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Guadalajara, Mexico Metropolitan Area

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Manage all functions of the department workflow and design. Print merchandising to effectively correlate into trend, body, and fabrication of garment. Creation of seasonal color palettes.• Implemented processes to help streamline workflow and maintain product consistency from sampling to production.• Developed and implemented a new archiving system and production hand off process resulting better interdepartmental communication, less human error, and better on-time delivery.• Strategic understanding of upcoming trends and forecasting to fit a chase calendar.• Recognized for personal original designs that have opened new wholesale accounts and helped increase and maintained growth even through the pandemic.• Trained and mentored junior talent.• Proactive collaboration between design, sales, production, and vendors.Original artwork for Walmart Missy Plus, Walmart Missy Accessories, Ross Maternity, Belk, Hanes, Maurice's

Greater Los Angeles Area

Color and design consultant for printing methods, processes, and color development; print development; surface design for hard goods; and product and brand development. Original hand artwork for prints and graphics, t-shirt graphics, embellishments, and embroideries. Clients include: FashionNova, PopSockets, Peter Dunham, Frame Denim, Liverpool Jeans, Décor, Members Only, Rachel Zoe Collection.• Attained 100% client satisfaction through continuous consultation from concept to realization of their ideas.• Created original focused artwork based on brand aesthetics and targeted briefs that can be successfully produced large-scale fitting industry standards.• Partner with multidisciplinary vendors and teams to deliver cohesive products and stories.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Concept and color development, Print and Graphic development. Original hand artwork for prints and graphics. Rework, recolor and creation of repeats that follow industry standards and limitations. Creation of artwork tech packs for production. Placement Print engineering to fit cost and limitations.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Collaborated with Senior Design Director, Vice President of Design, Heads of Design, and Chief Creative Officer managing the entire print department workflow and meeting deadlines.• Managed and supported designers for all functions of the department.• Elevated the printing technique and execution by constant communication with our print houses.• Partnered with design, merchandising, and production departments, and vendors proactively resolve issues.• Implemented print approval protocols and streamlined processes proactively mitigating risk.• Supervised and nurtured junior designers to foster their growth within the department and future opportunities.• Researched and developed print and graphic concepts to fit seasonal trends and upcoming seasons.• Proven talent for the creation of original hand artwork for prints and graphics.• Achieved cost efficient artwork setup for Placement Print Engineering.• Assured artwork work within industry standards and limitations for rework, recolor and creation of repeats.• Key player in the organization of training for the transition of a Lectra Kaledo Print system.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Active collaboration with Senior Design Director, Heads of Design, and Chief Creative Officer • Proven talent for the creation of original hand artwork for prints and graphics.• Elevated the printing technique and execution by constant communication with our print houses.• Partnered with design, merchandising, and production departments, and vendors proactively resolve issues.• Implemented print approval protocols and streamlined processes proactively mitigating risk.• Supervised and nurtured junior designers to foster their growth within the department and future opportunities.• Researched and developed print and graphic concepts to fit seasonal trends and upcoming seasons.• Achieved cost efficient artwork setup for Placement Print Engineering.• Assured artwork work within industry standards and limitations for rework, recolor and creation of repeats.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Managed department workflow with daily communication to the company President,. Design and creation of original artwork for prints. Conception of multiple color ways to fit seasonal trends. Creation of seasonal color palettes. Print merchandising to effectively correlate into trend, body, and fabrication of garment. Print development for upcoming seasonal trends for production. Strike off color comments and evaluation.• Acknowledged by continuously being picked for largest quantity orders for promotional items.• Spearheaded a 72-hour turnaround time design project partnering with president, production department head and coordinators from concept to completion for a large scale promotional.• Partnered with production department, mills, and print studios proactively resolving issues.• Delivered print, embellishment, and embroidery tech packs to production.*Promotion from Associate Textile Designer (July ‘10- May’11) additional clerical responsibilities included: Organization of print library. Keep track of art request submissions for the department. Preliminary copyright paperwork for prints.

San Francisco, CA. Couture Bridal Designer. Production/ Pattern making departmentStudio intern: Assist in the pattern production room, organizing and cataloging, make sure the fitting room was equipped and ready, pull out the gowns needed for the day’s fittings and check for completion of alterations, greet and check in brides for appointments, assist in measurement taking, shadow fittings and assist as needed.

www.grdano.com, Jill Giordano . Internship/ Pattern work: Design garments, Pattern Making and draping through first production stage, Produced sample garments, Assisted on fittings and subsequently made proper changes to patterns, sample garments and pattern cards to keep consistency across the board.

Los Angeles, CA. Textile design department. Summer Internship for credit. Studio intern: Assist head textile designer and textile coordinating team, cataloging, studio organization, color development. Managed daily approvals/rejections of strike-offs. Maintained and updated fabric, color and print boards on a biweekly basis. Employed excellent Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills for technical updates in cross-department tech packs. Indexed and recolored sample test prints used in weekly meetings with Lubov Azria.

Bfa, Fashion &Textile Design

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Student Representative. (September 07- March 08) Liaison between student body and faculty members..

Certificate, Digital Marketing

Currently enrolled in UC Irvine's Digital Marketing Bootcamp -- Completion date Oct 2021