Leanna Brouse Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Lucky Brand Handbags

Greater New York City Area

Handbags, SLG’s, belts, leather gloves, and cold weather accessories. • Design and develop accessories for a variety of licensed and internally owned brands (Including: Tignanello, Cole Haan, Tyler Rodan, Jonathan Adler, Isaac Mizrahi, BCBG, Max Azria, Anne Klein, Kenneth Cole, Kate Spade, Express, Taryn Rose, Frye, Sam Edelman, Circus.)• Analyze fashion trends and predictions for constant flow of new ideas• Integrate research with personal interests, tastes, and knowledge of design to create new product relative to the customer base• Compare and source new materials for price, quality, and aesthetic appeal• Sketch detailed hand renderings, as well as computer illustrated renderings of each new style• Create a detailed spec of each style, PLM implementation. • Confer with and coordinate development of product with overseas factories. Manage costing charts.• Examine proto samples and make modifications to the design as necessary to achieve desired effect• Create line sheets for sales presentations and organization purposes• Collaborate with sales and production to execute product within timeline. Order and manage SMS as well as merchandise product in showrooms.Experience with QVC on air, as well as social media management for Tignanello Handbags.

Greater New York City Area

• Correspond with overseas factories in order to develop new designs• Preliminary pricing for new products • Target and cost comparisons of final product; negotiation• Present status of new styles in progress at weekly meetings• Develop “Creations” for special customer requests• “Second Sourcing” coordination of Molds, Models, and CADs to a new vendor to achieve best pricing• New Vendor Coordination• Plan agendas for bi-annual executive meetings with overseas factoriesGeneral Assisting with any needs for department

Greater New York City Area

• Daily product development tasks for executing designs with overseas factories• Plan agendas for executive meetings with overseas factories• Design and develop “price point” styles / Manage costing charts• Provide support as needed to the special events/ PR team for functions such as; NYC Fashion Week, Sample sales, Flagship store eventsAssistant tasks to the VP and EVP of the department.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Communications, English

Activities and Societies: Leadership Institute, Teaching Assistant, State Times College Newspaper (Editor & Contributor), SUNY Oneonta.

Education record

CAD for jewelery design, Adobe illustrator