iFIT

Design Consultant to the Creative Team designing iFIT Men’s and Women’s activewear and athleisure wear; color, trend, silhouettes and print. Manage Brand Logo guidelines and Style Trainers, Athletes, Olympians and Celebrities wardrobes for iFIT interactive video workout content. Empowering Athletes through style according to their personality, location needs, modality/exercise and preferences. Co-brand and collaborate with NIKE, Champion, Under Armour, CRAFT, etc. according to the individual Athlete’s sponsored brand.

Design Consultant/Stylist

Southern Tide

Responsible for Men’s, Women’s, Children’s, accessories, print, color, concept, trend, sourcing and product development from concept to final production. Built effective relationships with Merchandising creating sku framework to design into making sure business goals are achieved. Work directly with Marketing on PR, photo shoots, catalog, ecommerce styling and pagination. Inspire, lead, direct and mentor designers, oversee fittings, fabric and product development. Create brand appropriate collaborations with like-minded brands and philanthropic organizations. Continually drive new ideas to enhance the brand, improve product and grow our market.

Creative Director

Ralph Lauren

Purple label haberdashery dress shirts and sport shirts. Polo liaison working exclusively with Italian and Japanese mills and factories regarding sourcing and fabric design. Research inspirational and historic vintage clothing to identify new designs and details. Anticipate and analyze competitors and market trends. Collaborate with tech and graphics. Translate seasonal concepts and rigs into new silhouette designs and shirt details to meet creative objectives and the merchandising needs of the business.

Ralph Lauren Freelance Consultant

Fossil Group, Inc.

FOSSIL
SR DESIGN DIRECTOR / 2010-2014
Men’s Apparel and Accessories Creative Director. Creative leader driving trend development for design, pattern, graphics, color, materials, and key silhouettes. Develop designs from sketch and fit phase to production. Responsible for managing teams of designers men’s apparel and men’s accessories; bags, small leather goods, belts and wallets. Work and strategize with merchandising, sales team, sourcing, production and graphics to acquire all information, materials and designs needed to successfully create the final collection.

Accomplishments
• Successfully launched first platform collection, which is now in its fifth year.
• Developed strategic relationships with new factories in China and India.
• Implemented new ideas that are now company wide procedures; WIP meetings, line planning,
product development strategy with an 80% adoption rate.

Senior Creative Director

Tommy Hilfiger ll bean

Tommy Hilfiger, L.L. Bean, Haggar
FREELANCE DESIGN DIRECTOR & SR. DESIGN LEAD/ 2008-2010
Direct creative concept, trend, merchandising and design in all Men’s and Women’s classifications; woven, sweaters and knits, tops and bottoms. Design and direct into the specific needs of each client. Design for Tommy Hilfiger’s Flag and Tommy collection specializing in wovens. Direct L.L. Bean men’s and women’s “Signature” Collection. Haggar; Direct, design and develop new internal brands along with the woven and knit collections for five different private label collections.

Design Director

vineyard vines

Vineyard Vines
DESIGN DIRECTOR / 2005-2008
Design Director of apparel and accessories. Direct and design all product classifications including trend and concepts for men’s, women’s, boy’s and girl’s apparel and accessories. Direct and manage 13 team members in design, graphic design and technical design. Responsible for seasonal trend direction, color palate, fabric research, apparel designs, fittings and keeping teams on calendar. Travel overseas for trend research and fabric development as well as putting design packages and samples into work for all classifications. Present line to owners, sales team, merchandisers, retailers, public relations team, editors and press. Give direction to catalog, marketing and web site teams to keep the design integrity of the collections true from its original concepts for each season

Accomplishments
• Received the 2007 Best Accessories Award from DNR.
• Increases in revenue from 25 Million in 2005 to more than 60 Million in 2007.
• Steamboat Foundation Mentor and speaker sharing with scholars the values of integrity, work ethic,
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Perry Ellis International

Perry Ellis
DESIGN DIRECTOR / 2004-2005
Perry Ellis Collection Woven Design Director, responsible for the design process from color and trend conception to execution and production for all woven designs; shirts, pants, denim, suiting’s, outerwear and swimwear. Manage team of designers and associate designers in order to execute design vision and brand identity. Work with sourcing team, merchandisers, internal sales team and store account executives in order to create trend appropriate apparel made with quality fabrics and trims at the most competitive price.

Accomplishments
• Used extensive trend research to create fashionable product appropriate for our market
• Mentored designers in product merchandising and design
• Introduced fashion denim into the PE collection.

Phillips Van Heusen

G.H. Bass- Men’s Senior Woven Designer, responsible for the design of all Woven Products; Shirts, Pants, Shorts, Swimwear, Denim and Outerwear.  Selecting season color palates, concepts, rigging, silhouettes, qualities, pitching blankets, seasonal research trips, finishes as well as fittings, production packages, flat sketches, lab dip and hand loom approvals.  Product presentations as well as Mentoring and training Associate and Assistant Designers.

Accomplishments
•Awarded Chairman’s Star Award “in recognition of extraordinary effort and creativity, above and beyond.”
•Promoted from Designer to Senior Designer.
•Worked with Marketing and Visual teams to style outfits for in store merchandising and advertising.

Senior Designer

POLO Ralph Lauren
DESIGNER / 1996-1999
Designer Men’s Woven shirts. Work directly with the Sr. V.P. of Woven Shirts on Purple Label, Blue Label, Collection, Sportsman, Polo Sport and Golf. Duties include seasonal research and organization of woven fabric designs and qualities. Presentation, display, layout and rigging of woven fabric qualities and designs for approval. Assist with Fittings. Responsible for maintaining and creating the Polo Woven Fabric Library.
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Designer

Design professional with extensive design experience working for POLO Ralph Lauren, PVH, Perry Ellis, Vineyard Vines, Tommy Hilfiger, Fossil and Southern Tide. 10+ years leading creative teams, directing, defining brands and mentoring. Experience with men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessory design and product development. Strengths in global trend research, creating seasonal concepts, rigs and color stories. Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills. Resourceful, decisive and able to multitask in a fast paced rapidly changing environment.

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