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Columbus, Ohio Area

Intimate Apparel, Sleepwear, SwimwearFootwear, Slippers, SocksBeltsCold Weather Accessories (hats, gloves, scarves)Face Masks, Activity Trackers, Wearable Blankets, Costumes, etc- Led a team of two associates in the Intimates/Specialty categories.- Removed barriers to ensure cross training across different areas and allow team members to easily step into and out of categories for good coverage.- Established and maintained blocks, garment marketing standards and placements across all areas for consistency.- Completed sizing/grading studies in tops, bottoms, swim, undies, bras, belts, slippers, socks, footwear, flip flops to the support changing size ranges.- Executed entire department workload in Intimates/Specialty during office closures and furloughs.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Bras, Panties, Shapewear, Sleepwear, Swimwear- Managed total intimates/sleep/swim line on launch, fashion, and speed calendars.- Collaborated with various levels of cross functional partners to show samples for fit approval and move into Test/Launch.- Maintained TNA.- Established and maintained blocks.- Served as the fit expert to the cross functional team to ensure excellent, consistent fit and comfort.- Occasional overseas travel to Hong Kong, China, Sri Lanka.

Casual Sleepwear, Dressy Sleepwear, PantiesResponsibilities:• Fully own catagories; achieve excellent fit for the curvy customer and carry out designer’s intent, make suggestions to improve overall visual aesthetic. • Communicate daily with internal/external partners to maintain TNA and business strategy. Maintain a conscious effort to improve IMU when possible.• Fit garments including pattern adjustments or detailed sketches, revising specs and grade as appropriate to styling.Projects:• Updated Panty Block Book to maintain product consistency.• Sleepwear Block Project - built blocks to streamline fit process and maintain product consistency.

Body by Victoria, Signature Cotton, Gifting & AccessoriesResponsibilities:• Owned daily communication with internal/external partners to resolve issues and calibrate as needed.• Worked with design, merchant, and vendor to ensure designer’s intent for visual and fit was achieved.• Fit garments (bras, panties, sleepwear, slippers) with minimal assistance from manager and approved samples for production. Communicated fit corrections to factories.• Approved TOP samples each season.• Reviewed production garments for quality, advised cross functional team of any issues and provided recommendations on how to proceed with remaining units (extend tolerances, sort or return to vendor).Projects:• Oversaw contractors to create sketches in Corel Designer.• Assisted in analyzing customer’s body scan data to affect new grade rules.• Partnered with the garment marketing team to create, manage and educate on the label and silhouette process.

Design Intern, DenimTechnical Design Intern/Model Coordinator