Kendo Brands, Inc.

- Supporting the Fenty Beaty, Fenty Skin, Ole Henriksen, KVD, + Liplab brands as an Executive Assistant for 3 VP's and their entire teams based in SF, LA, NYC, + China

Executive Assistant to the VP's of Fenty Creative, Education/ Events, & Lip Lab

San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Clinical Assistant / HIV Counselor

ONE Jeanswear Group

- Mastered product lifecycle management software to to alleviate operations responsibilities from individual contributors on the design team

- Trained and onboarded design intern resulting in their conversion to full-time employment

- Created comprehensive email templates for Senior Designers to utilize in daily correspondences with external vendors and factories

- Managed all calendar requests for men’s design team and applied updates where needed

- Transcribed all meetings into comprehensive minutes and communicated across all teams

Executive Assistant to Design Director / Apparel Designer 

Oved Group

- Designed bottom styles across categories for COSTCO resulting in 100,000 unit orders per style 

- Overhauled sample tracking processes and created centralized system to house all updates 

- Absorbed all daily communications with external partners to free-up senior designer’s workflow 

- Prioritized multiple work-streams, due dates, action items, and targets of projects within fast-paced high pressure work environment on-site

Executive Assistant to Design Director / Associate Designer

Perry Ellis International

- Performed daily brainstorming rituals with the denim wash team to generate rapid ideation for upcoming seasons 

- Partnered with Senior Design Managers and denim production teams to define best practices and processes 

- Facilitated design meetings across teams to promote and visualize creative direction for  future seasons

Executive Assistant to Senior Designer / Associate Designer

Macy's

- Launched first sustainable denim jean program across the nation in all 508 Macy’s stores 

- Formed internal processes for documenting design prototype comments to collaborate  with vendors to decrease physical sampling by over 50% 

- Articulated rolling design changes to design managers and stakeholders to clearly communicate and reinforce expectations 

- Reconciled damaged work relationships with internal support (fabric/color) teams by fostering  a transparent division of responsibilities resulting in higher output of design deliverables

Executive Assistant to Senior Designer / Assistant Designer

Levi Strauss & Co.

- Identified design bottlenecks and created centralized visual guide to implement streamlined processes 

- Supported and aligned high-performing teams w/ external vendors to move work forward

- Facilitated onboarding of design contractors and fostered their development to full-time conversion

- Illustrated and communicated detailed apparel garment blueprints to factories for bulk production

Executive Assistant to Design Director / Assistant Designer

Chrome Industries

- Conducted all verbal and written communications with overseas/domestic factories daily while mediating with senior designers and senior product developers 

- Liaison for cross-functional teams, freelancers, stakeholders, vendors, and all third parties 

- Collaborated with brand creative team to ensure cohesive messaging for all deliverables

- Aligned and communicated with stakeholders weekly to communicate design team’s progress and goals

Executive Assistant to Design & Development Manager

UCLA Community Programs Office

- Collaborated with over 25 different campus organizations to effectively clarify and formulate their overall messages to entire student body

-  Promoted and publicized major campus-wide events held by the office through social media portals

- Facilitated and arranged photography equipment and backdrops for large-scale networking events

- Aided in the hiring ,training, and transitioning of entirely new team members to the office’s technology team

Graphic Designer

UCLA Arts

- Executed and printed large-scale poster requests on Epson Stylus Pro 11880 printer

- Maintained and fixed daily errors and glitches on Epson inkjet and laser printers

Print Lab Technician

I take pride in sitting parallel to Design and Creative teams to provide overall support and follow-through. I've worked with designers in packaging, fashion, graphic, content +UX/Product and understand the nuances for each concentration. I am a powerhouse that enjoys all things related to the practice of DesignOps.

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