Consultant for Brand Development, Special projects and Presentations for varied clientele.

Senior Director of 13 brands, 16 apparel designers including 4 direct lead reports and 6 CAD designers -generating a total of over $680 million dollars in annual retail sales • Member of creative management team monitoring corporate goals for the design office, leading change with the transformation of Sears to a member serviced fast fashion organization. • Led the creative inspiration and mentored the growth of the design teams in the design of full seasonal collections in multi production calendars from color and concept to finished sampled lines and final production. • Developed a direct design business for Denim, Junior, and Active brands resulting in a 15% increase in IMU for $80 million of annual retail.• Partnered with cross-functional teams in design, merchandizing, production and marketing.• Negotiated product development and innovation directly with domestic and overseas partners. • Projected and maintained the design budget (ie: staffing, art work, inspirational samples, and travel).• Orchestrated and led seasonal design inspiration and development travel to Europe and Asia as well as domestic destinations.• Worked directly with celebrity Jaclyn Smith during seasonal press interviews and collection photo shoots.

Led a team to design and develop Missy, Plus and Petite related woven separates for a classic specialty retail and catalog career brand resulting in growth of direct product development from 20%- 80%.• Led the Design Team of 4 in the creative process from concept to selection with merchant partners. Utilized both overseas resources as well as Domestic Private Label Vendors to build an exceptional cohesive collection.• Partnered with the buying team, and support teams discussing sales and reacting to current business trends in an effort to achieve an innovative and balanced line appropriate for the brand. • Worked directly with SVP of the NY product office for development and editing of seasonal company color palettes and novelty direction. • Seasonal travel to Europe and Asia for Design inspiration and research of domestic Fabric and Print Fairs.

• Private label design and development of all concepts, themes and presentations for a design firm serving high end major department stores, specialty stores and catalogs :- Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Henry Bendel, Talbots, Ann Taylor, Brooks Brothers, J Jill and Spiegel