Resume
Objective
Seeking a position with an apparel brand, where my design skills can be utilized as a garment developer or technical designer.
Education
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA 09/2019 - 05/2022
Masters of Fashion Product Development.
City College Of San Francisco, CA 08/2018 - 6/2019
Certificate of Pattern Making for Fashion Design.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA 09/2007-12/2011
Bachelors of Fine Arts, in Painting, Interrelated Medias and Glass.
Skills & Qualifications
Skilled pattern maker for Women’s apparel and lingerie.
Proficient use of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign particularly for creating and presenting technical flats.
Experienced use of Gerber Pattern Making Software, Backbone PLM, and Centric PLM
Extensive fitting experience for a wide variety of apparel.
Experience with communicating and sourcing with vendors in America, Europe, and Asia.
Work Experience
Marine Layer, San Francisco, CA - Technical Designer - Women’s Knitwear 6/2021-Present
Managing the technical development of garments from development to final fit approval. Focus on womenswear, knits and swimwear. Analyzing fit corrections based on garment fittings and applying feedback from the product design team. Writing fit comments for factory feedback, and translating design comments into technical changes to be applied by overseas vendors. Owning technical fit communication between overseas vendors, managing and tracking sample ETA’s and quality control of development and top of production samples.
Sarah Liller Design LLC, San Francisco, CA - Design Intern 1/2019-6/2019
Duties included: Assisting Sarah with the sampling process and creating new patterns, and preparing patterns for digitizing. Organizing PO’s by date of shipment, assisting in organizing new inventory as it came in from the factories, and preparing shipments to retailers. Creating patterns for knits and wovens for a sustainable and ethical womenswear brand all designed and manufactured in San Francisco.
Sidone Lingerie, San Francisco, CA - Technical Designer, Manufacturer, Founder 1/2013- 9/2019
Duties included: Designing beautiful, functional and comfortable made to order bras and lingerie for women of all sizes. Creating a seasonal line and maintaining the website, grading drafted patterns and running extensive fit tests in person or over Skype on each size before release. Manufacturing all products by hand and arranging deliveries. Updating the brand’s social media presence on a regular basis. Keeping a running inventory of materials needed.
The Alembic, San Francisco CA - Floor Manager 8/2014 - 10/2017
Duties included: Managing front of house team, assisting with scheduling and setting up Aloha POS daily. Serving and greeting guests in a high volume setting, keeping track of a constantly changing menu and maintaining extensive food and beverage knowledge, upholding and maintaining the high level of service and product knowledge synonymous with the name Alembic.
Agent Provocateur, San Francisco, CA and Boston, MA- Sales Associate 11/2008 - 03/2013
Duties included: one on one sales, personal bra and lingerie fittings, gift consultancies, beauty product knowledge, clienteling, inventory checks, checking in shipments, and installing window displays.