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New York, New York, United States

Oversee development through production for men's woven shirts and outerwear, womens swim coverups and woven sleep, formerly bottoms/shorts as wellCultivate global vendor relationships to improve timeline, quality and costDrove overall 79% IMU in woven sleep department up from 74% years prior Consolidated fabric qualities between sleep and swim to leverage MOQ's and cost in IMU challenged departmentsLaunched men's business $50M annually (13% growth since 2018) while surpassing IMU goals of 79%Launched Madewell's mask business in April of 2020 utilizing cancelled orders to support mills affectedby the pandemic. Went on to lead development and production of exclusive Madewell prints with our own nominated fabric quality and achieved a total 415k units and total volume $4 million across 3 seasons

New York City

Assist the Production Managers of the Men's and Women's wovens outlet business of J CrewCommunicate with overseas agents, merchant and design teams to resolve issues regarding development and purchase ordersSend design cards, maintain line lists, as well as request and track assortment samplesTrack all fabric color comments through Connectrix system and generate/maintain product development reportsWork with color lab and design team to ensure all strikeoffs and lab dips are approved before due dates and deliveries are maintainedAssist with logging and tracking TOP samples, and maintain photo sample status charts to ensure samples arrive to meet deadlines for meetings and photo shootsOrganize trim submits for the season by style and go out on merchant comments, as well as approve bulk fabrics, repeat style wash panels, and shade bands of washed styles.Work with tech to ensure all samples in the line are received and passed with patterns, as well as visit fittings when managers are out of office.

New York City

Assisted the men’s production team with various functions such as product orders, sample logging, garment worksheets, fit sessions, and communication to factories and buyersWorked with computer programs such as ISIS and DTS to complete tasks including issuing PO’s and logging TOP samplesUtilized Microsoft Excel daily to update proto charts, yarn costing charts, and line sheets for multiple seasons of the fashion calendarLearned an overview of different sectors of the menswear business including sweaters, wovens, swimwear, and outerwear for both wholesale, company stores and off-price

New York, New York

Courteously greets customers and provides customer service with extensive product knowledge of the Michael Kors brand at the company’s flagship location

Jones Beach, Wantagh Ny

Responsible for upholding customer service standards, directing work flow and other managerial tasks within the store. This included being a key holder, register balancing, visual merchandising, and inventory management.

Oversaw the process of getting merchandise onto an off price retailer's website based on decisions of company buyers while assisting stylists on the sets of product photo shoots.

Learned how to provide sales specialists and team members with necessary leadership, supervision and direction to effectively create a shopping environment resulting in profitable sales of a high volume retailerExcelled in frequent examinations of store policies and procedures, as well as a capstone presentation that culminated all information learned throughout the course of the internship

Learned how to maintain wardrobe inventory for a television show by assisting stylists in photo shoots, runs to department stores or show rooms for pick-ups, returns or shoppingResearched fashion market and trends for the show and magazine

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Fashion Merchandising Management- Concentrating In Product Development, 3.83 Gpa

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Fashion Merchandising Management, 3.76

Activities and Societies: Merchandising Society Member 2011-2012

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Human Ecology, 3.8

Activities and Societies: Student Fashion Society Member 2010-2011