Jacqueline Cotter Email & Phone Number

Sweaters- Walmart Juniors

New York, New York, United States

• Women's Sweaters
• Partnered with Senior Designer on trend research, sketching into development and issuing tech packs to overseas offices for new collections on a quarterly basis
• Lead tech pack execution, collaborated with tech designer on tech pack development, lead overseas communication for sample development and tracking
• Lead all fittings, contributed design and fit comments, reported back to Senior Designer on fittings they could not attend
• Lead communication with overseas factories on design revisions for development samples, and styles that have been booked
• Managed PLM information and updates for design team

New York, New York, United States

• Launched a Non-Denim Bottoms Division with Design Director
• Collaborated with Design Director and President to establish trends, silhouettes, fabrics, and colors for each season
• Shopped stores locally with Design Director. Assisted Design Director with trend research and presentations.
• Independently execute all sketches and Tech Packs in Illustrator
• Communicated with Shanghai Office daily on sourcing, development, and pricing updates
• Created all line sheets for sales team in Illustrator

New York, New York, United States

• Manage all trim sourcing and development for the entire line.
• Assist Design Director with overseas fabric sourcing and print development.
• Create tech packs for overseas development in Indonesia and India.
• Create embroidery layouts in both Illustrator and by hand for overseas development.
• Create and apply heat seal layouts.
• Develop trend presentations.

New York, New York, United States

• In addition to responsibilities of Assistant Designer:
• Supervised subordinate Assistant Designer in absence of Design Director.
• Approved lab dips, print strike offs and trims.
• Met with company owners bi-weekly to discuss design development and factory prices.

New York, New York, United States

• Created specs and tech packs for full line development
• Speced samples received and worked with design director and fit models to generate fit and design comments
• Sketched new design developments in Illustrator and created line sheets
• Communicated with factories daily to send tech packs, fit comments, and track samples.*Trained and delegated work to intern and Assistant Designer

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Fashion/Apparel Design

Certificate Program, Women In Leadership

Attended One Year, Fashion/Apparel Design