator and Photoshop

Senior Design AND Development Manager

●   Developed and marketed 4 seasonal collections per year for wholesale and E-Commerce sales
●   Oversaw design process from concept through final production and managed a team of 5
employees (interns, freelance photographers, graphic designers, web designer)
●   Responsible for entire marketing/design process including: product development, tech packs,
sourcing fabrics, sketching, hands on working with sample makers/pattern makers, etc.
●   Coordinated fashion shows/pop-up events for new product launches such as Miami Swim Week
involving casting models, working with tradeshow to secure booth, shipping products, etc.

Designer AND Product Development Manager

●   Managed team of 6 employees and interns.
●   Oversaw design process from concept through final production while adhering to calendar
deadlines.
●   Responsible for warehouse and logistics of apparel and promo merchandise.
●   Worked with outside tour management to ensure shipment deadlines were met for concert tours.

Design Director Product Developer

●   Allocated production order fabric and issuing cut tickets in PLM software (AIMS)
●   Weekly meetings with the production team to present progress on cut tickets and address any
issues.

Pre Production Assistant

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