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Los Angeles, California, United States

Portland, Oregon, United States

-Collaborates directly with companies, small designers, and directly with factories in China, Taiwan, and Cambodia to provide art direction, trend boards, new product ideas, technical design, spec renderings, colorway options, original artwork, and packaging design on a per- project basis.-Product designs range from cosmetic bags, backpacks, school supplies organization, reusable shopping bags, car organizers, virus protection kits, makeup brushes, hair accessories, hair tools, and packaging concepts.

Portland, Oregon, United States

-Responsible for creation, preparation, and management of both original and licensed artwork assets during product development process across all home décor departments for both product and packaging.-Prepares artwork tech packs and specs for international factories complete with working art files, CADs and Pantones.-Active in photo styling, photo editing, and catalog layout . Merchandises showrooms. -Creates sales materials including trend books, new item collections, best sellers lists, and manages all product photography assets. 

El Segundo, Ca

-Awarded design accreditation from Target to head cosmetic bag development for Sonia Kashuk beauty brand and Goodfellow Men's Grooming line. -Designed for key accounts including: Target, Ulta, and private label national line brands sold in mass market.-Created technical designs and specs according to sales and cost needs as well as emerging trends in order to produce creative and competitive products to grow the business.-Created original technical designs consistent with brands, creative direction and assortment strategy.-Approved lab dips to ensure consistency with color standards.-Responsible for upholding design integrity, high quality execution, and timeliness throughout the entire development process from concept through engineering and commercialization.-Researched the market regularly for creative ideas, innovative solutions within the travel and fashion space and implemented into designs.-Traveled internationally to attend trade shows and shop market.-Partnered cross-functionally with Merchandising, Sourcing, and Product Development on regular basis. Participate in meetings with cross-functional category partners.

El Segundo, Ca

Responsible for creating original artwork and print and pattern development for seasonal collection for multiple lines of cosmetic bags sold in retailers such as Ulta, TJ Maxx, Target, and Walmart.Drive long-term development of projects within Target in promotional holiday cosmetic bags, back-to-school items, tech accessory storage, diabetic supply storage, and licensed accessories. All total $15 Million in annual sales.Create concept boards and presentations based on research of upcoming trends in the marketplace. Direct the successful introduction of several new collections from beginning to end; including construction and prototype.

Los Angeles

-Lead contributor of original print & pattern artwork collections for sleepwear, children's and swimwear markets.-Managed team of designers by providing mood boards, color inspiration, and constructive feedback to ensure well-rounded and trend driven collection tailored to clients per specification.-Represented and sold artwork collection at national trade shows.

Greater Philadelphia Area

-Designed original artwork collections based on trends in apparel industry through a combination of hand rendering mediums and digital design using Adobe Photoshop & Adobe Illustrator. Designed hand-stitched embroidery concepts for children's market on chosen material.-Specialized in bright, fun, young conversational prints that sold well to sleepwear, children's and uniform markets. Main customers included: Target, Macy's, Old Navy, J-Crew, Victoria's Secret, Gap, Aerie, Belk, Walmart, K-Mart.-Attended trade shows and showed art to buyers.

Beverly Center- Los Angeles, Ca

Style mannequins, update signage and graphics, ensure merchandising and fixtures are consistent with brand identity and store standards. Plan, design, and construct window displays for store-wide campaigns, special events, and holidays.Manage team while working independently to ensure all areas of store are looking fresh and innovative.Travel to assist in company wide prototypical setups.Previous stores Center City Philadelphia,PA Macy's and Cherry Hill, NJ Macy's as the women's fashion stylist.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Oversee sample sewing, assist in screen printing process, develop original embroidery designs, source and merchandise vintage collection, attend sales appointments and trade shows.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Fashion Design And Merchandising

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (A.A.S.), Fashion/Apparel Design