Leah Cretella: Associate Designer in Norwalk, CT

-Brainstorm with Design Director and Creative Director on seasonal trend and colors through trend websites, inspiration shopping, and art galleries - Create assets and projects for wholesale accounts and brand partnerships ie Peloton, Equinox, Nordstrom, Jimmy Butler and more. - Create moodboards visual representations to layout new seasons concept and present to upper management - Meet and communicate with vendors and PD based on seasons new fabric needs - Assign color and design CADs and Linesheets for Sketch meetings with upper management using Adobe Illustrator - Meet with TD to discuss construction needs for the season and create tech sketches in Adobe Illustrator and exporting into PLM system - Create Artwork/ trim development Artwork as needed through programs Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Draw - Assemble BOMs for new and carryover styles as needed throughout the season in PLM. - Review Protos, PP samples, fit samples with appropriate teams and work through problems if they arise - Attend weekly fit meetings and analyze and give feedback to fit samples and protos - Present Protos to upper management teams for upcoming seasons in Proto Review Meeting - Covered for Design Director and all related tasks while on maternity leave

Assist students in the Fashion Department with their development as well as assisting the Professor in day to day tasks

- Maintained relationships with suppliers and manufacturers - Input fabric and FIT data into PLM - Assisted entire product and design team with day to day tasks - Inspected and measured TOP's and Fit samples for the Tech. Dept - Inspected and commented on lab dips from factories - Lead and organized a team of colleagues in a project for Equinox Hotels - Participated in weekly FIT meetings and openly discussed fit issues - Attended the Functional Fabric Fair and Tex World sourcing for next season’s fabrics - Organized fabric and trim library

- Assisted designers with use of BlueCherry PLM system - Researched and Designed multiple outerwear pieces - Created and designed CADs with Adobe Illustrator - Organized Design files and exporting into Lookbook Master - Assisted in researching and creation of mood boards