As a UX Product Manager, I led a global team of 9 designers and researchers, spanning diverse geographical locations, in the design of a digital mobile app product.Product Strategy:• Crafted and conveyed a compelling product vision, strategy, and roadmap.• Conducted thorough market research and solicited community input to pinpoint opportunities and prioritize feature enhancements.Product Development:• Collaborated seamlessly with cross-functional teams, including designers and researchers, to transform concept ideas into products.• Directed the product development lifecycle, ensuring timely project delivery while adhering to established scopes.User Experience:• Advocated for an exceptional user experience by guaranteeing product intuitiveness, user-friendliness, and alignment with community expectations.• Partnered with researchers to collect user feedback and execute usability testing, using these insights to steer product enhancements.Documentation:• Maintained extensive and meticulous product documentation.Product Management:• Ensured efficient organization and accessibility of all product-related information for the team.• Demonstrated proficiency in analytical, organizational, and project management skills.• Exhibited exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities.• Thrived in remote, collaborative work environments.• Possessed familiarity with product management tools and software, including Trello.

Freelance Design• Various design projects• Product labeling with ISO Standards

Designed, built and managed e-commerce website using UX/UI and analytics to grow organic customer reach and increase conversion rates.• Created design system and branding style guidelines.• UX design, flows, site maps, and built high fidelity designs.• Content creation, marketing design, email design, advertising.• Blog writing with focus on driving SEO.• Visual/UI design and creation of scalable digital assets.• Implemented Google analytics and analyzed results.• Created and manged roadmaps to prioritize features and insights. • Usability studies and conducting surveys for user satisfaction.• Developed successful brand design, strategy, and tone through logo, style guide, website, social content and packaging.• Designed, built and manage the ecommerce website shopvois.com on the Shopify platform. • Content creation, marketing assets, and ad design for social media channels.• Blog writing, posting and editing with a focus on SEO while also maintaining brand voice and tone.• All aspects of clothing design, surface pattern design and product development management.• Patternmaking and prototype sample construction.• Packaging graphic design.• Photoshoot coordination, styling and direction.

Manage development process and a design team responsible for the development of 300+ products all at various stages.• Facilitate positive relationships and collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to drive products from concept to production.• Actively mentor and lead a team ranging in skills from intern to mid-level designers. • Utilize strategic thinking and research analysis of insights to visualize, innovate and conceptualize new product ideas.• Effectively and compellingly communicate ideas to internal stakeholders and partners.• Provide art direction, participate in digital art creation, and manage the oversight of production for multiple fabric printing techniques.• Work within the constraints of licensor specific restrictions and following strict style guides. Including work for licensor’s such as Disney, Warner Brothers, Marvel, NFL and many more. • Trend/Market Research and Competitor Analysis: research current market trends, fabrications, construction techniques, and analyze competitors’ products.• Fabric Sourcing and Textile Print Development: create new fabrics and artwork prints for products, provide direction of color and art development for freelance and graphic artist, and daily communication with overseas factories for lab dips and bulk material approvals.• Product Development: conceptual design using hand drawing skills and CAD software for apparel and accessory products, daily follow-up and tracking of proto sample development with several vendors, create original fashion forward designs that achieve profit margins and fit target consumers’ needs, generate spec packages for product development, review and follow up for prototype samples and analyze products to achieve strict price points.

Oversaw technical design and vendor relationships for product line of 1000+ SKUs.• Successfully designed and implemented web PLM/ERP system by collaborating with software engineers, UX designers, and project managers.• Managed technical design, vendor relationships, and quality control.• Product Development: Manage product development process with overseas factories, execute placement of adopted styles in accordance with sourcing strategy, coordinate and monitor all proto sample development, generate and revise product specifications, create tolerances for color and fit standards, oversight of apparel fittings on mannequins and live fit models, engine products to achieve costing standards and negotiating prices to maintain margins.• Fabric Sourcing and Print Development: technical specifications for performance fabrics, technical artwork packages, graphic development using Adobe programs, communicate with factories and track lab dip/bulk approvals for fabrics• Production: Travel to overseas factories, supervision of production process at all stages, daily communication with inspectors at each production facility, managing vendor adherence to AQL standards, maintain strict quality control standards, manage testing for fabrics and garments, create and maintain all care label and packaging files, work with customs broker to establish HTS codes and duties, track all stages of development within PLM system.• Creation of product development calendars and adherence to deadlines; management of multiple projects at the same time.• Communication liaison between all departments including design, marketing, customer service, patternmaking/construction, finance, production facilities, shipping and warehouse to operate production process smoothly and efficiently.

Supervised team of designers and created products for B2B wholesale line.• Art directed and created all aspects of product design.• Lead the design team to create product lines that were sold at market to retailers such as Nordstrom, Urban Outfitters, and others.• Trend and Market Research: research current market trends, fabrications, and construction techniques, analyze competitors’ products, provide direction for color, silhouette, fabrication and print design for five seasons per year, creation and management of trend presentations for vendors, sales representatives and retail chain customers, planning/attending local and overseas product development research meetings.• Fabric Sourcing and Print Development: source new fabrics and textures for concept line development, provide direction of color and art development for freelance and graphic artist, daily communication with overseas factories for lab dips and bulk material approvals, technical artwork packages, and graphic development using Adobe programs.• Product Development: management of process from concept to production for both ‘Private Label’ and Branded divisions, sketch new products by hand and using CAD programs, create original fashion forward designs that achieve profit margins and fit target consumers’ needs, merchandise product assortment for market week sales display, communicate with major retailers nationwide to produce private label products, daily follow-up and tracking of proto sample development with several vendors, oversee review and follow up for prototype samples, and analyze products to achieve strict price points• Branding: develop and conceptualize new brand identities, direct development of logo and marketing materials by graphic artist, design new product to fit brand identity, and merchandise product line assortment to meet specified brand identities.• Provide management of daily activities, direction and motivation for Design Team and Interns.

• Assisted in all areas of product development for custom bridal gowns, interpret customer’s concepts into workable designs and collaborate in finding construction solutions with Head Designer.• Create production patterns, perform fittings with customer and execute construction of final garments.• Provide raw material and trim research, communicate with vendors, develop new sourcing techniques.