Category: DESIGNER

         TECHNICAL DESIGNER       Summary    SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: Textile Engineering Knitting and Garment Manufacturing Textile Printing and Finishing Yarn and Fabric Dyeing Spinning and Weaving Textile Construction and Embroidery Textile Testing       Highlights          CAD: Photoshop, Illustrator and Accutrac  Technical Packets  Garment Construction and Fit  Computerized and Manual Pattern Making  Garment Embellishment  Draping and Sewing  Fashion Illustrations Manual and Computerized  Merchandise & Line Development  Trend & Color Analysis  Understanding of Target Customer/Markets                Experience      Technical Designer     01/2015   to   Current      Company Name   City  ,   State      Created 65 complete development and production technical packages including spec sheets in 1 week.  Developed a pattern with grade rules for production of sample garments with accuracy.  Coordinated 8 different manufacturing tasks that led to over 30,000 unites of production.  Supervised the creation of garments, including fitting, detailing and adaptations.  Sourced, selected and bought fabrics, trims, fastenings and embellishments.  Approved quality for all trims, creates fit comments for production and communicates fit corrections to overseas in timely manner.  Notified factories of construction quality issues and provides recommendations on corrections Negotiated with customers and suppliers and oversee production.  Provided input to design and sourcing teams regarding cost engineering.  Collaborated with designer, a merchandiser, manager and business partner to ensure the desired product is achieved, while retaining production schedule.  Saved 60,000 units of production by coming up with an effective solution for a design fault.         Assistant Designer/Technical Designer     06/2014   to   12/2014      Company Name   City  ,   State      Vintage Casual Sportswear, Dresses and Sweaters Created an idea and produce a complete design by hand or using computer-aided design (CAD).  Created complete development and production technical packages including spec sheets.  Created inspirational presentation materials for trend, color and product assortments.  Provided research ideas that reflect the trends, but also, which reflect the integrity and aesthetics of the brand by creating design boards (color, sketches and fabric detail).  Managed all deadlines within development/Production calendar.  Provided and confirm the gauges and knit downs for full fashion sweaters.  Managed Design meetings, photo-shoots and meetings with customers and fabric agents.  Seek creative solutions when specing garments/tech pack executions.         Assistant Designer/Technical Designer     04/2013   to   04/2014      Company Name   City  ,   State      Created Tech Packs and Line sheets for import and domestic styles.  Managed track of Current Styles through software called Accutrac Applied Illustrator and Photoshop proficiency to create and refine sketches.  Updated BOMs catalog samples, and maintain textile and pattern libraries.  Supported Design Team with all key aspects of Design process - from creation to adoption.  Provided Fit Comments to the factories overseas (China and India).  Provided accurate Specs for the garment.  Sourced Fabric and Trims.  Prepared for Design meetings, which includes preparation for mood boards, color boards, fabric board, design board with all technical drawings and collecting samples.         Assistant Designer     07/2010   to   08/2012      Company Name   City  ,   State      Casual Sportswear, Dresses and Sweaters.  Assisted in designing all types of Women's Casual Sportswear, Dresses and Sweaters.         Education      Masters  :   Business Administration    United States University   City  ,   State      Business Administration       Organizational Behavior, Data & Information Systems Management, and HR Administration.            Masters  :   Fashion Design   March 2014     FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising   City  ,   State       GPA:   Cum Laude   Fashion Design Cum Laude       Pattern Making, Garment Construction, Computer Aided Designing, Technical Drawing, and Draping and Sewing.            Bachelors of Engineering  :   Textile Technology   June 2010     RGPV University   City  ,   State  ,   India     GPA:   Magna Cum Laude   Textile Technology Magna Cum Laude       Knitting and Garment Construction, Fabric Construction (Woven and Knits), Fabric Printing and Finishing, and Textile Testing. Gimatex Industries Pvt. Ltd., Maharashtra, India Spinning, Weaving and Garment Construction Trained in manufacturing the yarn, utilizing that yarn to fabricate fabric, lastly utilizes that fabric to design a garment. Paper on Technical Textiles. This paper presents different type of technical textiles, their manufacturing, finishing, and end uses.             Skills    photo, Photoshop, CAD, catalog, Color, Designing, Fashion, Drawing, HR, Illustrator, Information Systems, materials, meetings, Organizational, Design process, quality, research, collecting samples, Trend, type