Audrey B.

Associate Designer of Tek Gear Tween Girls & SO Girls Athleisure - Building and understanding customer mindset - Overseeing and preventing overlap between the two brands

Associate Designer of SO Girls 7-16 knit and woven tops, sweaters, lounge, outerwear, and non-denim bottoms (knit and woven). Daily responsibilities include: - Email communications with vendors - Submit review and comments - PLM (bamboo rose) entry and BOM maintenance - Color run and counter sample ordering - 2D sketching/CADing for handoff (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop) - 3D design for Line Final of all programs each season (Browzwear) - Building and spec'ing research and development styles (start to finish) before each season - Fabric sourcing with mills + review/commenting on all RMFs - Assisting in building our color story/trend themes for each season - Croquis sketching and illustrating for outfit presentation - Silhouette slot to plan based on merchant needs - Merching color and print for each season's program slots based on projected CC count - Trend and whitespace research compilation and presentation creation - Presenting at all major milestone meetings (Trend, Conceptual Product Alignment, Line Final) to our CFT - Sample review/fit eval alongside our Technical Design team

Sonoma Maternity is a youthful and feminine brand grounded in essentials with pieces to carry our customer through every moment of pregnancy. In this role, I interpret and execute designs for all categories of the brand (knit tops, woven tops, jackets, dresses, lounge, active, and non-denim bottoms), as well having full creative direction and owning execution of our denim bottom programs. This includes a wide range of responsibilities such as customer research and profile building, ongoing competitor analysis and trend research for each season, and fabric development and sourcing with our partnering vendors. From here, I begin R&D tech pack creation to prepare for upcoming seasons, understand and interpret line plan needs for the season, and collaborate and communicate our designs to our CFT (including Merchants, Product Managers, Marketing and Technical Designers). This also includes the use of our PLM database, BOM creation and upkeep, daily vendor correspondence, 3D CADing and rendering, and greige and linesheet maintenance. I also own all submit approvals for color, wash and print execution. These responsibilities apply to an average of 100+ styles every season, and growing!

EVRI was a plus size specific brand tailored to flattering silhouettes, fun patterns and prints, and was known for their great denim. This brand was phased out from the Kohl's brand profile at the end of 2020, and was consolidated under Sonoma Women's Extended Sizes.

Remote Internship with professor assistance. Created 2D flats, POMs, and did live fittings to help correct fit issues on samples sent directly from the vendor. Also created a grading system based on ASTM grading and applied this as well as tolerance to each style.

Assisted and co-instructed in classes of 20 to 40 students Trained students in ASTM seams, machine designation, and garment construction within a sequence of operations. Researched with professor in body scanning collaborating with 3D printing

Tailor for men's suiting, pants, and dress shirts.

Taught beginner, intermediate, and advanced sewing classes for a variety of ages (8-60). Included basic machine maintenance, notions, and ability to understand patterns and sequence of operations. Advance classes included basic fabric content understanding, as well as advanced seam techniques.

Created and maintained inventory systems for three store branches. Researched and implemented new techniques for device repair and protection. Re-designed all store logos, signs, displays, and storage. Assisted our customer's questions and problems thoughtfully and effectively.

Tailor for men's and women's denim, jackets, pants.

Exchange study abroad program for one full academic year. Full immersion program.