Top 10 highlights of Faren’s expertise:1• Creativity: Outstanding design eye with the ability to logically analyze and optimize market trends by observation, research and intuition. Curiously learning and experimenting to find new innovative ways of solving design problems. 2• Dependability: Superior ability to concurrently manage numerous projects while meeting rigorous performance standards and demanding schedules. 3• Leadership and Teamwork: Spearhead a knowledgeable team, accelerate the process of production and oversee critical path of product (or sample) development. A positive team member who can quickly learn new trades, analytically think on the spot and produce significant contributions.4• Passionate: Enthusiastic about creating and inspiring change in the world by providing trend knowledge and a ‘hands-on’ approach to laterally shifting “old world” practices across the fashion industry.5• Conflict Resolution: Comfortable managing a sample/production team with design direction and lead-time analysis. Effectively source and direct local production to expedite delivery times and mitigate production errors by ensuring quality control standards. Accelerated production on 500 units with an ETA of 3 weeks. 6• Accuracy: Proven capacity to successfully render professional-grade specs with measurements to execute proper fit and quality of the product. Top performer on the Product Development team; scored 96% in the Technical Assessment.7• Communication: Strong project management and communication skills to liaise cross-functional teams. Efficiently mediate and delegate within a team throughout the process of sample development, pre-production and final production. Communicate daily with buyers, clients, customers, vendors, suppliers, PR and media.8• Knowledgeable: Implement cost effective sourcing programs with strong technical proficiency of materials, design, pattern-drafting and production methods. Analytical trend research - based on seasonal brand story, colour and brand DNA.9• Entrepreneurial Spirit: A self-starter who thrives in challenge, take risks and innovates. Name-sake debut collection won the Elle Canada New Labels Competition and featured in the Mercedes-Benz Start-Up Plan for young designers. 10• Technical: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premier Pro 2019, Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Lotus Approach, AS400, Gerber (CAD).