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New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Concepting, designing, and developing high-end interior collections for some of the industry's leading decorators: Leah O'Connell, Meredith Ellis, Kim Scodro

New York, New York, United States

As VP of Home, lead Hard Home, Soft Home, and Hardlines design teams for Gap Home, Better Homes & Gardens, Dave & Jenny Marrs Collab, The Pioneer Woman in the process of discovering, defining, designing, and delivering solutions to customer needs. Work cross-functionally with strategy, marketing, and product development to define specific opportunities in the total brand assortment, with the customer top of mind. We utilize qualitative data (trend research, online customer reviews, competitive analysis) along with quantitative data (sales analysis, stakeholder strategy, marketing insights from editorial partner surveys) to create a roadmap of opportunity for the season before iterating on design and delivering it to the client.•Creating workflow and process improvements cross functionally as well as restructured the design team.•Revised the lifestyle and brand guardrails of Better Homes and Gardens and implemented the new look through all product categories for Hard Home, Soft Home, and Hardlines.•Originated brand identity and directed product development for Dave & Jenny Marrs collaboration for Better Homes and Gardens, and relaunched Gap Home for Walmart

Greater New York City Area

Better Homes & Gardens and The Pioneer Woman- Hard Home, Hardlines, and Soft Home

New York, New York, United States

Better Homes & Gardens-Soft Home & Pioneer Woman

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for direction of Product Development and Design for all Soft Home product under the Martha Stewart brand. Recent focus on coordinating hard home products to the soft home to make a cohesive statement. Lead and mentor a team of 7 designers through all development aspects, including vision of the multiple brand categories as well as the design process.Work closely with merchandising groups and build positive relationships between teams. Present designed lines to management teams from concept to sample review. Travel overseas to trade shows like Heimtex and Maison et Objet for competitive trend and market research.

New York, New York

Development and design of private label and licensed bedding, decorative accessories, and window for Adult Fashion, first apartment and youth categories. Full understanding of design from concept to sourcing to production.Lead designer for Echo Design, Metropolitan Home, N Natori, and Bombay Adult Fashion bedding licenses. Concentration on first apartment, youth, and Bed Bath and Beyond adult fashion bedding. Collaborate as lead designer with Director and VP of Design on research and development of company wide seasonal trend for Adult, BTC and youth categories.Travel to retailers to present seasonal trend.Responsible for training a team of 3 assistant designers as well as delegating and managing projects and presentations.

Responsible for the creation and development of pattern, embroideries and embellishments for the Women's knit team. Worked with Men's team on cold weather technical designs. Research and forecasted print and color for future seasons. Helped to train Aeropostale design team on newly implemented Ned Graphics software.

Bfa, Textile/Surface Design

Aas, Textile/Surface Design