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Brand Director

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A designer with a lifelong commitment to learning the complexities of the fashion industry and the art of sewing in all its iterations. Rose is a creative professional capable of managing multiple short- and long-term projects simultaneously while excelling within budgetary and time-based constraints.

•	Conceptualized brand identity and developed unique accompanying graphic style and tone for use in communications.
•	Planned, implemented and tracked sales and marketing strategies to promote brand products.
•	Continued product design, development, and production initiatives per previous role as development manager. Includes roughly 100 new styles per year.
•	Collection sourcing, requisitions, purchasing, R+D, and sample development.
•	Technical flat development, pattern card development, marker requests, cut tickets, and costing.
•	Manage and produce 12 monthly photoshoots per year, 2 large scale events per year, and 2 large scale campaign photoshoots per year.
•	Accounts payable handoffs, general administrative duties, and yearly budget management.

•	Established new design direction for Strike Oil.
•	Created system for tracking samples, style numbers, and fabrics.
•	Directed product development efforts using industry-specific tools to increase sales and overall company productivity.
•	Worked with internal and external businesses and led cross-functional teams to develop product, collateral, events, activations, and other brand specific assets.
•	Monitored resource allocation, budget development and personnel recruitment for multiple projects including product development, campaign shoots, and marketing initiatives. Involved managing over 50 external contractors at any given time.
•	Performed trend research, mood board creation, and product design.
•	Technical flat development in Adobe Illustrator.
•	Sourcing, purchasing, R+D, fabric testing, wash/dye testing, graphic development, print testing, and sample development.
•	Established fit standards and ensured that all new styles met those standards.
•	Created production pattern cards, marker requests, cut tickets, and production PO's.
•	Collection BOMs and costing.
•	Accounts payable handoffs, general administrative duties, and yearly budget management.

Development Manager

•	Researched industry trends and created mood boards for design.
•	Designed garments and created sketches and technical flats to convey styles to lead designer.
•	Managed orders and purchasing through AIMS 360.
•	Managed sample development calendar.
•	Sourcing and sample room management.
•	BOM development and costing.

•	Standardized production procedures, job roles and quality assurance guidelines.
•	Managed continuous improvement initiatives to drive gains in quality, flow and output.
•	Resolved issues quickly to maintain productivity goals.
•	Managed 2 direct development/production assistants.
•	Implemented quality improvement changes to minimize product defect rates.
•	Materials sourcing, research and development, purchasing, and testing.
•	Technical flat development, pattern card development, BOM, and costing.
•	Marker requests, cut tickets, production PO's, and factory oversight.
•	Quality control.
•	Managed continuous product development and production on rolling launch schedule.

Production Manager

•	Collaborated with lead designer to create patterns efficiently and quickly.
•	Optimized final fit.
•	Created technical flats and pattern cards.
•	Sample sewing.
•	Managed sample and pattern library.
•	Worked closed with lead designer to source fabrics and develop wash samples for denim category.

Pattern Maker / Assistant Designer

•	Documented forecasted trends for upcoming season and worked with buyers to acquire appropriate materials for manufacture.
•	Identified new design concepts for potential use in future projects.
•	Supported senior designer with mockups, material searches and specifications for designs.
•	Coordinated design process for multiple brands from concept sketches through final adoption.
•	Technical flat development and tech pack creation.
•	Line sheet development.
•	Fabric sourcing and sample purchasing.
•	Managed in house sample sewing room.
•	Managed sample and fabric library.
•	Worked with print companies to develop new fabric prints and graphics.
•	BOM and costing.
•	Developed and sourced for large Justice orders totaling over 1 million per PO.

Assistant Designer

•	Created patterns based on concepts from lead designer.
•	Created samples and made fit adjustments to achieve target fit.
•	Created technical flats by hand and created pattern cards.
•	Created custom garments for celebrity clients including Rihanna and Katy Perry.
•	Created final pre-production samples for Spring/Summer 2012 runway presentation.

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