Avery Banik Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

Dallas, Texas, United States

DESIGNER - OUTLET WOMEN’S LEATHERSDesign and develop new handbags, small leather goods, gift ables and hardware pieces for Fossil Outlets, focusing onWomen’s line with ownership of small leather goods category. Design and develop prints, patterns and materials seasonally.Cost engineer product to deliver the best product at the best price.Design and develop new handbags, small leather goods, gift ables and hardware pieces for Fossil Men’s and Women’sMainline based on seasonal direction. Ownership of design for Men’s Mainline line with 50 - 100 SKUs seasonally.Ideate, sketch and create technical drawing, evaluate and adjust samples. Manage product development life cycle andcalender to meet deadlines.Work with internal and external partners to create quality products within the development calendar using written, visual,and verbal communication.Have ownership of design on collaborations with international brands, communicate with licensing partners.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Designed and developed new handbag, small leather godsend gift-able items for Fossil Mainline Men's and Fossil Mainline Women's. Design and develop hardware pieces to be used on bags, SLGs and gift items. Manage organization of samples through out development and seasons. Communicated daily with factories and partners overseas, using visual, written, and verbal communication. Collaborated with brand and creative leads, merchandisers, planners, and product developers. Created spec packs and technical drawings. Conducted trend and landscape research in order to create relevant trend reports shared with internal partners and team. Designed and developed licensed leather goods and SLGs in collaboration with globally known brands.

New York, United States

• Worked with team to design and develop leather handbags, small leather goods, and accessories for the Frye Women mainline.• Created technical specifications and CAD images of product.• Met and communicated with factories, tanneries, and vendors.• Handled shipments between vendors.• Managed and organized resource library.• Checked samples for craftsmanship and organized samples through the development process.• Attended trade shows, trends and competitive research.• Photographed products and edited images for internal sales use.• Made presentations and presentation boards.• Assisted other brands within the accessories and handbag team including Frye & Co. Michael Kors, All Saints, Calvin Kline, BCBG, SWIMS.

Greater New York City Area

• Worked with team to design and develop leather handbags, small leather goods, and accessories for the Frye Women mainline.• Created a brand revitalization project for Rosetti handbag company and presented to company leadership team as part of an intern competition.• Created technical specifications and CAD images of product.• Met and communicated with factories, tanneries, and vendors.• Handled shipments between vendors.• Managed and organized resource library.• Checked samples for craftsmanship and organized samples through the development process.• Attended trade shows, trends and competitive research.• Photographed products and edited images for internal sales use.• Made presentations and presentation boards.• Assisted other brands within the accessories and handbag team including Frye & Co. Michael Kors, All Saints, Calvin Kline, BCBG, SWIMS.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Designed and developed leather goods and accessories for the Fossil men’s mainline.• Created technical specifications.• Communicated with manufactures.• PLM• Trend and competitive research.• Created self-directed capsule collection to be presented to all levels of the company.Hand painted leather goods

Cincinnati Metropolitan Area

• Assisted design team with design and development of upscale furniture and home goods.• Concept ideation and development.• Assisted designers in creating patterns to be used on textiles and home goods.• Created technical specifications.• Collaborated with merchandising and sourcing partners.• Made presentations and presentation boards.• Researched and wrote weekly trend and competitive report to be distributed across to sales, merchandising, and design.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial And Product Design

Activities and Societies: Minor in Art History

Industrial And Product Design

Education record

Activities and Societies: Unity Council -President, National Art Honor Society, Honor Roll