Professional Experience Details
Develop and maintain Technical Packs with all product information.
Complete Technical Sketches and all appropriate garment construction and detail callouts.
Create and maintain the BOM for assigned styles throughout the styles’ development.
Collaborate with the pattern team for initial style prototype pattern creation.
Digital 3D prototyping via CLO 3D for initial style design intent and fit.
Ensure garment fit is to company standard over each stage of sampling rounds.
Work and communicate directly with overseas partners to develop product.
Work with the Design, Merchandising, Sourcing, and Pattern teams to achieve the best garment design, quality, and price for our customers.
Track garment development progress and status, and communicate that progress to both vendors and cross functional departments.
Work with the Pattern team on all seasonal style size adds, organize and log all size adds, and communicate style size adds to the applicable vendors.
Collaborate with the design team to achieve design intent through mock-ups, during fit sessions, and in prototype reviews.
Help with the creation of numeric-based competitive fit grade.
Actively lead and create Vinyl Personalization standards and processes.
Balance the development, sampling, and finalization of three product seasons.
Represent both Technical Design and Pattern teams on all IT matters.
Assist in fit projects, initiatives, and special projects as needed.
Technical Designer
October 2018 - Present
Weissman’s Designs for Dance
Sourcing Assistant
May 2018 - November 2018
Weissman’s Designs for Dance
Fulfilled the role of Associate Manager of Fabric Development while she is away on maternity leave.
Lead new-fabric development for both Costume and Dancewear businesses.
Collaborated with design and fabric team to source fabrics with the desired properties, colors, and techniques.
Worked and communicated directly with overseas partners to develop fabrics.
Oversaw the lab dip process with all vendors for new colors and fabrics, making approvals and rejections based off of the color standard.
Negotiated pricing to fit within the desired target range.
Worked with the Design, Tech Design, and Merchandising teams for all fabric developments and final fabric approvals.
Tracked fabric development statuses and communicated progress to vendors.
Created and maintained the finalized fabric development library.
Created and lead development-to-production handoff meeting.
Communicated effectively with team members and cross-functional partners to ensure transparency and full knowledge of the developmental process, including successes and issues.
Apparel Technology Lab Assistant
August 2016 - May 2018
University of Missouri
Oversaw the student apparel technology labs, including sewing studio and computer lab.
Assisted students with questions regarding fabrics, pattern and fit adjustments, construction techniques, and industrial machine troubleshooting.
Completed minor repairs and troubleshooting of industrial sewing machines, sergers, and other classroom technology.
Helped to clarify project goals to students.
Kept track of studio inventory of needles, threads, machine parts, and more.
Communicated any machine issues to direct supervisor.
Ensured that students are following lab and stuio rules and safety standards.
Sourcing Intern
May 2017 - August 2017
Weissman’s Designs for Dance
Worked directly with the fabric production team to review all bulk fabric production.
Assessed fabric bulk headers from all mills for stretch, color, and quality standard.
Tracked and approved bulk production status.
Created audit kits for each new costume, dancewear, and classwear styles.
Created all new-style care labels for mill use. Lead the approval of mill's care label layouts.
Worked with Design and Merchandising teams if any bulk issues arise.
Communicated with cross functional teams to provide transparency.