Fashion & Textile Designer

Lead Costume Designer for dance company. * Designed and executed costumes for artists such as Aretha Franklin and her dancers.

Concept, Print/Textile, and CAD Designer for mass market domestic apparel company specializing in Junior Intimate, Lounge, Swim, Sleep, Denim, and Sportswear. * Strategized and created visual and concepts for new brands POUT and VICTORIA. * Researched trends and consumer behavior towards new and existing brands. * Bought, designed, colored and styled print story for ANGELS brand. * Communicated technical specs to overseas vendors Input color, fabric, and art specifications into Flex PLM system. * Managed CAD Artists and design interns. * Liaised between merchants, vendors, and design team.

Creation of style guides for International children's mass market licensed apparel company. * Interpreted various fashion/lifestyle trends towards silhouette and graphic design guidelines for Disney Licensees in Europe, Middle East, and Africa. * Executed style guides consisting of graphics, print/pattern, packaging, embellishments for infant/layette, toddler, and girls/boys apparel. * Translated culturally and geographically diverse aesthetics and streamlined to maintain Disney brand identity. * Managed Direct to retail accounts for Marks & Spencer, TESCO, and ASDA in the UK.

Boy's collection. * Rocawear : Technical Designer for Junior Denim collection. * ESPRIT : Graphic Designer for Women's collection. * French Toast : Fashion Designer for Girl's swim and print. * Ecko Unlimited G-Unit : Technical Designer for Men's Denim apparel.

Print and Graphic Artist for mass market domestic apparel company specializing in Junior fashion. * Direct and Execute Graphic and Print for all categories including ready to wear, lounge, swim, sleep, wovens, denim, and knits. * Build and maintain vendor and print studio relationships, Manage external art teams. * Execute original print and graphic designs via hand-drawn and digital rendering. * Manage interns, align Product Development and Merchant teams with new Design team. * Seasonal concept work for graphics and print/pattern. * Color management from software to paper to fabric. * Lab dips, Color specifications, Strike-off approval.

* Assistant to Art director of Printed Textile Studio for brands such as Oscar De La Renta, Adrianne Vittadini, & Jones New York. * Created color cards, trend research, graphic design. * Designed silk scarf repeat layouts, general office management.