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Levittown, Pennsylvania, United States

Levittown, PA, United States

Manage a team of 43 alterations/repair & Inspector specialists. Motivate, supervise and coach within the repair process to identifying opportunities for continuous improvement. Coordinate day to day work activities to ensure operational goals and objectives are met. Ensure that repairs are being worked in a timely manner while maintaining Nuuly’s quality.

Bristol, Pennsylvania

• Managed a team of three QC Inspectors - responsible for all new wedding gown production and new purchase order dress shoes. Each Pre-Production gown was thoroughly checked against the TOP and tech pack for color.
• Partner with Design & Tech Design to ensure each gown had the highest quality standards.
• A detailed document with images and inspection notes were generated for each gown. All inspections were entered into company database for quarterly & yearly review to ensure vendor compliance.
• Responsible for reporting and communicating my findings from each inspection to the Director of Quality Control.

Bridgeport, Pennsylvania

• Managed the day to day workflow for two QC Inspectors – responsible for daily audits of pre-shipment samples and bulk merchandise. Each production lot was inspected on a statistical basis, for appearance, construction.
• Determine AQL of daily shipments. Acceptance, rejection, and re-inspection levels were derived by the Military Standard for Inspection (MIL-STD) 105D at Acceptable Quality Limit 2.5%. Prepare inspection sheets for each.
• Ensure that QC units were delivered for inspection after staging and scanning. Collect and compile QC inspection results and make recommendations to improve in the future. Complete QC process with approvals/rejections.
• Evaluate PP & TOP samples against tech pack. Evaluate PP Mocks for fabric color and weight. Communicate with factory regarding approvals or rejections. Maintain inventory of approved samples.
• Prepare new product specification sheets each season. Working with design and tech design for images, sizing, and colors, etc.
• Communicate with Customer Service on any issues, concerns or complaints from customers. Serve as a liaison between the customer and the customer service department with quality issues. Pulling stock, evaluating color.

Teach Cad for Fashion Design using CAD software to create concept boards, product development boards, fabric design, and technical drawing. Designing and formulating digital presentations for a variety of industry related projects.Teach Garment Structures - the study and production of clothing construction methods. The course is designed to reflect the.

700 Creek Rd Delanco, NJ 08075

• Collaborate with designers to determine fit and aesthetic details of costumes.
• Create tech pack specifications – including graded measurements, construction details and technical flat sketches. Utilize illustrator, digital photos, and technical sketches as a tool to communicate to local and.
• Interface with product development and production teams – to ensure all deadlines are met.
• Attend fittings and other meetings to gain cross functional alignment as needed.
• Partner with patternmakers to resolve fit corrections. Clearly communicate revisions to vendors if needed.
• Prepare samples for fittings by measuring garments - and documenting differences to required specifications.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Design boys t-shirt graphics for private label. Design girls sweater dresses for private label. Technical sketching for new development. Work with design on print redesigns using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

Research trends and color for infants and children’s socks and tightsDesign and graph 96 Needle – 220Needle no show, low cut, quarter and crew socks using PrimaVisionDesign infant booties and socks using Illustrator Designing infant packaging with new graphics and fontsUpdate existing infant packagingUpdate current Trimfit and private label packaging for.

Collaborate with designers in creating both original print and redesigns of purchased art for each product areaManipulate, recolor, layouts and repeats using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Fashion Bug / Charming Shoppes Bensalem, Pennsylvania Textile Designer Spring 2000 – November 2004 Textile Designer and Assistant Product Manager Sweaters April 2006 – February 2008Assistant PD Manager Essentials February 2008 – October 2010Created lesson plans and facilitated Kaledo training and Adobe Illustrator Classes for all divisions corporate design.

Bs, Fashion Design, 3.7

Web Design / Digital Design Certificate, Web Design