Jenn Webb Email and Phone Number

Lead apparel designer for LIV by Habitat Clothes

• Apparel designer for best-selling Sugar Thrillz and Delia's brands.• Research and develop monthly product concepts for each collection and present at inspo meetings.• Sketch 60-90 skus per collection- twice monthly. Apparel includes tops, bottoms, denim, dresses, outerwear, swim, and lingerie.• Create color palettes, design graphics and prints for each group.• Design footwear and bags to coordinate with apparel.• Present designs to team in a sketch review.• Make tech packs for all styles and closely communicate with factories to maintain deadlines and design integrity.• Lead fittings and direct fit techs on how to revise samples if necessary.• Manage product design execution and closely monitor quality and sample status for all groups, ensuring final collection looks cohesive, on-brand, and achieves creative and business objectives.• Manage, develop, and train assistants.

• Head Designer for sister line ZOZO; responsible for design process from concept to production including trend research, creating seasonal colors and inspiration, sketching technical flats, making tech packs communicating with factories, commenting on lab dibs.• Pioneered first remote design work and became lead trend and market researcher in New York; relayed insights back to team in Natick through reports and presentations. • Created artwork for knits and wovens; put prints into repeat; recolored and indexed prints.• Developed new methods for creating placed prints to save on cost and fabric.• Managed and streamlined the color library, color palettes, and artwork library upkeep and processes.• Formulated a color management system for all design computers and printers to print accurate colors increasing work efficiency and managed the calibration and maintenance of large-format Epson printers.• Trained interns and new hires on Photoshop/Illustrator and Color Management system; assigned and supervised projects.

• Design assistant and lead CAD designer responsible for cleaning, indexing, and putting prints into repeat.• Created artwork for knits and wovens in Photoshop and Illustrator based on trend research insights for target customer.• Streamlined and systematized the color library and printing processes; increased work output speed and efficiency. • Researched trend and color for each season; created inspirational mood boards.

• Communicated effectively with senior designers to coordinate and balance workloads between all departments.• Sketched fashion illustrations in fast and efficient manner; arranged sketches on linesheets by monthly delivery.• Assisted senior designers with color, print, trend research, and sketching to create brand aesthetic. • Collaborated with product development team to develop monthly deliveries by deadline.• Created original artwork based on inspiration and trend. • Cleaned, indexed, recolored, and put prints into repeat using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Kaledo; sent to factories.• Matched seasonal color palettes to color standards and large-format printers; maintain color library and printers.

• Constructed a daily curriculum for the fashion design class in a summer school pilot program.• Introduced students to the fashion industry and covered various subjects such as sketching, terminology, target market, and product development.

• Worked in a boutique making, altering, and grading patterns as well as working on construction, and other tasks as needed.

Worked on spec sheets and tech packs, updated the internal inventory system and flats using Adobe Illustrator, designed hangtag artwork, communicated with factories and assisted with fittings, created garment names for A/W 2009 collection as well as other tasks as needed.