Nova Gallegos: Senior Swimwear Designer in Long Beach, CA

- designing and launching a new contemporary swimwear brand called Sea & Her - Senior Designer and Creative Director for private label projects: Merona for Target, Design Lab for Lord & Taylor, Apt.9 for Kohl's, A.N.A for JCP - redesigning and relaunching into the US Market, 2 Missy swimwear brands: Christina and Captiva - high level of participation through all aspects of the design process from creating mood boards, color/trend prediction, sketching (hand and Illustrator), print creation and manipulation in Photoshop, creating tech packs, working with tech and graphic designers, putting strike offs and lab dips into work with overseas print vendors, conducting fittings and relaying fit comments, spec-ing and fit checks on production submits. - presenting sewn samples to both sales team and buyers of major department stores and specialty swim stores.

Head designer for Trina Turk swimwear and activewear divisions. - Led a team of 1 Design Assistant and 3 Pattern Makers. - Worked directly with in-house cutters, graders, sewers. - Created flat sketches generating more than 90 flat sketches per season / 5 seasons per year - Worked with licensor, Trina Turk, to get approvals and input throughout the design process, while executing changes under strict deadlines - Highly skilled in Illustrator and Photoshop, specializing in engineered print layouts. - High level of participation in all aspects of the design and production process - Traveled annually for overseas inspiration trips - Experienced with showing the line to buyers - Relationships with overseas and domestic fabric and trim suppliers