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Yehchee Chalmers: Sernior Designer in Orange County, CA

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Yehchee Chalmers

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Sernior Designer
Orange County | United States
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Image Amaryllis Apparel

Amaryllis Apparel

Sernior Designer | 05/2020 - Current

- Partner with creative director to ensure vision and direction of brand is elevated while maintaining a high standard of quality and fit - Analyze market trends while leading research and translating concepts into designs that relate to target audience while maintaining company design aesthetic - Grew company revenue from $10m to $15m - Lead and manage design team to develop and execute seasonal deliverables to ensure cohesive collection - Partnered closely with buying and marketing team to analyze hindsight and sales reports - Collaborate with influencers to design and curate mini capsules
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Torrid LLC

Designer | 12/2013 - 04/2020

- Design and develop seasonal collection with Divisional Merchandise Manager and buying team while creating sketches and linesheets. - Partner closely with design team on trend and print direction. - Create and maintain tech packs while tracking product development status. - Attend fittings and hand offs sessions with technical designers to ensure fit and brand identity. - Overseas travel to Asia to execute and improve designs; Partner with factory team to Apparel Design Experience in ensure product design and quality standard are met. - Manage and negotiate best cost with vendors affecting IMU targets to achieve strategic profit objectives. - Discovered new business opportunities in soft cups category from 1 sku to a 100 million dollar business. - Increased business growth by 30% in Novelty Panties category via unique product launches. - Increased business growth by 50% in Lingerie category by overhaul of product assortment.
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Maurices

Associate Designer | 12/2012 - 01/2014

- Collaborated with Maurices' Design Director, buyers and merchandising team for researching and assessing future fashion trends and planning the following year's assortment. - Complied competitive analysis and followed market trends of competitors. - Designed and developed new collections of women's casual and dressy tops. - Created tech packs for oversea vendors and attended fittings with technical designers. - Developed flat sketches, CAD drawings, and line sheets for meetings with buyers and divisional managers. - Provided print and pattern direction to production teams, while monitoring effective implementation into final designs and merchandise planning.
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Maurices

Designer- Major Apparel | 04/2011 - 10/2012

- Developed monthly apparel design collections of women's woven and knit tops, dresses and skirts targeted for vertical markets specific for private-label customers. - Managed team of graphic designers, print designers, pattern-makers, cutters and sewers. - Travelled monthly to New York to attend market week with key accounts: Buckle, Maurices, Charlotte Russe.
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Rampage

Associate Designer | 08/2009 - 04/2011

- Designed a junior fashion tees and junior knit-tops for monthly market week while performing flat sketches, graphic designs, lab-dip approvals, costing reports and fittings.
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Image American Intercontinental University

American Intercontinental University

| 2008 - 2009

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1501 Lincoln Blvd.#1014 Venice, CA. 90291