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• Drove sales growth within print attribute, with adopted printed styles 30% over plan after first year.
• Lead team of textile designers, guiding development based on sales reports, aspirational research, and comparison shopping. Mentor team to improve assortment, print execution and meeting challenging production.
• Partner with Concept, Buying, Apparel Design, Product Development and Production teams to create a customer-focused print assortment, while improving price point and speed-to-market.

• Proven sales results, with over 30% own-brand growth the year after joining the menswear team. Continued sales trends, growing 10-20% from 2018-2020, single-digit positive comps in 2020-21, and over 10% growth in 2022.
• Re-introduced pattern-driven programs that drove volume for multiple years, re-establishing the brand identity as a print leader. Best-selling programs included Liam Shirt in prints, yarn-dyes, and embroidery.
• Led team of menswear print designers, guiding development for apparel and accessories, based on sales reports, aspirational research, and comparison shopping for all 4 in-house lifestyle brands. Mentored team to.
• Partnered with Concept, Buying, Apparel Design and Product Development teams to create a customer-focused print assortment that met a variety of price points.

• Led print development for sweaters and woven separates, growing own-brand business while meeting deadlines.
• Fostered relationships with Apparel Design, Buying, and Product Development teams. Developed new fabrics with Sourcing team and improved artwork execution.
• Managed Assistant Designers and interns, teaching technical skills and mentoring design proficiency

Led print development for womens woven separates. Designer for new fabric developments for knit and woven fabrics. Designer of yarn-dye flannel program, which generated $0.5 Million over Black Friday weekend 2015 alone. Managed Assistant Designer.

• Created all-over patterns, engineered prints, yarn-dyes and embellishments according to garment specifications for woven categories for all 5 in-house lifestyle brands. Mentored Design Assistants and interns.

• Managed CAD catalog of garment sketches for all brands, including drawing flats in Adobe Illustrator, filling garment sketches with print and pattern, and creating book in Adobe InDesign.
• Prepared artwork files and hard copies to be factory ready. Revised and recolored artwork.

Developed a 10-week curriculum focused on repeat patterns in Adobe Photoshop. Instructed degree-seeking and continuing education students with a wide range of skills to develop a print collection.

• Designed original patterns and embellishments. CAD vintage artwork to Print Director’s specifications. Created factory ready artwork tech packs and print placement CADs

Bfa, Craft And Material Studies - Fiber

BFA with an emphasis in Fiber Arts (magna cum laude). Focused on conceptual art with textiles as a medium.

Continuing Education (Non-Degree Coursework), Textiles

Completed week-long intensive course on the fundamentals of Jacquard weaving and design, using EAT design software and industrial looms.