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Textile designer with over a decade of experience creating commercially successful prints and patterns for global apparel and home brands. My background blends traditional artistry with digital design, specializing in repeat patterns, color development, engineered artwork, and trend-driven collections. I’ve collaborated with major retailers and understand how to balance creativity with production requirements, ensuring designs are both beautiful and market-ready.…Textile designer with over a decade of experience creating commercially successful prints and patterns for global apparel and home brands. My background blends traditional artistry with digital design, specializing in repeat patterns, color development, engineered artwork, and trend-driven collections. I’ve collaborated with major retailers and understand how to balance creativity with production requirements, ensuring designs are both beautiful and market-ready.

Kathleen Finch

Textile Designer, Product Designer, Brand Designer, +1

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Textile designer with over a decade of experience creating commercially successful prints and patterns for global apparel and home brands. My background blends traditional artistry with digital design, specializing in repeat patterns, color development, engineered artwork, and trend-driven collections. I’ve collaborated with major retailers and understand how to balance creativity with production requirements, ensuring designs are both beautiful and market-ready.…Textile designer with over a decade of experience creating commercially successful prints and patterns for global apparel and home brands. My background blends traditional artistry with digital design, specializing in repeat patterns, color development, engineered artwork, and trend-driven collections. I’ve collaborated with major retailers and understand how to balance creativity with production requirements, ensuring designs are both beautiful and market-ready.

Available to hire

Textile designer with over a decade of experience creating commercially successful prints and patterns for global apparel and home brands. My background blends traditional artistry with digital design, specializing in repeat patterns, color development, engineered artwork, and trend-driven collections. I’ve collaborated with major retailers and understand how to balance creativity with production requirements, ensuring designs are both beautiful and market-ready.

Skills

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Surface Pattern Design

Illustration

Presentation Design

Experience Level

Adobe Illustrator

Expert

Adobe Photoshop

Expert

Surface Pattern Design

Expert

Illustration

Expert

Presentation Design

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Product Designer at NextEra Energy

January 1, 2024 - Present

Led cross-functional collaboration and design for complex enterprise systems. Applied user research and design thinking to improve product interfaces and usability; partnered with engineers and product teams to create scalable design systems and components.

Textile & Surface Designer at White House Black Market

January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2021

Designed original print and pattern collections aligned with seasonal trend direction and brand aesthetic. Interpreted runway, market, and cultural trends into commercially viable color palettes and repeat concepts. Partnered with merchandising and product development teams to align trend direction with assortment strategy. Collaborated with overseas mills to refine strike-offs, color accuracy, and print execution through production.

Textile Surface Designer at Tail Active Wear

January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019

Designed performance-driven surface patterns by combining trend research with functional apparel requirements. Developed cohesive seasonal prints to support merchandising and product development.

Textile Surface Designer at J. Jill

January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2018

Designed seasonal textile prints aligned with brand lifestyle positioning and customer preferences. Improved CAD onboarding systems to increase workflow efficiency and consistency.

Senior Textile Product Designer at Natco Home

January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2017

Led concept-to-product design of trend-forward floor coverings for major national retailers. Adapted macro trend forecasts into retailer-specific assortments tailored to customer demographics.

Product Designer – Textile Surface Designer at Target

January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2016

Developed trend-driven prints across owned brands contributing to high-volume seasonal assortments. Conducted customer observation research to inform design direction and emerging aesthetic preferences. Created repeat patterns, engineered placements, and colorways optimized for diverse product categories.