Check out my professional history to learn more about my experience and career milestones. Throughout the years, I’ve developed critical skills that have led me to partner with leading industry professionals and work on exceptional projects. For more information about my work, please download a copy of my resume. With over 20 years of experience, I have a broad range of designs in my portfolio ranging from tween, to edgy, to boho, to contemporary, to missy to licensed brands across a multitude of categories; Apparel/Soft Accessories/Handbags/Jewelry/Hair Accessories/Home Organization & Utility/Packaging. I am an extremely versatile designer who can easily learn and adapt to any new products. Please contact me to request designs from my portfolio.

DESIGNER

August 2008 - September 2012

After being offered an opportunity for growth, I took it and began working at The NES Group in August of 2008. I switched gears from soft accessories and moved into fashion jewelry. The fashion jewelry division was brand new and I was apart of its growth from the very beginning. In my first role as Designer, my main focus was licensing. I worked on Marvel and Apple Bottoms for the first few years of my career. The division eventually moved away from licensing to focus on big box retailers and specialty stores. By the time I was Senior Designer, I was handling all the major retailers and running million dollar accounts. As the division grew, so did my role. I created multiple lines and collections for each of my customers. I also started dabbling in packaging for the specialty stores interested in specialty carding and boxes. By age 29, I made Design Director and was managing the design team. My responsibilities ranged at NES as I grew with the company. I created tech sheets and specification sheets for jewelry and for packaging, developed collections for specific customers each season, forecasted trends by going retail shopping and to trade shows, prepared presentations for meetings, traveled domestically for sales meetings, traveled overseas to China twice a year from 2010 to 2017 for product development and trend research, and managed the entire design team. 

PRODUCT DESIGN ASSISTANT

June 2007 - August 2008

Just one week after my college graduation, I landed the role of Product Design Assistant at Capelli New York. I reported to and assisted the Product Design Manager and associates in all areas of the department. Our department was responsible for straw hats and straw bags, cold weather knits, magic gloves, legwarmers, knit wraps, and ruanas. We designed and manufactured goods for big box retailers and specialty stores in the United States and in Europe. My responsibilities included creating tech sheets and specification sheets to be sent to factories overseas for development, logging in samples, reviewing samples, and revising samples as needed. Trend research was also at the forefront and I researched trends by going retail shopping, attending trade shows, and working with the material department to source fabrics, trims, and yarns. I would also collaborate with the other assistants and associates to create trends boards for each season. I also assisted in administrative tasks such as the upkeep of the sample library, organizing binders, filing sales orders, merchandising the showroom, and creating color cards for the season.

ASSISTANT DESIGNER

June 2003 - June 2007

Reported to and assisted the Head Designer of the Boys 8-20 Apparel Division at Longstreet. This was a part-time position while pursuing my education and earning my bachelor's degree in Business Administration for Fashion Marketing and Management. My responsibilities included organizing and arranging catalogs and samples, revising and finalizing sales catalogs for the sales team, revising and finalizing tech packs for factories overseas, and researching fabric, color, and design trends for upcoming seasons.