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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Juniors Women’s & Youth Licensed Apparel, Accessories, Home & Hard GoodsWork with founder and SVP on quarterly margin, revenue goals, projections and forecast themes to create a quarterly line plan. Research & interpret trends to the Fashion Licensing market. Communicate creative initiatives with the team through detailed visual reports; lead the design & development of licensed products including Star Wars, Marvel, Doctor Who, Studio Ghibli & Star Trek in order to sell to specialty retailers & department stores. Manage design, product development, technical design, sourcing & production teams and Licensing Manager. Guide teams accordingly as they work with overseas and domestic agents/factories on a daily basis to manage product from concept to production. Foster and implement clear standards for better internal and external communication. Foster productive relationships with all cross-functional teams including, sales, internal buyers, marketing, customer service, warehouse, etc. Responsibilities include; art and design direction (silhouette, print, pattern, color palette trending), garment design, guide fabric & trim sourcing, analyze costing and margins, attend weekly fittings to ensure design & margin integrity, guide new and existing vendor relationships and allocation, ensure garment quality testing, social compliance & Licensor compliance.

Los Angeles, California

Effectively manage rental 32 unit property by working Maintenance team and Sub Contractors. Set rental rates, advertise and show rental units, obtain applications, conduct tenant screening and lease signing. Collect and deposit monthly rent, enforce lease terms, manage tenant issues and maintenance requests. Post 3 day notices. Create weekly and monthly reports, conduct team meetings, prepare staff payroll. Project manage unit renovations. Schedule and conduct annual inspections, adhere to fair housing laws and company policies.

Seattle, Washington

Lockhaven Development Co. & Ballard Realty, Inc.Primary Property Manager of 137 units at Lockhaven Apartments & 10 units at Sunset Plaza Apartments. 23 Buildings total. Manage Assistant Manager, set rental rates, advertise & show units, obtain applications, prep & sign leases, move in/move out checklists, light readings, deposit refund statements, maintain tenant records and rent ledger in Excel. Answer and address tenant concerns, coordinate PTE for maintenance requests, schedule maintenance team and contractors, schedule and conduct annual inspections. Adhere to fair housing laws, landlord tenant law and policies. Communicate weekly with Ballard Realty, enforce lease, post 3 day and 10 day notices, send weekly re-caps to property owners. Lead monthly Lockhaven team meetings. Prep Lockhaven staff payroll, approve bill payments and bids, send rent increase report to Ballard Realty, approve rent raise letters. Create and send out newsletter to tenants, schedule and execute annual community meeting, yard sale, bbq and holiday party, send out holiday and thank you cards.

Seattle, Washington

Boys and Girls Sleepwear/Accessories Designer (size infant-16), Big Girl Associate Designer, All Categories (size 7-16)Research and interpret current trends to the Kidswear market. Communicate with product team and overseas agents/factories on a daily basis to manage product from concept to production. Responsibilities include; trend and color concept, garment design, fabric and trim sourcing, quality testing, print concepts. Request, fit and comment on proto samples and sales samples. Present trends and product at sales meetings. Review and comment on lab dips, artwork strike offs, bulk submits for quality and color approval. Use Flex PLM, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Excel to create and update line sheets, tracking charts, development and production tech packs, including; bill of materials, colorways, detail images and initial measurement specs. Work with Technical Designer to ensure design integrity during weekly fittings until final production approval.

Greater Seattle Area

Nordstrom Product Group : Freelance Women’s Sleepwear/DaywearDesign Assistant, Knits & Wovens: Use Flex PLM to create & update development tech packs including bill of materials, colorways & images. Create & maintain color CADS in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop.Skip Stone Creative : Home Décor Pattern Maker & Design ConsultantPattern maker, sample sewer, & textile designer. Surface Water Sports : Design & Technical Design Manager Swim Uniforms & Accessories: Research, design, technical design, sourcing & production planner, pattern maker, cutter & sample sewer of knit & woven swimwear. Crocs : Designer & Technical DesignerDesign soft good counterpart to hard good Crocs baby product.Sufjan Stevens’ Costumes : Assistant to Costume Designer Outfit eleven-person band for January 2008 tour to Australia & Japan. Cutter & sewer of knit product.

Seattle, Washington

Women’s and Men’s Knit Tops & Bottoms, Woven Tops & Bottoms, Sweaters and Outerwear. Team with Design during development, create initial and production tech packs, review garment construction and details for accuracy, conduct fittings, evaluate and correct paper patterns from the factory, update bill of materials, design details, colorways, garment care, brand labels and measurement specs. Create and maintain detailed tracking charts in Excel, report product progress in weekly team meetings. Communicate daily with overseas Agents and Factories. * Cutter & Buck Europe Program: Adapt current Cutter and Buck product for the European market. Including revision of development and production specs, embroidery, trims, color ways, bill of materials and design. Communicate daily with the Sweden office and weekly with European task force including CEO and VP of Design and Merchandising.

Associate Of The Arts, Fashion Design

Study Abroad - London, England, Art History, 4.0

Associate Of Applied Arts, Fine Art