Education
Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles
BFA in Fashion Design - 2017
Mentorships
Michi NY, Fall 2015
Lucky Brand, Spring 2016
David Meister, Fall 2016
Chris Chang, Spring 2017
skills
Programs Photoshop, Illustrator
Platforms Apparel Magic, Shopify
Hand Illustration, Sewing, Pattern Making, Draping, Mood Boards, Apparel Flats, Basic Jewelry, Bonding
Awards
2016 Thimble Award for the Lucky Brand Mentorship
2017 Thimble Award for the Chris Chang Mentorship
Experience
Pre-Production and Associate Designer June 2019 - January 2020
Main designer for Bordeaux, assisted Vimmia’s head designer, created CADs, designed for both Bordeaux and Vimmia, sent POs, communicated with vendors, created prints and graphics, attended print and fabric meetings, selected new fabrics and trims, edited images for the e-commerce site, trend research, prepared line sheets, updated BOMs, inputted new styles into Dynamics, chose Pantone colors for collections, created trim boards, fittings, assisted the production team, created banners for trade shows
Associate Designer April 2019- May 2019
Assistant Designer/ Design Assistant November 2017- April 2019
In charge of creating and sending out samples to accounts, designing into new collections, designed exclusives for accounts, bonding heat transfers, created mood boards, created CADS, trend research, BOMs, tech packs, worked with vendors, vendor sourcing, completed product info sheets in Excel, assisted in various areas of production, created pattern boards, conducted interviews, setting up size runs, grading laser cut designs for size runs, and in charge of Chromacor (processing orders, submitting orders to sewing, quality control, shipping orders, and customer service). - Basic knowledge in laser cutting and bonding machinery
Apparel Design Intern June 2016-August 2016
Researched trends, attended meetings with merchants, our graphics team, and our tech team, attended meetings with vendors, attended meetings with head designers presenting new styles, assisted in designing woven shirting, sweatshirts, and sweaters using Illustrator, created tech packs (using PLM), sketch review, and sketch pass packets for each design, updated color by styles (CBS) and cadence sheets, approved dye samples, chose thread colors, researched trends, created mood boards, worked on a group project involving other interns such as merchandising, business analysis, and other design interns to create a 10 sku presentation, completed an 8 sku project focused on woven shirting and presented it to other designers, A&F recruiters, HR, supervisors, and other interns in a five minute presentation.
E-commerce/ Marketing Intern May 2015 - August 2015
Created advertisements using Photoshop, approved digital design renderings for Covet, wrote blogs, named and wrote product descriptions for new garments, added new products using Magento, assisted photo shoots, assisted their semi-annual sample sale, ordered garments from their warehouse for E-commerce, conversed with costumers via email and chat, pulled garments for stylists styling celebrities like Lorraine Toussaint from Orange is the New Black, price updates, and basic training with Magento, WordPress, Ragtrades, AS400, Joor, Xcel
Design Intern May 2015 - August 2015
Worked with contractors when ordering customized bags, jump started their mailers, organization, assisted photo shoots, outsourced bags from China, sat in on fittings, reworked mood boards, designed hang tags, social media, learnt about photography and lighting
Jewelry Designer October 2012 - November 2012
Designed an exclusive line of jewelry inspired by tassels for the launch of Bellegance’s new perfume line.
Intern June 2012 - August 2012 & July 2013 - August 2013
Color matched scarves using Pantone colors, assisted photo shoots, worked at sample sales, created mood boards, organization, assisted in their showroom, briefly learned about grading, sat in on fittings