Strategic advisement to bring your soft goods projects to life. As a seasoned professional with a diverse range of skills I can work with you to take your product idea from concept to market.I work directly with founders, CEOs, and their teams to facilitate bringing fashion, accessories, and toys to market. Working with small and mid-sized companies to 100M Corporations I wear many hats to plan and execute a realistic, fiscally sound strategy for the production of concepts at any stage in the product development cycle. My extensive skill set includes strategic planning, merchandizing, pricing, profit and loss studies, technical design, sourcing, specifications, prototyping, technical packages with product specifications for manufacturers, communication with factories, marketing and B2B and B2C sales.EXPERTISE:• Design and Planning Strategy- get product to market on time at the best price point. • Market research, concepts, hand and technical vector drawings, prototypes, technical package with specifications and detailed process call outs for manufacturers. • Sourcing - fabrics, trims, and manufacturers • Product Management - sample comments, fittings, and grading recommendations.• Technical - fabric qualities and performance, patterning, sewing, construction, and manufacturing procedures.SKILLS:• Textile Design – Repeat and engineered placement of original or licensed designs for specific applications, in depth knowledge of knits.• Communication – working with vendors; coordinating marketing, production, design, and sales teams.• Established writing skills for daily communication and commenting to factories. • Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Net Suite and Backbone PLM, Google Sheets and Slides.