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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Lead and facilitated the study of Computer Aided Pattern Drafting and Sketching as well as Garment Construction and Graduate Thesis Design courses in both in person and remote environments.Key Accomplishments:
• Developed new curriculum for “Collection: Concept and Design” online learning course, increasing completion rate by over 10% yearly.
• Coached classes of up to 20 students through creating their Brand Identities & Thesis collections.

Markham, Ontario, Canada

• Established brand positions and guided design teams to create seasonal collections for National Retailers, such as Disney, Hudson’s Bay and JC Penney, in both the Private Label and Owned Brand spaces in Men’s, Ladies.
• Achieved seasonal sales growth of 15-20% on average based on sales analysis and user focused design needs based on quantitative consumer research.
• Managed teams of up to 4 designers creating trend driven designs to provide MVP's that delivered sales KPIs.
• Collaborating cross functionally with teams and stakeholders, like the VP of Sales and the Marketing team, to gain the knowledge that facilitated product buy in.
• Supervised Product Life Cycle across multiple products and partners to ensure quality and timelines were met while adhering to brand guidelines and design standards.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• As one of the co-founders, I was instrumental in designing the brand identity, product assortment and marketing materials that helped position the brand in the Contemporary Women’s wear market.Key Accomplishments:
• Established Design System with brand standards to be used across all physical and digital products.
• Conducted sales presentations amongst stakeholders leading to increased product buy in amassing to 10-15% sales growth each season.
• Designed and launched the brand’s E-commerce site (using Shopify) that helped grow the overall company revenue by 30% while focusing on the overall customer experience and implemented an e-mail marketing strategy.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Worked in conjunction with the creative director to develop seasonal collections.
• Managed a staff of up to 10 people, including pattern drafters, cutters and sample sewers, design assistants and external contractors through the design process.
• Handled all Gerber Pattern Design processes including digitizing, altering patterns, pattern drafting, grading and marker-making.
• Established garment sewing and finishing standards to help maintain consistency throughout.

Certificate, Ux/Ui Design

Focused on User-centric design process, learning aspects such as ; User Research (Interviews, Surveys, Testing), Ideation (Lo-fi/Hi-fi.

Diploma, Fashion Design

Diploma, Music Major - Claude Watson Arts Program