Michelle Chu: in Ranch, CA

Rowland Heights, CA In the independent contractor, doing plot / interior drawing and fashion shoe season lines. Products developed / researching Includes Youth, Trending Contemporary, Contemporary men, women, kids' fashion & casual, Sporty shoe styles. All products researching/sourcing. Communicate with vendors / factories in all details of technology / pricing control / mass productions.

Start up small company dedicated to ethnic footwear fashion design and production. With the private label "Opium Poppy" serving the markets in South, Southeast, and Midwest States.

"Wild Rose" brand line builder for national markets. Jazz brand line for leather products. Duties include: 1. Complete line of Leather shoes with matching handbags. 2. Dress Shoes - create new styles following trend colors and materials. 3. Special Occasion - "Evening/Holiday"(Ornamentation, Prom, Easter) 4. Special Materials - "Ethnic", "Lucite Bottoms" & Matching Handbags. 5. Children shoes. 6. Research for Market demand and fashion trend. 7. Communicate with customers and to satisfy local market fashion demands. 8. R&D new seasonal projects / materials and visit oversea factories.

? Complete Wild Rose/Bumper Lines shoe design. Includes dressy, casual, and sandal. ? Taking seasonal trips to manufactures in China & Taiwan for R&D purpose. ? Attended local and out-of-state shoe conventions and learn the latest trend. ? R & D matching handbags for new shoe designs. ? Stay in contact with factories to monitor the development of new shoe samples

Worked with line builder in Development Department, Duty includes: ? Develop new shoe styles of coming season with line builders: Michael Bromfmen (Wild Rose / Bumper) & Nader Hanna (Jazz). ? Planned and selected new shoe constructions for customer presentation. ? Design & develop new upper styling for new shoe bottom constructions, includes: Casual & Dress, Women & Junior. ? Professional hand sketches of new shoes, won customer orders on sketches along. ? Created detail sample sheets to factories in China for new shoe productions. ? Sample shoe fitting for quality and styling assurance. ? Design and develop handbags to match new shoes. ? Stay in close contact with factories to solve problems in material, construction, ornament, and followed up on shoe samples to ensure its delivery within limited time frame. ? R & D on new material patterns and colors with factories ? Design new product logo and product packaging.

Responsible for editing and print setting of all temple's monthly, annual and other publishing. Seasonal poster design and as the prime contact of printers.