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Experienced Apparel Designer with over 10 years of creating commercially successful men’s and women’s collections for major retail brands. My expertise spans trend forecasting, seasonal concepts, color, CADs, tech packs, fabric development, fittings, and production execution. I have a strong track record of partnering with cross-functional teams to bring innovative, consumer-driven products to market while balancing creativity, quality, and business goals. I pride myself on being collaborative, detail-oriented, and delivering thoughtful design solutions from concept to completion.
Experience Level
Work Experience
Associate Designer at Champs Sports
October 1, 2021 - PresentResponsible for the design production of the CSG and CSG Active brands, overseeing color development, tech packs, BOMs, and label designs. Trains and supervises entry-level designers. Creates complete tech packs with detailed sketches, specifications, materials, and fit comments. Partners with VP of Product Creation and merch partners from concept through completion while meeting quality standards. Travels for inspiration and researches new techniques, fabrications, and trims for upcoming seasons. Conducts fittings and reviews samples and lab dips, clearly communicating changes and approvals. Works with design leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure feasibility, meet price points, merchandising requests, and the product development calendar. Creates tech packs including BOM information; shops market for inspiration and sources new fabric and trims. Highly organized and adaptable in a fast-paced environment.
Experience Associate Product Line Manager at Champs Sports / Eastbay
February 1, 2021 - October 10, 2021Product line management experience supporting apparel product development across Champs Sports/Eastbay. (Full role scope and dates are not fully specified in the provided text.)
Associate Designer at Champs Sports
February 1, 2018 - February 1, 2021Contributed to the design production of the CSG brand, overseeing color, tech packs, and BOMs. Partnered with design leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure feasibility while meeting price points, merchandising requests, and the product development calendar. Researched new techniques, fabrications, and trims for upcoming seasons and sourced new fabrics and trims through market shopping. Conducted fittings and reviewed samples and lab dips, communicating changes and approvals. Organized and able to cover multiple categories in a fast-paced environment; adaptable to changing fashion and design landscape.
Associate Designer (Women’s Training) - Contract Associate Designer at Adidas North American Headquarters
June 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016Contract associate designer for women’s training, assisting women’s designers following the Good/Better/Best strategy. Utilized knowledge in activewear fabrics and trims (function and costing). Attended fittings, merch meetings, costing meetings, and vendor meetings. Worked through BOMs, tech packs, and linesheet organization.
Design Apparel Intern at Under Armour
June 1, 2015 - August 31, 2015Worked on the Made for Outlet team, learning how to create tech packs, fabric & garment costing, and maintain linesheets. Learned the design role under supervision, collaborated with factory partners to meet timelines, negotiated costing with vendors to ensure IMU and costing targets, and ran weekly meetings with design, merchandising, marketing, and the photo team to keep alignment on the TNA.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Fashion Design Program) at Savannah College of Art and Design
September 1, 2012 - June 30, 2016Qualifications
Industry Experience
Retail, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods
Experience Level
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