Menswear Designer

Taylor Plaskett

New York, NY

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Fashion Designer turned Graphic Designer. After a decade of experience in the fashion industry I pivoted towards graphic designs and utilizing the skill set I curated for myself in a new creative way. I am excited to build my graphic design portfolio and am still excited to take on clothing design projects, as well.

My Strongest Skills include:

Clear Communication, Customer Service, Trend Forecasting, Art Direction and Development, Process Implementaion, Management, and Efficency, Fabric and Garment Development, and Digital Storytelling.
Education
- Bachelor of Science B.S Fashion Merchandising Management
  
  The Fashion Institute of Technology
  
  Major in Fashion Merchandising Management (Business) Minor in Product Development (Computer Aided Design)
Experience
- Graphic Designer
  
  Register Graphics
  
  Nov 2022 - Present (2 years)
- OUTERWEAR DESIGNER
  
  DICK'S SPORTING GOODS
  
  PITTSBURGH, PA
  
  Present
- ALPINE DESIGN
  
  Present
  
  Primarily developed the Men's Alpine Outerwear assortment, and assisted with Women's Outerwear and Mens' and Women's Apparel, driving newness through trend research, updated fabrications, artwork research and development as well as sourcing negotiations.
- ACTIVEWEAR MEN'S DESIGNER
  
  JCPENNEY
  
  PLANO, TX
- XERSION
  
  Led the design team for the Xersion activewear brand and created the Xersion Outdoor line extension. Created sketches and technical product packs for outerwear, swim, knit and woven shirts, knit and woven bottoms, sweaters and all activewear categories. * Increased the Gross Margin by $4.2 million or 67% and decreased the Average Inventory Cost by 18%.
- KNITS/SWTRS MEN'S DESIGNER
  
  ST. JOHN'S BAY AND THE FOUNDRY BIG & TALL
  
  Led trend direction, built color palettes & concepts, directing art (screens & prints), creating tech packs & trim sheets, & attending fittings. * Drove newness in the assortment while presenting well thought out styling that blends technical details with mass appeal at an affordable price.
- SWIM & OUTERWEAR MEN'S DESIGNER
  
  ALL PL BRAND
  
  WARREN, PA
  
  Created sketches and technical product packs for all private label brands. Attended fittings, built color palettes and presented styles to buying teams and leadership. BLAIR BLUESTEM BRANDS
- MENS DESIGNER
  
  BLAIR & SCANDIA WOODS
  
  MENS DESIGNER
- BROOKS BROTHERS
  
  NEW YORK, NY
  
  Led trend direction color palette concept creating all art (prints screenprints embroidery) setting up tech packs product building presentation designing an average of 80 styles per season and managing freelance art help.
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Taylor Plaskett

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