Olga Levina: Sr. Manager of Technical Services in Los Angeles, CA

Manage Bottoms & Soft tech team. Trained senior Technical Designers and freelancers. Develop WIP reports for the department. Work closely with all departments to assure clear communication and problem solving. Developed outerwear best-sellers, growing the outerwear business. Lead fittings. Write specs, construction details and fit comments. Utilize Illustrator to communicate pattern corrections and explain fit issues. Correct patterns. Daily correspondence and problem solving with overseas and domestic vendors.

Took a leadership position within RTW team. Trained fellow Senior Technical Designer and two assistants. Worked closely with production and development teams to assure a smooth transition between department. Lead fittings.Worked closely with patternmakers to assure their corrections are communicated. Wrote specs, construction details and fit comments.Utilized Gerber and Illustrator to communicate pattern corrections and explain fit issues. Released graded production specs. Daily correspondence and problem solving with overseas and domestic vendors and factories. Approval of trims and lab dips. Domestic production QC.

Supervised a team of three junior technical designers.Worked on twelve separate accounts. Attended/Assisted account fittings. Wrote comments and worked with factory towards approval. Supervised domestic sample development. Resolved costing, fit and production issues. Daily correspondences with accounts, factories and vendors. Speced and analyzed samples before submitting to account.

Supervised a team of six patternmakers. Lead Fittings. Composed Production and Fitting calendars with Production Manager. Wrote specs, construction details and fit comments. Released graded production specs.Drew technical sketches to explain fit and construction issues. Speced and analyzed samples for fitting. Daily correspondence and problem solving with overseas and Domestic vendors and factories. Approval of trims and lab dips.

Lead fittings. Lead a team of two freelancers. Wrote specs, construction details and fit comments. Released graded production specs. Drew technical sketches to explain fit and construction issues. Speced and analyzed samples for fitting. Daily correspondence and problem solving with multiple vendors.

Fit samples. Speced garments for fitting. Wrote fit comments for protos, size sets and TOP. Drew technical sketches to explain fit and construction issues. Daily correspondence and problem solving with multiple vendors. Developed proto specs. Developed and maintain charts to monitor progress of styles. Developed first patterns and correct vendor’s patterns.