Jessica Lovelace Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Senior Design Women's Apparel - Sleep, Lounge, & Active

New York, United States

Ideate, conceptualize, develop and design sportswear for both men’s and women’s apparel programs. Research, build, and present seasonal trend reports to drive brand positioning.Create seasonal brand collections across categories for both men’s and women’s apparel.Partner with overseas fty team to develop new raw materials.Manage style development from research and product ideation through tech pack development and fit approval to production.Leverage 30+ years of sewing experience to deliver designs with quality garment construction, fit, pattern making and fabrication.

Greater Boston Area

Utilized the application of long term cultural movements, innovativetechnological applications, and athlete driven research to engineertechnical performance apparel.• Partnered with higher education facilities and world-class scientistsand innovators to design disruptive apparel garments. Collaborationsincluded MIT, Harvard, and Drexel University.• Designed advanced concept seamless apparel with a focus onmulti-surface integration. Partnered with manufacturers to conceptualizeseamless construction as truly engineered garments.• Lead designer for the 2016 Rio Olympics.• Conceptualized and accurately illustrated silhouettes applicable to thebrand target through fashion illustrations & technical flats.

Designed Women’s Fitness categories with a focus on studio and lifestyle product.• Researched market trends and movements. Considered internal go-to on fitness industry.• Designer for New Balance seamless apparel division. Responsible for implementation and building of category as well as creative direction, yarn selection, technological story, and garment conceptualization for both men’s and women’s product throughout Global market.

Design for Zella collection including Inline, Lifestyle, Studio & Seamless product. Lead design for Nordstrom Rack activewear collection.• Partnered with Raw Materials Team for fabric sourcing and development opportunities to maintain innovative brand lead position within active market.• Adobe Illustrator lead for all women’s design teams at NPG. Teach, train, and mentor other designers in AI illustration.• Attended fit sessions and partnered with technical design to utilize fit blocks and style templates to insure impeccable fit and accurate creation of design vision.• Partnered with Nordstrom Marketing to apply social media context to Zella brand. Leveraged in gym market presence, social media tools, and manage/stylize photo productions for applicable sales returns.

Contributing design role responsible for implementing Market Driven Design process to Nordstrom Product Group; significantly shortened lead-time from design to in-store date for more accurate product and increased sales.• Collaborated with Design Director on trend, color, and theme to create original sale-able concepts.• Built accurate spec packs to execute sample creations that represent the target customer.• Sourced and selected raw materials to build and maintain comprehensive fabric assortment for development and production.