Melissa Bush Email & Phone Number

KR

• Create market and design strategies that facilitate business growth through market intelligence and targeted design/marketing assets to clients and stakeholders.
• Leader and steward of the Youngone’s visual brand identity and brand guidelines, establishing the layout, requirements, workflow, and creative process across a multi-cultural company.
• Design, curate, and merchandise products that feature new technologies and functionality enhancing the client's customers’ user experience.
• Provide coaching, direction, inspiration, and leadership support to team members to achieve best-in-class results.

Seattle, WA, US

• Leader of rapid evolution and innovation in design, harmonization, and deployment to enhance the customer journey through both short-term solutions and well-developed long-term strategic goals.
• Leverage research insights, behavioral analytics, and multivariate testing to identify opportunities and define UX/UI requirements to execute an engaging experience across the user journey from site landing through.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to define and create user flows, design documentation, prototypes, and design assets that optimize user interface efficiency, reliability, and usability.

• Collaborated with Bratadah CEO, executives, users, and design team to develop a seamless onboarding and bra fit experience utilizing Bratadah's proprietary algorithm.
• Conducted three rounds or user research interviews, concept, and usability testing.
• Led research synthesis and concept ideation workshops through mural and several brainstorming methodologies.
• Created, iterated, and built concept through high-fidelity prototypes in Sketch and InVision.
• Illustrated the visual fitting process and teachable moments in Adobe Illustrator.
• Utilized Agile methodology in project management through Sprints, Kanban Boards, and Retros to ensure constraints mitigated and successful deliverables.

Seattle, WA, US

• Managing development teams to create innovative and industry leading product design.
• Leader in product quality control ensure high performing, premium apparel and accessories.
• Responsible for solving prototyping and manufacturing issues.
• Leading costing and negotiations in order to exceed target gross margin.
• Through product development and team management I ensure the timely development and commercialization of the apparel line.

KR

• Managed the development and design of product launches within the global market.
• Selected, tested and analyzed packages to optimize technology and generate guidelines.
• Deliver leadership and relationship cultivation with diversified divisions across global offices.
• Lead market and buyer requirements with design and manufacturing constraints.
• Provide valuable insights and perspective to marketing strategy and consumer engagement.
• Employed industry awareness to create seeding garments and precedents that visibly illustrate design and new market opportunity.

Seattle, US

• Led the aesthetic creation of product from initial concepts, to design, and Launch.
• Managed and executed on deadlines while establishing best practice process improvements.
• Coordinate the design and development process for multiple product categories from concept sketches and technical spec packs through final prototype and commercialization.

Huntington Beach, California, US

• Pivotal in the conception and establishment of a new product category to extend our brand into new distribution, expand in current channels and provide incremental sales.
• Led the brand concept, seasonal trend, color, print and overall product design.

Burlington, Vermont, US

• Provided leadership, vision and innovation in all aspects of technical product execution.
• Led the execution of an integrated product development and sourcing strategy.
• Established and developed processes for the cross functional teams for each stage of development.

Seattle, WA, US

• Created price points and quantity line plans based on industry, sales, and growth opportunities.
• Directed the aesthetics and incorporate technical advancements to evolve functional outerwear.
• Researched and applied statistical data to narrow direction and fill consumer needs.
• Negotiated with all related vendors to meet and/or exceed target margins.
• Responsible for the product development process from initial concepts, fabric selection, trim design, prototypes through production.

Frogner, Oslo, NO

• Managed the development of products from design idea to the delivery of final prototype.
• Enhanced design, construction, and fit based on cost, consistency, and direction.
• Researched and increased knowledge in trends, styling, color, fabrics, and trims.
• Created illustrations to communicate placement of design lines, construction details, and pattern alterations.

Ux/Ui Design

Associate Of Arts, Fashion Design

Fashion