Summary - Award Winning ProfessionalSoft Goods Designer with experience designing & developing preschool, juvenile accessories, animated toys and plush. Results-driven professional with strong verbal and written communication, the ability to ideate designs, prepare digital presentations and communicate all through sketching and 3-D sample sewing. Works well with cross functional teams and accustomed to multi-tasks in a fast-paced environment with demanding deadlines.As owner of Sofia Development I manage soft good contract services to ensure award winning concept design, patent pending engineering and cost effective manufacturing packages for the toy and entertainment businesses. I organize and hire artistic teams, prepare development schedules, communicate with both the client and licensing groups to create full color working prototypes resulting with a high approval rate. Products approved are followed through with an engineering package for efficient manufacturing.Susan Sofia Development has designed soft goods for Playskool Baby, Tyco Preschool, The First Years, Tyco, Hasbro New Ventures, Fisher Price, Merry Makers, Kids Books, Nested Bean and others; from soft engineering needed for juvenile furniture, parental aids, clothing, diaperbags, swaddles, and all plush including licensed characters for both juvenile toy industry and the entertainment industry. We have been specifically trained to engineer plush characters for Mattel and children’s Television Workshop. Products were followed through from concept sketching and several working models to first engineer draft (patterns), swatch cards, and artwork. Oversaw each product with Quality Assurance, engineering and marketing for construction approvals, final artwork and packaging issues.Specialties: I specialize in infant plush and have grown to Juvenile furniture, parental aids & accessories. I have developed several patents both design and utility. My toy work has been featured on magazine covers, Top 100 Best in Parents Magazine 2004, and a Platinum Oppenheim Award recipient.
Listed skills include Concept Development, Toys, Product Design, Sketching, and 13 others.
