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Founder-Creative Director
Columbus, OH
May 2013 - Present (11 years 6 months)
A work from home freelance business that I established in 2013 that specializes in prints, scarfs, production artwork and tee- shirt designs for clients.
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Graphic/CAD/Textile Artist
GOLDEN TOUCH IMPORTS
New York, NY
Feb 2012 - Apr 2013 (1 year 2 months)
* Recreated new prints and graphics from bought samples * Sketched Flats in Illustrator * Made line sheets and artwork for many private labels such as Macys, Kohl's and Walmart * to name a few when they bought a new style from our designs * Created screen prints and allover prints * Re-colored graphics/prints * Cleaned up prints and putting them into repeat after color reduction either from original or bought prints * Created production artwork for production * Stayed current with the trends and applying them to each project that is given, from juniors, missy and plus size wear
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Graphic/ Textile Artist (new born layettes boys & girls knits)
OVED APPAREL
New York, NY
Aug 2010 - Sep 2011 (1 year 1 month)
* Liaison between head designer, sales, and production * Maintained production deadline when work where assigned * Catered to the buyers needs and wants in order to achieve the set sales goals on the retail floor * Created artwork from scratch * Researched and designed season's collections * Developed detailed technical packages for overseas production and preparing specs in word excel * Responsible for reviewing development samples, tracking and approval of fabric samples, lab dips/strike-offs and other development materials * Made print repeats/graphics in adobe Illustrator/ Photoshop for the baby clothing sets and gift box packages
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Assistant Designer
Triple 5 Soul
New York, NY
Jun 2008 - Aug 2010 (2 years 2 months)
Designer-(women's & men's knits/woven) * Supported the design, sales and production department in managing the needs of the Design Team * Achieved client goals through specific guidelines * Liaison between designers and head technical designers * Prepared and maintaining fit schedules * Took fit section pictures and edited them weekly in Photoshop and stored them into a library of reference photos in specific label folders * Spec garments, creating tech packages, preparing line/cost sheets, researching, embellishing samples, sketching new bodies in illustrator, lab dips, line sheets, mood boards, running errands in the garment district, preparing showrooms for meetings