✨ Jessica 🦋 Montjoy ✨ Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Remote

New York, Ny

-Designed hair/headband accessories.-Created product assortment under notable license brands while keeping our customer in mind.-Ensuring product designs are adhering to the various licensor requirements, including legal, concept, pre pro samples, production samples, and contractual requirements while building and maintaining strong licensor relationships.-Collaborated with merchants and sales team to build assortment to meet the needs of potential buyers (Walmart).-Researched the market for key trends that suit the tween/girl market.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

-Successfully manage development for the company across multiple product categories, each consisting of licensed, private label, and custom brands.-Design for product categories of the following: mens ties, mens bowties, mens pocket squares, mens socks, 2D/3D cufflinks, tie bars, 2D/3D lapel pins, money clips, boys ties, boys bowties, and boys pocket squares.-Partner and create product assortment under notable license brands such as: Disney, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Game of Thrones while keeping our customer in mind.-Design packaging for a variety of products including licensing that is cohesive to the brand and will protect the product in shipping as well as attract consumers while on display at point of sale.-Forecast and build merchandised assortment plans for customers in both retail and wholesale channels, brainstorming new items to be added to the assortment to drive business.-Coordinate audits to ensure facilities comply with ILS requirements for licensed production as well as monitor product safety tests.-Place all sample and custom POs.-Manage licensing approvals, within my first 3 months, successfully got 120 styles approved for distribution on my own. This was the entire F/H 2018 product.-Successfully train new full time designers and freelancers. -Successfully helped increase the custom production side of the business within the first 5 months.-Communicate to factories/vendors regarding all product development.-Organize samples and comment on sample status to stay on track with the seasonal product development calendar and to assist with staying on TOP in a given season.-Correspond daily with factories overseas in resolving any and all issues regarding prototype samples.-Monitor product for QC issues.-Reduce costs and increase profit margins using cost engineering and negotiation with vendors, ensuring financial goals are met.-Source factories for new techniques to aid in the product assortment growth and versatility.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

-Updated and prepared spec/tech packages for various Under 12 and Over 12 departments (totally 6 different departments and various product categories). Average of 10-15 tech packs a day per department.-Worked/assisted with designers/team to develop designs for 6-12 age customer and for over 12. Primary focus was girl and tween market.-Constantly researching and comp shopping to stay up do date with customer base and trends in market to drive innovation and stay ahead of competition.-Worked on large range of products for seasonal lines: bags, fashion accessories, room decor, drinkware, cosmetics, home, tech, and licensed.-Partnered with overseas RSI (Hong Kong buying office) in terms of the production process; communicated to overseas vendors and RSI over 3D renderings for corrections or approvals.-Updated linesheets for various departments accordingly to buyer adds and drops as well as communicated to overseas RSI team of updated changes.-Worked continuously with product development calendar and merchandising line plans.

Hebron, Ky

-Work closely with team of photographers, art directors, stylists, creative directors, studio managers, producers and digitechs to achieve optimal product image compositions.-Assist on set by prepping materials to be photographed and to be carried out by the stylists.-Specializing in assisting stylists with off-figure product styling, both flat and occasional table top.-Assist in different categories (women, men, and kids) of e-commerce products according to Amazon Style Guide and buyer requests, support stylists and photographers on Product Imaging and Editorial sets by prepping product to exact specifications.-Assist in pulling product for creative styling initiatives.-Assist with maintaining and keeping styling products organized for the stylists to maintain their workflow on a daily basis, managing flow of product for shot lists and keeping track of incoming/outgoing product.-Assist stylists on set.-Working in a fast paced environment and high volume photo studio to assist with meeting daily shot counts (i.e. 240/day).-Maintaining clean, efficient, and safe studio space, gathering and organizing styling tools.-Maintaining a positive attitude throughout the day.

Cincinnati Area

-Assisted in the preparation for the annual Senior DAAP Fashion Show: contacted and informed modeling agencies, managed the photo shoots, assisted in show prep on show week, and worked backstage.

Cincinnati Area

-Assisted in product development, artwork creation, and tech/spec packs for production. -Created artwork for all bath categories including full coordinates and end-cap presentations. -Produced trend presentation boards to major retailers at 2013 Home Textile Market, N.Y.C. -Used Microsoft PowerPoint/Adobe Illustrator and designed and spec’d multiple products for bathroom coordinates contributing to the seasonal line. Including shower curtains, hard good accessories, rugs, and towels.-Fully responsible for artwork organization and market book presentation pages used for buyer preview and communication to potential buyers (Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, and Kohl’s) used by the VP of Sales.-Pulled Pantone color palettes to be used as color standards for overseas product development.-Ensured tech/spec packs contained necessary info including specs, sketches, and construction detail before they were sent to factory for production/sample prototyping. -Fully responsible for all artwork pertaining to my juvenile bathroom coordinate. Including sketches, pantones, mood board, tech/spec sheet that was sent to the factory for prototypes before approval for production. Assisted with the meeting of the approval process. Once approved it was shown at N.Y.C. Textile Market in 2013.

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Functioned on an assistant designer’s level.- Measured and assessed factory samples for quality as well as color and placement of graphics and scale of prints.- Assisted Designer in all aspects of product design including boards, approvals, samples, presentations, vendor communications and meeting preparation.-Coordinated packages, artwork and sketches with support teams. -Participated in Design and Merchant meetings.-Collaborated with cross-functional teams (PDM, Sketch, CAD, Graphics, Tech, Color, and Merchants) to develop and approve product samples throughout design process.-Designed and flat/tech sketching product ideas for the seasonal Lifestyles/Girlstuff product lines.-Organized samples and comment on sample status to stay on track with the seasonal product development calendar.-Utilized WebPDM to set up tech packs for new development and carry-over styles.-Worked on Adobe Illustrator to sketch new design developments as well as updating existing sketches to be imported into tech packs.-Corresponded daily with factories overseas in resolving any and all issues regarding prototype samples and production. -Assisted with taking photos for corrections after product session meeting and sent notes to the factories for corrections.

Greater New York City Area

-Performed extensive trend research in preparation for upcoming seasons-Compiled competitive analysis charts to assist with marketing strategies.-Utilized Adobe In Design & Illustrator to Develop Retail Comparison Book.-Assisted with the design process and produced linesheets presentations for newborn boys and girls division.-Tracked samples & managing sample closet.-Coordinated product development presentations.

Cincinnati Area

-Advertised and promoted a diversity of films through the use of guerilla marketing and word of mouth marketing.-Assisted with studio clients such as: Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox, MGM, United Artists, and Weinstein Company.-Attended movie premieres.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Fashion/Apparel Design

Activities and Societies: University of Cincinnati Deans List :7 Quarters and 5 Semesters Cincinnati Ballet, Dancer, February 2014-Present.

Fashion/Apparel Design

Activities and Societies: Traveling to Venice, Pisa, Rome, and many others to explore the culture of Italy. This was a study abroad.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication And Public Relations

Activities and Societies: University of Cincinnati Deans List :7 Quarters and 5 Semesters University of Cincinnat Men’s and Women’s.