Stephanie Mora Solis Email & Phone Number

Cartagena, ES

Porto Area, Portugal

• Source materials within each client’s sustainability strategies. I follow all implications of working with innovative materials closely: reactions to dyes, washes, heat, etc and consider the best possible route to.
• Development of innovative materials: sometimes the perfect material for a product is not available in the market yet, so I engage with partners (spinners, weavers, knitters, trim manufacturers) to create materials that.
• Collection planning, bill of materials (BOM), calendarizing and organizing fitting sessions, factory visits & quality control checks. Cost tracking & planning to make sure the target prices are met.
• Order placement for material suppliers (fabrics, trims, etc).
• Technical development for products: oversee the creation of tech packs, attend fitting sessions and give opportune comments on both measurements & workmanship details until the product is ready for production Key.
• Participated in the expansion of the company’s scope from a production agency to a “full service” offering where clients can hire services for sustainability consulting, design, product development and production.

Argentina

• After working part-time as a design assistant for 1 year, I was promoted to Product Developer, supervising other the new design assistant and another two people on the sales team. I was working 3 days a week while.
• Managed all production for woven, knitwear, jersey & accessories
• Collection planning, calendarizing production times to meet both wholesale calendars & retail
• Cost estimation for each product, margin calculation
• Material purchasing (fabrics, yarns & trims) – distributing all materials across manufacturing partners in the country
• Oversaw all product development stages: worksheets handout, approval of samples final approval for bulk production

Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

• Created worksheets with manufacturing instructions for all categories of products (knitwear, woven & jersey)
• Made size charts & grading rules for all garments. Assisted in fitting sessions and gave comments until the desired shape and fit were achieved
• Made physical patterns, toiles & proto samples that would later be handed over to factories
• Proposed new products for each collection, created mood boards & gathered deadstock fabrics for special collections Key achievements:
• Created a brand size chart that helped create size consistency amongst all categories of products
• Proposed new styles with deadstock materials, monetizing materials that were already in house & clearing storage space

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Worked with clients helping them find solutions for design and production. Some of the projects I had include:
• Jeep: design & production of garments for their advertising campaign, summer 2017 on Mar del Plata, Argentina. This included producing high quality, functional & adaptable garments for all Jeep representatives working.
• Fuerza Bruta: design & production of costumes for the musical show complying both with the designer’s moldboard & the high standards of quality needed from a garment needed for such kind of show.
• Advertising (print & video): I created costumes for specific advertising media for clients such as Aston Martin Residences Miami, Claro (phone company), Movistar & others
• Agarrate Catalina (teens brand): I was hired as part of the team that would do the design & sourcing of the entire collection of SS2018 after a total company restructure that left them with no design team. I.
• Braku (textile agency): I collaborated on a flexible schedule with the agency creating worksheets, size charts, measuring samples & giving comments for garments that were produced in Asia.Key achievements:

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• In charge of delivering product pictures for each client’s collection. Managed timetables for both studio assistants, models & make up artist
• Logistic arrangements for photo samples coming in and out of the studio, record keeping
• Styling photography, organizing special photoshoots outside of the studio
• Lighting set up, photography & editingKey achievements:
• Increased the number of product pictures delivered weekly by creating better quality photos that needed almost no retouching
• Improved the aesthetic value of the e-commerce pictures by incorporating live models instead of mannequins & including styling elements in the pictures

San José, Costa Rica

Design and production of costumes for the costa rican film by Paz Fábrega

Fashion Design, Fashion/Apparel Design

Social Communications, Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians