Rita Kaczor: Freelance Design Coordinator in Denver, CO

• Current and/or past clients including Cedric "The Entertainer", Garbe Luxe, Who Ced, Nalini Arora "LA Shoegirl," Priestess Couture, Redneck Rhino, and Gary "GD" Garner. • Managing social media platforms, growing following numbers, likes, and views. • Translate design sketches into Illustrator art for use in presentation, tech packs, catalogs, and line art. • Develop patterns and vector art specific to client’s designs. • Create trend and mood boards. • Digitalize color palettes, and themes per specific Pantone colors. • Primary consultant to update Wordress websites. • Meet with manufacturers with weekly follow-ups to ensure production process runs smoothly; picked out fabrics and styles. Manage Wordpress websites, and social media handles. • Create graphics for labels, look book, hang tags, and more. • Attend, organize, and represented brands in trade shows. • Design look books and line sheets. • Review tech packs, BOM’s, and coordinate with factories to ensure product is up to standards.

**Supporting AFA Design Team (Apparel, Footwear, Accessories, & Graphics; Mens & Womens: Training, Golf, Surf, Sportswear, Fleece & Tees, Vault Channels) » Partner with Design Manager in creation and visual presentation of Seasonal Design Direction & Color,including mood and trend direction by vertical; Support Design Manager & Designers throughout Design season across multiple product types » As Oakley evolves, participate in a special focus on consumer research and presentation to cross functional teams » Own Oakley Vault (all categories) seasonally with creation of Color Pallets, Seasonal Design, and building Tech Packs & GRX/Pattern Matrices » Generate creation of color pallets, including mood and seasonal direction, by vertical for final sign off by design and merchandising » Collaborated with graphics and merchandising on creation and hand off of 2016 Olympics Rio Line, and SP15 & SP16 Major League Baseball Collections » Partnered with Design Manger in creation of FA15 & SP1

Provide exemplary marketing and special event support to artist, Gary GD Garner on Cedric "The Entertainers" headwear line. Manage social media presence; along with updating both personal and business websites using Wordpress. Orchestrate logistics for special events such as launch parties and art shows. Key Contributions: • CADS, tech packs and line sheets for hat lines Who Ced and Egg & Butter with artist and Cedric, the entertainer; met with manufacturers and followed-up weekly to ensure production process ran smoothly; picked out fabrics and styles for hat lines, which are featured in Saks 5th Avenue. • Meet with domestic manufacturers and speak with oversees manufacturers to ensure the production process is going smoothly. • Create graphics for labels, look book, hang tags, and more. • Attended, organized, and represented brand for Project 2013 in Las Vegas. • Design look book for each of the three lines every season. • Prepare powerpoint presentation for meetings with buyers of department stores such as Macy’s, Sears, and K&G. • Manage wordpress website www.whoced.com.

Key Contributions: • Run Ted Baker womenswear and meanswear sales floors within Bloomingdales. Drove efforts to meet sales goals while providing exemplary customer service. • Oversee merchandising efforts, updated visuals each week, and report directly to managers and corporate. • Awareness of visual merchandising updates and how to showcase product. Allowed a range of creative freedom within merchandising. • Focus on menswear formal collection tracking weekly sales figure analysis including knowledge of best/slow sellers.