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Assistant Designer - Girl's Dresses
The TJX Companies, Inc
Framingham, MA
Mar 2015 - Present (9 years 8 months)
• Assisting Senior Designers in all aspects of product design and development
• Responsible for designing new development styles/concepts and presenting to upper
management
• Creating/updating mini body flat sketches in both black/white and color
• Creating/updating flat sketches with callouts and details
• Creating CAD sketches for buyer presentations
• Trend research for Spring/Summer 2016 season and ladder plans
• Attend all prototype/pass-off meetings for new development
• Updating styles in FlexPLM; this includes uploading/updating image pages, uploading
inspiration samples into the concept closet, and uploading color chips for each style
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Assistant Technical Designer
The TJX Companies, Inc
Framingham, MA
Mar 2014 - Mar 2015 (1 year)
• Assisting Senior Technical Staff in all areas of Technical Design and Apparel Design development
• Developing and updating tech packages
• Participate and assist in all fit meetings
• Measuring garments and updating specs
• Organization and execution of T.O.P. (Top of Production) sampling process
• Updating WIP (Work In Progress) reports
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Contract Technical Designer
Appleseeds
Middleton, MA
Mar 2013 - Nov 2013 (8 months)
• Assisting Senior Technical Staff in all areas of Technical Design and Apparel Design development
• Developing and updating tech packages
• Sample fittings with model
• Pattern tracing and measuring of garments
• Communicating with manufacturers regarding garment production
• Organization and execution of T.O.P. (Top of Production) sampling process
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Design Intern
Denise Hajjar
Boston, MA
Sep 2012 - Dec 2012 (3 months)
• Garment construction
• Pattern-drafting
• Fashion sketches
• Fashion show production
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Design Intern
Salaam Clothing
Plainfield, VT
Jun 2011 - Sep 2011 (3 months)
• Assisted in designing Spring/Summer 2012 collection
• Technical Sketching and mini bodies
• Fashion sketches
• Pattern-drafting and sample-making