Trey Padgett: Associate Designer in Los Angeles, CA

Constructing comprehensive CAD's, tech packs, BOM's, and logo/graphic placement pages to ensure all vendors, manufacturers, and external contacts have a detailed understanding of the designs. - Executing fittings, ensuring fit samples are correct and in spec for each garment, making modifications in construction and specs as needed to improve fit. - Developing, revising and managing tech packs through product life cycle. - Communicating with international sourcing offices and vendors daily (written and verbal) on pertinent design, development, delivery and/or cost related issues. - Demonstrating proficiency by creating and developing a minimum of 20 distinct styles per season, four seasons annually, incorporating accessories, knits, and wovens. - Collaborate with photographers and stylists during campaign shoots to put together cohesive looks. - Creating forward designs and graphics illustrations through Illustrator and photoshop while upholding brand vision. - Ensuring internal and external teams stay on calendar for all production related benchmarks.

- Improved daily sales while tracking store KPIs to ensure the team was on track to reach weekly goals. - Consistently exceeded sales goals for the week by providing thorough, cohesive looks. - Anticipated customer needs, providing excellent customer service. - Tracked SKU's and recorded inventory and shrinkage to aid in merchandise ordering to ensure items stay in stock. - Implemented strategic tactics to aid and perfect visual merchandising in-store to support a clean and aesthetically pleasing layout to further encourage customers to stay and shop.