Katelynn Hall Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Nashville, Tennessee

Designed Little James apparel ranging from sleepwear to separates for baby, girl, boy and unisex categories.Researched trends and created reports to establish seasonal inspiration, colors and prints to review with CEO and Founder for upcoming collectionCommunicated style specifications and Pantone colorways to the manufacturer through tech packs and Adobe Illustrator fashion flatsConceptualized custom prints and utilized Adobe Procreate to make repeat files; Corresponded with manufacturer to give final approval on print strike-offs, lab dips and fabric swatchesCoordinated and streamlined production timeline to finalize first and second round samples via the creation of vendor spec sheets, fit sessions and alterationsWorked cross-functionally with inventory, allocation, merchandising and marketing teams to organize product data for the e-commerce team to ensure a successful product launchInstituted the use of product descriptions on LittleJamesClothing.com; Wrote SEO friendly copy to enhance site’s searchability and increase on-site conversions

Greater New York City Area

Designed dresses and jumpsuits for prominent wholesale accounts, while overseeing an in-house sample room teamCreated over $800K in company revenue by designing seasonal assortments for accounts such as Nordstrom, Dillard’s, Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, Belk, TJ Maxx and Kohl’sEnsured first sample resembled initial sketch and met brand’s quality standards through the creation of tech packs and daily communication with overseas factoriesMaintained the original design’s intent throughout the product life cycle by relaying costing information, approving bulk fabrics, attending fittings and working closely with the production team Guaranteed on-time delivery by confirming all buyer photo samples were made efficiently and accurately according to final bulk and fit approvalsSourced and developed new fabrics and trims based on market trend research to make sure new designs were up-to-date and on-trend for upcoming seasonCollaborated with team and in-house sample room to develop approximately 200 styles per season tailored to seasonal trend and retailer demographics

Ordered and allocated all production trim to all 6 domestic factoriesWorked closely with design to ensure correct trims were purchased for bulk garmentsMaintained deadlines with mills through daily communication in order to keep factories on track for production and sales target shipping dates

Greater New York City Area

Allocated all domestic cutting tickets; including swatching raw materials for garments and monitoring daily cutwork progress from the cutting room to the contractorGenerated fabric cards, dye-lotted allocations to specific yardage amounts, checked fabrics for defects and reported them to the production manager, kept track of fabric inventorySupervised the marking/grading process by sending out production patterns, calculating yields, approving markers for efficiency and communicating specific fabric guidelines per design team’s instructions

Responsible for overseeing sewing contractors' production and shipping in order to guarantee merchandise met the company's high quality standardsUtilized A2000 and Label Matrix software to create UPC barcode stickers in accordance with vendors' compliance manualsOrchestrated and distributed all care labels for domestic styles to the appropriate factoriesChecked slopers, dart stampers and cutting guides against graded marker nest and distributed to factories for production

Traverse City, Mi

Effectively implemented sales skills to obtain monthly sales goals. Designed and executed visual merchandising plans in order to increase customer interest and sales. Assisted in buying and cataloging inventory for the store in order to increase the flow of merchandise. Managed the POS system to track inventory, receive new shipments, and complete sales.