Nancy Phan is a Senior Director, Outlet Leather goods Design, Kate Spade New York at kate spade new york. She possess expertise in fashion design, fashion, trend, textiles, illustrator and 17 more skills. She is proficient in French. Colleagues describe her as "Nancy’s creative flair is well recognized in the industry. I had the pleasure Nancy’s lead design talent within my Handbag team at Nine West where she reported directly to me. In that role she was instrumental in transforming and modernizing the brand aesthetic. A joy to manage, followed direction, understood strategy & delivered outstanding bodies of work. Nancy possesses the rare combination of fashion & commercial, with a unique talent for pattern , color & design details. As strong cross divisional collaborator with an excellent work ethic. Consistently accurate trend forecasting & precise technical designs. Her hit rate was excellent due to her acute understanding of pattern drafting & vast sample making knowledge. Nancy’s bandwidth of skills also include solid leadership, sourcing, materials & hardware development. Everyone enjoyed working with her and she is comfortable mixing with corporate management to factory sample makers. Can’t recommend her enough. " and "Nancy is a prolific designer and an engaged collaborator. In the years that we worked together she was always full of ideas and very thoughtful about the execution and construction of her design ideas. She was a quick learner, a dedicated team member and worked well under pressure. She was always pushing for interesting design details but always made sure that they were commercially viable and understandable. Her technical specifications were always very clear and concise leaving very little room for the factories to commit any error. Her taste level is eclectic and advanced which I appreciated because those influences found their way into her work and always gave the designs that extra something. Her positive and pleasant demeanor also made her a joy to work with. "