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Fashion and textile design professional with experience across product-led design, textile surface development, and manufacturing workflows. Strong focus on design systems, technical flats, sampling processes, and export-oriented pattern/design alignment with international market standards.
Leadership across production planning and vendor coordination, delivering measurable improvements in efficiency, on-time delivery, COGS, and quality outcomes. Recognized for sustainable material innovation through award-winning research and conference participation.
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Work Experience
Design Lead
April 1, 2025 - PresentDefined manufacturing-ready design systems and production workflows, reducing design-to-production turnaround time by 25%. Contributed to product-led brand growth, resulting in a 25% increase in clientele within the first year. Achieved 30% efficiency improvement.
Design Lead at Aug’19 - May’23 (as listed in resume)
April 1, 2025 - PresentDefined manufacturing-ready design systems and production workflows, reducing design-to-production turnaround time by 25%. Contributed to brand growth through product-led strategy, increasing clientele by 25% in the first year. Led initiatives focused on efficiency improvements.
Production Head at The Button Thief & Co.
June 1, 2023 - PresentManaged seasonal manufacturing cycles with strict critical path control, achieving 93% on-time delivery. Optimized vendor coordination and sourcing strategies, reducing COGS by 14%. Improved quality control and sampling workflows, lowering production rework and defect rates by 20%.
Final Year Project: Sustainable Sanitary Pads – Water Hyacinth
January 1, 2023 - April 1, 2023Researched and developed eco-friendly absorbent structures using water hyacinth fibers. Created textile finishes using natural roots and copper oxide nanoparticles, emphasizing sustainability and manufacturability. Award-winning project focused on sustainable material innovation for sanitary pads.
Intern / Trainee (Industrial Training in Fashion Manufacturing & Product Development)
January 1, 2023 - April 1, 2023Handled end-to-end garment production lifecycle activities including sampling, fit trials, quality control, and final approvals. Supported critical path planning and production scheduling, including export-oriented international manufacturing coordination. Worked with technical documentation such as tech flats, specification sheets, tech packs, garment construction methods, and measurement standards. Also supported sustainability-focused tasks including fabric and trims sourcing, lab dips, material testing, supplier evaluation, and cost analysis/production efficiency optimization.
Final Year Project (Sustainable Sanitary Pads – Water Hyacinth)
January 1, 2023 - April 1, 2023Award-winning research focused on eco-friendly material innovation. Developed absorbent structures using water hyacinth fibers. Created textile finishes using natural roots and copper oxide nanoparticles, emphasizing sustainability and manufacturability. (Project: Jan 2023–Apr 2023).
Design Assistant at Hueloom
November 1, 2022 - April 1, 2023Assisted in seasonal collection development, improving technical flat accuracy and reducing design corrections by 20%. Coordinated with artisans and production teams to streamline sampling processes, shortening development cycles by 15%. Supported material and surface innovation initiatives, contributing to a 12% improvement in production readiness.
Trainee - Kannan Printing & Embroidery at Kannan Printing & Embroidery
August 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022Worked on textile printing and embroidery support using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create aesthetically appealing textile designs. Assisted in designing digital textile patterns and prints for multiple product lines, collaborating with the design team to meet industry trends and client specifications, ensuring pattern alignment to production requirements.
Intern, Kannan Printing & Embroidery (Tra.inee) at Kannan Printing & Embroidery
August 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022Created innovative, aesthetically appealing textile designs using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Assisted with designing digital textile patterns and prints for multiple product lines. Collaborated with the design team to ensure patterns aligned with industry trends and client specifications. Supported production workflows across printing and embroidery deliverables.
Trainer, Kannan Printing & Embroidery (Trainee) at Kannan Printing & Embroidery
August 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022Worked as a trainee focused on textile printing and embroidery. Used Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create innovative and aesthetically appealing textile designs. Assisted the design team with digital textile pattern and print creation for product lines, collaborating to ensure patterns met industry trends and client specifications. Also gained exposure to technical documentation and production-oriented workflows used in garment/textile development.
Internship Trainee at Kannan Printing & Embroidery
August 1, 2022 - October 31, 2022Used Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create textile design ideas. Assisted in designing digital textile patterns and prints for multiple product lines. Collaborated with the design team to ensure patterns aligned with industry trends and client specifications.
Trainee, Kannan Printing & Embroidery at Kannan Printing & Embroidery
August 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022Worked on software-assisted textile design creation using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to develop innovative, aesthetically appealing textile designs. Assisted in designing digital textile patterns and prints for multiple product lines, collaborating with the design team to ensure pattern alignment with industry trends and client specifications. Also supported production-oriented documentation such as technical flats, specification sheets, tech packs, and garment construction/measurement standards.
Intern/Trainer, Kannan Printing & Embroidery at Kannan Printing & Embroidery
August 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022Created innovative and aesthetically appealing textile designs using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Assisted with designing digital textile patterns and prints for various product lines. Collaborated with the design team to ensure patterns met industry trends and client specifications.
Textile Designer at Ambara Exports
November 1, 2021 - November 1, 2022Designed export-oriented textile patterns aligned with European market standards, improving buyer adoption by 10%. Collaborated with production teams to enhance manufacturability, reducing sampling revisions by 18%. Supported expansion of the export portfolio through innovative surface development, improving seasonal collection acceptance by 15%.
Education
B.Tech in Fashion Technology at KCG Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
August 1, 2019 - May 1, 2023B.Tech in Fashion Technology at KCG Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
August 1, 2019 - May 1, 2023Qualifications
Final Year Project
January 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023Recharge Cultural Fest - Textile Research Award for Innovation in Sustainable Materials
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026Mr. Recharge - Best Designer
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026First Place - Ideation for Sustainable Sanitary Pads (Water Hyacinth)
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026Attended AI in Fashion and Design (AIFaD) Conference, Bangalore (Indo-French)
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026AI in Fashion and Design (AIFaD) Conference attendee
January 1, 2022 - July 31, 2026Trainee - Kanan Printing & Embroidery
August 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022First Place – Ideation for Sustainable Sanitary Pads (Water Hyacinth)
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026Mr. Recharge – Best Designer (Recharge Cultural Fest)
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026Textile Research Award for Innovation in Sustainable Materials
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026Trainee – Kannan Printing & Embroidery
August 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022Industry Experience
Manufacturing, Education, Consumer Goods, Professional Services, Other
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