Kamelia Loukipoudis Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater New York City Area

• Managing 3 surface design teams that account for 40% of total company salesthrough product creation and leadership milestones.
• Leading aesthetic vision in developing new wash, tie dye & graphics techniques.
• Innovating new sustainable wash and printing techniques for casual and sport apparel.
• Developing seasonal surface & color story assortment.
• Creating full outfitting matchbacks as well as full store color balance and freshness.
• Presenting line assortment to leadership and clearly communicating design revisions to all members of apparel surface team.

New York, New York

• Designing product for Victoria’s Secret, PINK, Aerie/AEO, WalMart & Target
• Specializing in seamless innovation in bras, panties & apparel
• Directing Tefron innovation collection design each season through competitive shop- ping, white space analysis, trend research, customer feedback and collaboration withdesign team members.
• Collaborating with international partners in Canada, China & Israel.
• Multiple international trips for development & design
• Creating trend books, lookbooks and presentation materials for all customer meetings.

Greater New York City Area

• Designed product for Victoria’s Secret, PINK, and Tommy Hilfiger Intimates.
• Researched trends, created presentations, & participated in all meetings with customers.
• Specialized in seamless knitting & innovation.
• Managed junior design assistant and product developer in daily tasks. Delegatedduties and gave feedback regularly.
• Created artwork and design packages for factory for new developments.
• Collaborated with team members on global innovation development & managedfactory capacity for new seamless innovation

Greater New York City Area

• Designed and developed product for licensed intimates brands (Warner’s Shapewear,Rampage) and for private label (Charlotte Russe, Forever 21, WalMart, and Target).
• Researched trends and analyzed white space in competitive market.
• Managed product from concept to production.
• Created development packages for new styles, fabrics, trim and innovation product.
• Organized launch product photo shoot and managed the marketing process.

San Francisco Bay Area

Creating & maintaining line sheets, storyboards & color palettesAssisting in color approval, writing labdip comments.Assisting in trend research.Contributed to development of initial brandingOrganizing & managing the initial photoshootCo-organizing large scale focus group for product testingAssisting in leading fittings, reviewing samples, writing fit.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Developed patterns from sketches & photos. Communicated with international vendors daily. Solved costing challenges from vendors & merchants.Managed product development from sketch to bulk. Trained associates in Accumark PDS grading. Streamlined tech pack creation. Developed standards for international communication. Researched trends. Managed: Gilly Hicks.

Taught 3-7th graders class in Egyptology and Archaeology and accounted for classes of 25+ childrenDesigned innovative lesson plans that are both educational and entertaining

Assisted in creating trend, line & trim boardsPrepared materials for international communication Completed trim & design cardsUpdated internal & sales linesheetsResearched trends; updated delivery color palettes

Prepared taxes for customersAnswered phones & assisted customers and complaints Assisted with payroll managementAssisted with accounts payableTrained new employees and supervised staff or 10-15 in manager’s absencePromoted to assistant store manager duties in addition to assistant duties

Msl, Fashion Law

Adv. Aa, Advanced Fashion Design

Activities and Societies: Debut 2011 - Children's Designer

Aa, Fashion Design

President's Honor Roll, Fashion Design Award Finalist, Sigma Cum Laude

M.A., Egyptology

Activities and Societies: UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology

B.A., Classical Archaeology, Linguistics, French

Activities and Societies: Organizations: The Daily Texan – general reporter; Collage Magazine – co-founder/ layout supervisor.

B.A., English, Linguistics