Francesca Ng: Textile/graphic freelancer in Fountain Valley, CA

Design original prints, graphics and trim package for apparel, accessory, swim and home. Responsible for creating original graphics base on the clients’ requirement. Prepare artwork package for production.

Design original prints, embroidery, and plaid across all categories for Hot topic &Torrid. • Assist Art Manager in creating and presenting print concepts to design teams and merchant teams. • Mentor our new hires and associate to assist our needs such as colorways, color callout, scales, placement art, print techniques and strike offs. • Conduct market research and study from past sales to drive artwork concept. • Travel overseas to work with vendors & factories for print progress, new development, trend and prints inspiration.

• Created original prints, embroidery designs and placement art for sportswear, swim, girls and accessory team. • Communicated with oversea vendors to monitor the execution of the prints. Travel to vendors and factories to supervise manufacturing print strike offs. • Managed an associate designer to develop prints and artwork for M&D. • Worked closely with art marketing team for catalogs • Overlooked the label package and work closely with the art department to achieve the desired look for our M&D Women. Communicated and worked closely with our trim vendor to monitor the execution of the label package and achieve to reach our price point of the labels package.