Kristina Trogdon Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

• Working with Design Firm on Product Development and Design
• Creative Design: Developing all trend and print analysis for women’s activewear company, making all recommendations for new product line as per trend reports and market analysis.- Work directly with buy team to make.
• Technical Design: Working with vendors to make all necessary comments on any development of seasonal collections.- Working directly overseas vendors to source/develop seasonal fabrics where upon making all comments on.

Denver, Colorado, US

Design and development for technical workwear brand - Concept design and illustrations for new styles including fabrications, silhouettes, design details, surface design concepts. - Design and illustrate new styles for technical tees that include bonding and laser cut design elements, technical bottoms, and technical shirting. - Fabric sourcing for.

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• Fabric Designer
• Responsible for ensuring the seamless process for textile development from initial concept to commercialization through market analysis, textile trends, design to collection deliverables.
• Work cross functionally with Design and Product Development, ensuring on time delivery and development according to the defined product creation milestones determining products are sustainable and beautiful, while.
• Work directly with Design Team to create CADS and visual materials for presentations and line review meeting.
• Build and maintain a quarterly digital archive of printed developments.
• Leverage established color palette, helps to develop multiple color ways and prepare alternative layouts and scale for selection by merchants and design leaders.

Englewood, Colorado, US

• Production Artist
• Develop production files for artwork to be printed for screen print or sewn for embroidery
• Work with digitizers and screen print rippers to properly prepare art files for production
• Mock up artwork to scale on garments to be approved by clients.
• Work in PLM system to ensure proper timeline of artwork to ripping/digitizing teams to production.

Boulder, Colorado, US

• Division of Global Brands Group
• Product Development Coordinator: Men, Women, Kyds lifestyle and outerwear products
• Manage all Bill of Materials and tech pack development to be send to overseas vendors.
• Work with design, raw materials, and technical design teams to compile all components of garments for development and costing.
• Manage all samples for assessment with design, raw materials, and tech teams.
• Communicate all design and construction comments to overseas vendors.

Englewood, CO, US

• Associate Technical Designer: Alpine Design (Outdoor Men and Kids), Trayl (Men and Women's Bike)
• Working directly with overseas vendors to develop tech packs, manage all incoming samples, measure and make comments to manage fit, quality and details.
• Spec analysis for grade to assess appropriate grade for better fit across all sizes.
• Color assessment and lab dip analysis assuring color standards are met and all items in the line match one another.
• Assess graphic quality and color to make sure it matches the line.
• CAD (drawing) all call outs for technical apparel to better communicate garment construction to vendors.

Denver, CO, US

• Design Support and Quality Auditor:
• Working with Head Designer with all Collections:
• Prepare Design Sheets and Fabric Cards to be used for collections for presentation to Manufactures for quotes and contracts.
• Communicate with Product Development Team during fittings and sample measurements.
• Catalog fabrics and trims.
• Print and textile design using Kaledo and CS6 (Medallions, Paisleys, Floral, Geometrics, and Plaids).

• Assistant Designer
• Manage with Senior Designer for Fall 2013 line:
• Trend research.
• Line sheets (technical flats) for collections detailing fabrics, color-ways, size scale and apparel vs. accessories.
• Product development for original designs.
• Technical flats, draping, and garment construction.

Philadelphia, PA, US

• Customer Care Associate
• Drove sales through education of product & identifying specific client needs.
• Maintained store appearance to optimize the superior shopping experience.
• Cataloged / audited merchandise during new shipments & physical inventory.
• Responsible for cash management of daily sales/returned items and oversaw store-closing procedures.
• Performed Training Session on brand indoctrination.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• Dance Instructor
• Train and develop students ages 6 to Adult (responsible for large groups and one-on-one) organizing curriculum and practices, resulting in improvement in technique, skills, building self-esteem and well-being.
• Devise instructor led lesson plans and choreography while emphasizing strict training, protocol and dress codes.
• Accountable for training dancers/teams and evaluating participants in overall improvement, personal growth and technique.

• Assistant Pattern Maker
• Using the Gerber System:
• Develop first patterns from tech-packs for designs (i.e., Menswear, Womenswear, Childrenswear, Sportswear, Activewear and Accessories).
• Rework existing patterns to develop new styles, grading (computerized and manually) and production markers.
• Consult and interact directly with clients on design and patterns for sample deliveries.

• Intern: Design and Sales
• Working directly with Sales and overseeing Production and Design for a Luxury Contemporary clothing company.
• Developed technical flat drawings, conducted trend research and data entry, monitored inventory and made financial decisions.
• Oversaw the process and cataloging for swatches (Fabric Cards).

San Francisco, California, US

• Sales/Customer Associate
• Drove sales through education of product & identifying specific client needs.
• Maintained store appearance to optimize the superior shopping experience.
• Cataloged / audited merchandise during new shipments & physical inventory.
• Responsible for cash management of daily sales/returned items and oversaw store-closing procedures.
• Performed Training Session on brand indoctrination.

Professional Designation, Fashion Design (Accelerated Education), Fashion Design

Bachelor'S Degree, Kinesiology And Exercise Science / Emphasis: Individualized Studies In Dance

Education record