Rachel Sutherland: in Vancouver, BC

Canada Area Women's Full fashion knitwear | Cut and Sew Knits | Women's - Gentle Fawn & GFX Styles (tops, bottoms, dresses, rompers, lifestyle) • Reviewed seasonal merchandising plans, initial designs, fabric, and construction with designers to ensure quality and design esthetic was achieved, improve construction and execution and reduce cost • Spec pass: Worked closely with designers to create the initial fit and specifications, and Tech Pack ready to send to vendor partners for the initial stages for prototype |Keeping cost into account| • Prepared and leading fittings supporting the designers with their concept: Provided constructive feedback to further improve design, construction, execution. • Resolving issues, providing the history of styles, and answering inquiries between internal team and vendor partners. Reporting timeline developments, fit comments and pattern advisements, construction, and tech packs. • Initiated and kept contact and rapport with vendors regarding fit, tech packs, construction, execution, and prototype development. • Tracked, organized and recorded samples sent and received, and in office via vendor partners, email correspondence, and tracking system • Measured and inspected proto samples notating specs, execution and construction • Communicated fit revisions, tech pack changes to vendor partners with required measurement adjustments, detailed notes, pictures, pattern advisements or inquiries to proceed to next sampling stage in order to keep deadlines Achievements: • Implemented new processes for consistent fits for the technical department: Worked with team and vendors to resolve fit issue regarding different colored full-fashion knit sweaters. • Created new spec manuals with sketches and point of measurement guides for internal team and vendors for different style categories (sweaters, pants, shorts, jackets, skirts) • Developed default specs for certain types of style category for future template use.

Men's, Girl's Knitwear & Wovens -Developing and updating men's, and girl's apparel and accessory technical packages -Developed detailed initial technical sketches -Sizing and labeling artwork

Foothill Ranch Men's Activewear & Athleisure Apparel & Accessories -Creating and revising technical packages for men's surf and lifestyle collections from designer's concept to finished tech pack -Work directly with head designers and creative director to create tech packs

Men's Apparel -Creating technical packages from concept to finished tech packs -Creating fit specifications from designer's concepts

Men's Activewear & Athleisure Apparel & Accessories -Created technical flats from designer's original concept -Lead fit meetings with whole team taking detailed notes and pictures, creating fit comments and pattern suggestions to vendors -Communicated with vendors overseas, designers and production -Created and updated technical packages for apparel and accessories (hats and belts) -Measured and reviewed all samples, coordinated design meetings to review styles, took notes on designer's revisions and updated technical packs, spec sheets and POM -Prepared and designed spreadsheets with up-to-date information on each garment's progress from beginning concept to pre-production -Organized and kept track of samples -Trained and supervised design interns and technical design assistant