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Santa Maria, Ca, Us

Long Beach, California, United States

Long Beach Ca

Los Angeles, California

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Huntington Beach Ca

Creatively directing Roxy.

Culver City

Design Director for VSTRConcept Director for HBC 1670

Cypress

With a team of 5 designers and graphic designers we ignited the seasonal concept, designed and developed the women's apparel line. Working back to the footwear divisions, we created product that propelled the women's marketing effects. Bringing in colabs with Jess Jo Stark and Junk Food Tees. Increasing store comps by 15% in the women's apparel division during the first year.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Directed trend on the global level for the Mens divisions of A&F, Hollister, A7F kids, Ruehl. Coordinated between 5 global offices to deliver trend direction to the design teams in Ohio.

Lead a team to develop and produce a Mens, Womens and Kids line of clothing that complimented the denim range.

Responsibilities include global trend shopping and analysis for all products areas. Color, fabric & trim forecasting. Quick response designing to be closer to market trend. Trend pre-shopping reports and concept presentations. Globalmarketing strategy planning. Key item reports. The Global Board short Design responsibilities include all aspects of conceptualizing & designing product.

Position responsibilities include global trend shopping and analysis. Line planning and merchandising, emphasizing directly on woven categories. Hands-on management of entire process from design to production of all listed categories. Managing freelance team, and in-house assistants to develop and process artwork. Building and managing all tech pack development. Domestic & oversees communication for development of product. Participate in all fittings and manage sample calendar for sales meetings. Coordinate outfits for photo shoots, line guides, and editorial. Analyze and plan growth for upcoming seasons through market research and previous season sales information.

Los Angeles

Acoustic was my love project. In stride with the creative energy emerging in the kids market, I launched the modern vintage approach to kids wear. The market was open and hungry for the updated silouettes and pattern. The line sold in over 100 stores in the US, Canada & China.Every piece was designed with a special attention to detail, fit and easy coordination with the rest of the collection. The line was made to hand down!

Position included private label design, product management merchandising, and sales for Canadian store chain. Responsibilities of position require trend shopping, sales analysis, line planning, design, presentation prep, tech pack development, and follow- through to production. Overseeing of freelance team and vendor correspondence is also required.

Position included all product development and technical design responsibilities. Design and buyer coordinated private-label line plan with wholesale brands for ideal floor set. Read selling analysis to react to line plan, trend analysis forecast, and test manipulation.

Strategize line plan with merchant and DVP, conceptualize and create outerwear line for retail, catalog, and online divisions. Work with factory/technicians to create Eddie Bauer-specific garments with weather ratings and special regulations.

Created new west coast/surf inspired youth line. Extensive surf/active concept research. Worked with tech/production to set up new factory/mill relationships. Hands-on creative design of product line, including color palette, fabrics, trims, and graphics.

Responsibilities of the position were inclusive of every step of product design. Overseas communication and travel. Other responsibilities included color, graphics, and joint coordination of all areas of the line with members of the design team (knit and woven). Interaction with merchant and planner. Research trips and trend analyses for Men’s and Boy’s lines.

Mens Fashion Design-Technical Outwear & Women'S Fashion Design-Illustration, Fashion/Apparel Design

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