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Greater New York City Area

New York City

Focus on building and maintaining strong and collaborative relationships with clients in the Home and Accessories markets and Textile and Apparel marketsHelped grow Home markets. 70% of our creative vision was targeted to the Home and Textile marketsMerchandise coordinated groups of artwork from the vast archive and current collections for clientconcept, development and implementationGuide clients with Trend, Color and Print direction each season to align with their brand vision.Provide unparalleled service and creative inspiration for clients to enable them to produce the most innovative design for their product

Collaborated with senior management to create, develop and merchandise seasonal private label sleepwear programs for Wal-Mart.Managed the development process from concept to finalization.Grew business with existing accounts and developed new sleepwear product ideas.Coordinated and co-directed the creation of special sleepwear products for Dollar General Stores.Managed internal and consulting design and CAD resources.

Managed a $30 million textile print business, including all aspects of creative development and production.Directed all market research to identify emerging trends in fabrications and finishes.Developed and implemented open line and specialized prints for Carole Hochman, Eileen West, Nordstrom, Saks and Sears.Managed client relationships and coordinated with production facilities to ensure a consistent quality product.

Managed creative development, merchandising, sourcing and production for all color and print programs for five product lines.Built and directed an internal fabric department responsible for $100 million private label lingerie business.Travelled extensively and developed expertise in international and domestic fabric research, merchandising and development.Identified trends in fabric, color and silhouette for creative development.

Missies, Juniors and Pre-Teens Sportswear

Moderate Missy Sportswear

Junior Sportswear

Education record

Education record