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 cost-efficiently deliver a product that meets all quality, price & sustainability criteria for each client• 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 match the needs of specific products, oversee the lab testing and performance checks until quality standards are met.• 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 achievements:• 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. • Collaborated since the beginning of the brand “Dariadéh” to create a sound sustainability strategy, sourced all materials used in the brand’s collection and developed/produced most of the brand’s products. • Created an inclusive sizing strategy for Dariadéh (XXS- 3XL) while keeping consistency on fit amongst all sizes. Engaged directly with pattern makers to develop samples that meet these criteria (all sampling rounds are tested in both XS & XL)• Improved the communication flow with factories by implementing manuals on sizing, codes for tech packs & sample orders, this reduced the number of sampling rounds needed

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 keeping other design / production clients on the side• 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• Organized the quality control on finished goodsKey achievements:• Established new relationships with manufacturing partners for both woven & jersey categories, reducing CMT costs & improving lead times for orders• Re organized the material purchasing to achieve lower material prices. Established a system to keep track of in-stock materials & distribute them to manufacturing partners• Successfully implemented an online shop and all the logistics related to it (shipments, handling, packaging, etc). This step considerably increased revenue for the brand• Established long-lasting partnerships with external freelancers for print design, hand-knitted accessories, soft leather goods manufacturing & hand embroidery

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• Designed & produced a new garment labelling system for the brand, effectively reducing costs

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 that summer on the Argentinean coast. All while keeping a very tight deadline & delivering all products under the allowed budget • 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 collaborated with other two colleagues to meet the tight deadline of 3 months to deliver a working collection ready to be presented to wholesalers.• 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:• After satisfactory delivery of costumes for Fuerza Bruta Argentina show, I was hired to work on the entire costume strategy for the “Fuerza Bruta Japan” show. I delivered the collection within the budget & timings needed for the show• Established a long-lasting collaboration with the textile Agency Braku, creating tech packs & comments on products that were being developed & produced in Asia. • Delivered an entire womenswear collection within 3 months of development time for the client “Agarrate Catalina”, while creating a new labelling strategy for the brand after a company restructure

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