Marina Klein: in Costa Mesa, CA

Designed licensed sports apparel and accessories for athletic retailers, sports stadiums, and boutiques. - Compiled 4000+ technical packages for 300 individual SMU projects - Partnered with Madison Square Garden to design and develop 41 exclusive headwear products for the New York Knicks and New York Rangers - Communicated between Product Development team and overseas factories on prototypes and changes - Organized digital assets in Dropbox, generated templates in Illustrator, and utilized Basecamp for all projects

Key point of contact supporting Product Development and Design teams with creating and coordinating detailed information for use in strategic promotions, merchandise plans and product development initiatives. - Created 8 presentation decks with mood boards, trend analysis reports, fabrics and color palettes - Developed initial tech packs and maintained tech illustrations, call-outs, and production artwork for handoff - Maintained visual line plans and design briefs including style, color, price and CADs for handoff to design teams - Conceptualized preliminary merchandise plan for Outlet Spring and Fall 2017 based on prior season’s sell-through - Designed t-shirt graphics for NYC Marathon, Meatpacking, and Soho stores - Updated Excel and SAP with updates and changes to line lists

Selected as one of 12 students to participate in an intensive 9-month advanced study program. Collaborated with creative and production teams to design and develop Juniors and Plus Size denim lines for the youth market. - Created technical packages and executed sampling for 3 garments overseas and domestically - Executed focus groups and surveys and conducted trend research to determine theme direction