Santiago Baston Pita: Associate Accessory Designer Belts & Small Leather Goods in Brooklyn, NY

Responsible for designing and developing trend right, elevated product for the Tumi customer from concept to commercialization. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to reviewing all designs with designers, assisting in design presentation, creating technical drawings, as well as maintaining technical design from start to production for new collections as well existing collections. Responsible for maintaining specification changes, updating technical drawings as well as reviewing confirmation samples with product development and design. Responsibilities: Research market Create concept boards Sketch and cad ideas Create specs and maintain technical design Create and maintain presentation documents in InDesign Presenting concepts and samples to Design leads and cross functional partners Clear communication with all cross functional partners Follow product through commercialization process, maintaining and communicating and changes

- Completed projects with design and development processes from project brief to final production. This process entailed extensive market and consumer research, competitive product analysis, rapid visualization, conceptual / realistic illustrations, design detailing, prototype fabrication, user analysis, ergonomic assessments, and pricing evaluation before the production phase. -Generated and presented complex product concepts, refined samples and computer aided drawings to clients, project managers and upper management. -Worked with development to maintain product timelines for numerous projects at once. -Communicated daily with our overseas development team discussing sampling, materials, revisions of projects and anything else that may needed to be addressed during the development phase of a project. -Attended annual North American trade exhibitions and completed retail auditing with a focus in consumer electronics, house wares and action sports industries to research new technological developments.