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New York, United States

Tech Fleet is a non-profit volunteer organization that puts together teams of people to work on projects for clients. I worked on the Melanin Village project as a co-Lead of the UX Design team with 1 other lead and 4 apprentices. The project goal was to create a cross-platform native mobile app for a homeschooling community.🔆 Co-led team in ideation of social feed and direct messaging user flows of app🔆 Designed user journey maps and evaluated existing site to understand user’s needs and pain points🔆 Developed mobile-first user flows, wireframes, and prototypes for the social feed and messaging in native app

I worked on phase 2 of the Melanin Village project as a member of the UX Design team with 2 leads and 3 other apprentices. The project goal was to integrate curriculum, payment, and community platforms for a homeschooling organization.🔆 Saved the client $4,380 by creating a design system of a style guide and pattern library🔆 Collaborated cross-functionally with project management, strategy, writing, and research teams to evaluate platforms’ features and ultimately recommended FlutterFlow as the best option for the client🔆 Designed 20% of the components for the pattern library🔆 Created 53% of the style guide including the template, guidelines for imagery, UI elements, and breakpoints

1888 Mills is a manufacturer of towels and bedding. 37 Orchard is a juniors apparel company.🔆 Created print artwork for seasonal towel projects to be approved by stakeholders🔆 Sketched sweater styles and created detailed tech packs for accurate costing🔆 Created stripe, cable, and sweater pattern layouts for creating prototypes

New York, United States

Fashion River is an apparel company selling to Macy's, Ross, Burlington, Gabe's, and Factory Connection. Responsible for the cut & sew knit categories in missy, plus, and petite. Created line sheets and prints to present to sales team and buyers. Developed key items under Robert Louis, Sabrina Lauren, Marissa Olivia, and Star Style labels.🔆 Researched market and analyzed outcomes of past selling to create products seasonally🔆 Established style, color, and print direction and created key item line sheets for over 20 cut-and-sew fabrications🔆 Designed and recolored artwork for over 100 prints seasonally and directed freelance designer in creating new prints

New York, New York, United States

Ikeddi is an apparel company selling to Ross, Burlington, Boscov's, Macy's Backstage, and Bealls. As Senior Designer, I was responsible for developing the color, print, and style direction for a cut & sew knits and wovens for missy, plus, and petite. I collaborated closely with the Merchandiser and provided sketches, CADs, and collection plans in Adobe Illustrator for kathy ireland, Madison + Hudson, Alison Andrews, & private label.🔆 Strategized with stakeholders the re-launch of the kathy ireland brand for the missy market 🔆 Supervised the Art Department in building a print library from scratch to 200 prints a season🔆 Improved efficiency of the fit process by organizing procedures and communication between design, technical, and production departments

New York, New York, United States

Colortree is a small apparel manufacturing company selling to Burlington, Ross, TJ Maxx, Stitch Fix, Steinmart, Winners, and Bealls Outlet. As Senior Designer, I worked closely with the Merchandiser and buyers to develop key item cut & sew tops and sweaters for missy, plus, girls, and juniors markets for Colortree, Mesh+Lace, Love+Lace, Eight18, Colortree Kids, and Kiss & Fly labels.🔆 Tripled the number of skus in monthly deliveries of best-selling products🔆 Created 50 new girls' seasonal sequin appliqué artwork layouts for growing top program🔆 Managed freelance designer developing 100 print artwork layouts per season

New York, Ny

Sunrise Brands is an established apparel company selling to Macy's, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, Kohl's, and private label brands. As a Designer, I designed cut & sew knits, wovens, & sweaters across missy, plus, an juniors markets. I reported to and was mentored by the Head Designer working on the Melissa McCarthy, Chelsea Studio, American Rag CIE, and Bandolino Brands.🔆 Designed seasonal collections of 50 products for the Melissa McCarthy licensed celebrity line in missy and plus markets🔆 Researched trend reports, performed competitive analysis, and applied customer knowledge for initial color, print, and style concept to aid in design🔆 Collaborated with CAD, tech, and production teams to ensure design vision was consistent from development to production

New York, Ny

One Jeanswear Group is a recognized apparel manufacturer with brands like Jessica Simpson, LEI, Energie, Gloria Vanderbilt, Erika, and Nine West. There, I was Freelance Designer for juniors, missy, toddlers, and tween markets. Xcel Brands is a consumer products company where I freelanced for the Isaac Mizrahi Live & C. Wonder Brands. Blue Heart Apparel was a juniors and juniors plus clothing company where I was a Freelance Designer handling sketching, print design, tech packs, and fittings. 🔆 Collaborated with Head Designer in designing seasonal 100 piece product line🔆 Partnered with Head Designer to develop 25 products for junior tops and dresses monthly line🔆 Created tech packs with specs including grading and fit prototypes

New York, Ny

Younique Brands is an apparel manufacturer that sells to Cato, Dress Barn, Walmart, Belk, and Stage. As an Associate Designer, I was responsible for designing cut & sew knit and woven tops, shopping stores, sourcing prints and fabrics, developing samples in-house and overseas for Absolutely Famous and private label.🔆 Partnered with Senior Designer to establish color and print direction for monthly deliveries🔆 Directed in-house Patternmaker to create samples based on design vision🔆 Communicated with local and foreign vendors to source the latest fabrics and prints

New York, Ny

Golden Touch is an established apparel manufacturer that sells to Walmart, Belk, Stage, and Gordman's. As an Associate Designer, I aided the Merchandiser in the design and product development of missy and plus cut & sew knits, wovens, and sweaters across all categories for Allison Brittney and private label. 🔆 Grew the product line by designing based on market research and competitive analysis🔆 Worked cross-functionally with the Art Department in creating CADs to show to stakeholders🔆 Collaborated with the Tech Department to improve the fit quality of the development prototypes and production samples

New York, Ny

Take Two is a small clothing manufacturer that sells to Stage, Dressin Gaudy, and print catalogs. As an Assistant Designer, I aided the Designer in creating print driven cut & sew knits and woven missy styles using Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop for private label.🔆 Aided in building product collection🔆 Increased the output of print artwork

Certificate, Ux Design

Learned User Experience (UX) Design and the importance of researching and understanding the users of a product or a service to apply that.

Bfa, Fashion Design, 3.86

Education record

I participated in a study abroad program at the Savannah College of Art & Design's Lacoste campus in Provence, France. I studied Fashion.