Taylor Gregory: SENIOR DESIGNER & DEVELOPER in pasadena, CA

Communicate with all oversees & domestic suppliers & factories Work with Creative Director to turn company vision into reality Make technical packages & submit to factories and handle all communication Design into price point for healthy margins Communicate development timelines with team Source, develop, order, & manage all raw materials Design and develop custom hardware Complete and submit all BOMs to factories Create & implement design & development department organizational systems. Created and manages interactive team WIP charts for tracking & acquiring development, production, & COG, data to create company efficiencies and inspire positive change.

Developed the handbag and small accessory department. Successfully launched fourteen lines in three years. Exclusively designed and developed New Balance x Staud accessories & footwear collaboration Worked with creative director to sketch & design bags. Made and completed technical packages. Main point of contact for multiple factories worldwide Company sales growth of 2-20 million in 2 years. Handbags & Small Accessories responsible for 80% of total revenue during this time. Responsible for material sourcing, design, development, purchasing, & dispatching to factories. Lead of design team operations (calendar & deadlines). Facilitates warm handoffs from design to development & development to production. Review seasonal sell throughs to determine carry over opportunities

Collaborated with Creative Director Completed CAD images for ready to wear and Handbags Participated in fittings Sourced and purchased all Ready to wear & handbag materials Created cut tickets and worked with sample room

Successfully launched 6 seasons with Increased sales of 49% in first year. Nominated for best tween Spring 2016 line at market Responsible for creating all tech packs and BOMs. Reviewed weekly selling reports to design into best selling bodies, colors, and prints. Facilitated warm hand off to technical design. Sent out all completed tech packs to factories and managed development process Oversaw each style from initial idea throughout development Worked in a team of 3 (Technical Designer, Production Coordinator, & me) to complete line. Casted models, styled, and organized photoshoots for Ecom and editorial.

Wrote purchase orders Developed & maintained lasting relationships with vendors Used SAP software Met delivery deadlines Coordinated with shipping department Responsible for creating weekly sell through reports to present reorder opportunities to CEO

Carried out multiple roles to support a start up company. Organized receiving shipments and sending out to DCs Completed ASNs Developed handbags with factories Went to sales appointments and completed orders. Created Shopify account and managed e-commerce and social media

regularly traveled to market once a month to meet with buyers and secure orders.

Wrote purchase orders Negotiated price, material quality and delivery dates with vendors Reviewed weekly sales performance to identify potential re-order opportunities Developed & successfully implemented a system for coordinating FIT, PP, & TOP, samples

Influenced new students to achieve peaceful living environments. Mitigated conflict. Sales and marketing to increase student enrollment.