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Textile & Graphic Artist Assistant
Los Angeles, CA
Apr 2014 - Present (10 years 7 months)
-Art Department Manager's right-hand day-to-day duties & weekly projects.
-Tech-packs/ costsheets, sketching, design research, art development, CAD renderings, & presentation boards.
-Daily interactions with local vendors/ overseas mills, costing department, sample cutters, sample sewers, pattern makers
& pre-production.
-Key accounts: Nordstrom (POV, Rack, Encore, Hautelook), Dillards, Avenue, Dress barn, TJ Maxx/ Marshalls,
JC Penney, Meijer, & Ross.
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Design Assistant Intern
T. Rains LLC
Los Angeles, CA
Sep 2012 - Apr 2014 (1 year 7 months)
-Assists Designers with weekly projects & fashion show prep.
-T-shirt graphic design, screen printing, draping/sewing fashion show garments: fittings/alterations, fashion show
backstage experience.
-Make-A-Wish Foundation Fashion Show: Make-Up Illustrations.