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Sr. Manager of Technical Services

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Experienced Technical Designer/Patternmaker with proven leadership success.

Senior Technical Designer/Patternmaker

Senior Technical Designer

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.

Sr. Technical Designer/Team Leader

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.

Technical Designer

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.

Assistant Technical Designer

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

Olga Levina