Operated on all aspects of sporting goods development projects from creation, organization, and review of samples as well as the development of first patterns, coordination of components, and negotiation of Bills of Materials while remaining in line with all cost and margin objectives. Key Achievements:• Established image library compatible with catalog programs and detailed with metatags to allow for easier review of defects and relevant design components. • Effectively organized all product samples to decrease time spent searching for items to two minutes.• Generated significant savings by negotiating Bills of Material and enforcing pricing.• Constructed third party quality control procedures that reduced loss.Additional experience as Import, Export, & Vendor Relations Instructor at Fashion Careers College, as Production Development & Quality Control Manager at Jon Renau and as Costume Designer for Lego Land California and Sea World & Busch Entertainment Corporation.

Successfully manage and coordinate fashion, beauty, and costume projects from concept through completion. Collaborate with clients, designers, and consultants to create vision, conceive designs, and meet all deadlines and requirements. Effectively build, motivate, and direct design teams. Manage all operational, strategic, financial, and staffing functions related to fashion design including developing cost and specification sheets, sourcing vendors, creating samples and patterns, and designing costumes and sets. Key Achievements:• Assisted several companies, including some startup companies in development of designs, full tech packs, quality control, first and production patterns, building samples, cost sheets, parts and factories sourcing, and the generation of advertising material for catalogs and social media for a plethora of clients that work within a company’s budget.• Provided creative vision for hair, clothing style, and makeup for numerous competitions, weddings, and magazine spreads, including Fringe Magazine, Dark Beauty Magazine, WWD Japan, Vogue Italia, The San Diego Country Fair, receiving several honorable mentions.• Designed and maintained costumes for up to 8 performances simultaneously that ran 8 times each day, with scheduled maintenance periods between shows. • Captured moments as Assistant Photographer for Photographer AI and Daniel Images for weddings, magazines, and other media platforms.

Developing wigs and related items from submitted designs, to first sample, to stock and quality control. Coordinating with marketing, sourcing new vendors and materials, developing technical specifications, continuing research, teaching customer education classes, and tradeshow sales.