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Strength is in styling and exploring material and color coordination. My international experience in China, Europe and U.S. spans soft goods, footwear and automotive. I want to be in an environment where I can contribute, learn and grow.

Design, manage perceived quality and research trends for global automotive leather supplier.
- Key OEM accounts: Responsible for global OEM accounts in Asia Pacific including Volvo, Ford, GM, Nissan/Infiniti,
Jaguar/Land Rover and Peugeot/Citroen.
- Designer: Create design concepts for custom perforations, stitching, quilting and whole seat design. Realize designs
into renderings and physical samples and work towards solutions for production.
- Perceived Quality: Work closely with customers and internal teams on grain, hand feel and color development from
initial design phase through product validation for production. Responsible for delivering leather products in the right
appearance and specification.
- Leather Expert: Knowledge of entire leather creation and finishing process and additional operations such as
perforation, embroidery and quilting. Provide training to customers and new team members. Attend leather shows to
seek new technologies and finishes.
- Trends Research: Research from online and print media and attending various design shows including leather,
automotive, lifstyle and home furnishings. Share trend reports with customers and global Eagle Ottawa design team.
- Special Projects: Coordinate and present biannual leather show to customers in China, Korea and Australia.

Design Program Manager

Sole proprietor of online retail shop specializing in eco-friendly products for crafts + DIY. Wear multiple hats including creative direction and project management.
- Designer: Take in-house designs from concept through production. Create tech packages, physical prototypes, research and identify colors, materials and finishes, and design prints. Travel domestically and internationally for trade shows, market research and inspirations.
- Handmade Artist: Design and hand make paper goods, i.e. envelopes and gift packaging, out of existing product line such as wrapping papers and color masking tapes. Experiment with laser cutting and screen printing techniques on reclaimed wood and repurposed packaging materials.
- Product Developer: Sourcing of materials and manufacturers, communications with domestic and overseas factories, costing, and coordinate material purchases and delivery dates according to production schedule.
- Branding: Create brand identity including logo, business collateral, website and product packaging.
- Buyer: Understand customer’s wants, buy hard-to-find products while adhering to Tinted Mint aesthetics and eco standards, compare costs with like products, product pricing, place POs with vendors, and establish new vendor
relationships.
- Administrative: Coordinate trade and craft show exhibits, website updates, attentive customer service, order fulfillment, product photography, e-mail newsletters, ad placements, detailed travel itineraries and bookkeeping.

Owner

Worked with clients including Parnu Inc, Kaldoora, Solteras Inc, and DesignNMind.
- Designer: Various products including patent-pending luggage strap and other travel accessories, hand-held electronics and housewares packaging. Client presentations with mood boards and renderings of design concepts, test prototypes, design and develop custom hardware. Design packaging, sales collateral, and trade show graphics,
complete with production-ready artwork.
- Product Developer: Sourcing for production, direct communications with overseas factories, create technical drawings including material, color and sewing specifications and manage sample comments, revisions and approvals. Follow through on all products and packaging until ready for shipment.
- Branding: Establish design language through logo, packaging and business collateral for Parnu Inc. Redesign logo and packaging graphics for DesignNMind.

Design Consultant

Based in Switzerland, worked with team of four designers of different disciplines to create a concept collection for the
HUGO brand under its Creative Director, Eyan Allen.
- Designer: Designed men’s and women’s shoes, men’s laptop bag and product packaging. Developed custom last for men’s footwear. Created mood boards for present and future direction of HUGO, designed using flat sketches, renderings and 3D paper models. Made multiple presentations to Creative Director and other departments for feedback and confirmation. Traveled to Paris and Milan for trends research, visiting shops and exhibitions. Traveled to main headquarters in Germany for design reviews.
- Product Developer: Created tech packages, including full-size paper prototypes, for men’s and women’s footwear, bags and packaging. Researched and specified materials, sewing specs and worked with footwear and accessories pattern makers and craftsmen for finished, working prototypes. Traveled to factories in Italy for product development.
- Project Management: Coordinated schedule and ensured timely progress and completion for the 2-day photo
shoot of our collection in Berlin. Followed through with progress and delivery of footwear, accessories and packaging prototypes. Edited our collection presentation book.

Concept Designer

Designed soft goods for boutique outdoor industry company, focusing on their Japanese lifestyle market.
- Designer: Designed Yellow Label, a new label for Gregory targeting working women in Japan with an active lifestyle. Collection based on first-hand research of trends and user behavior in Tokyo. Pieces ranged from small accessory pouches to totes. Developed custom technical fabric and hardware. Updated other product lines with new color ways and prints on seasonal basis. Color forecasting 9-12 months in advance for both Japan lifestyle products and domestic technical packs. Liaised with domestic and overseas vendors. Traveled within US and to Japan for trade shows and trends research.
- Product Developer: Coordinated and approved lab dips, sample print runs and new materials. Coordinated materials and colors for production, tech packages and traveled overseas to factories for product development. Researched new materials and hardware.
- Branding: Established design language of Yellow Label. Creative lead on its branding including product label, brand story, packaging and graphics.
- Project Management: Efficient juggling of multiple timelines and projects, ensured timely execution and delivery of products to production. Followed through with vendors and factories for necessary materials and samples.

Designer

Collaborating with other Color Designers, proposed color and material palettes for 2007 Bevel concept car.
- Researched materials, created color and material mood boards, and presented colorways in 2D.
- Analyzed concepts that can be realized for actual prototype. Collected material samples for evaluation.
- Assisted in interior design project for a production car. From different design sketches, distilled and translated them into new sketches in “block” forms, which can be cut from foam with traditional shop tools to create a full-size mock up of the car interior.
- Design reviews with Engineers, Exterior and Interior Designers of this project to ensure a uniform vision.
- Meetings with vendors for new material collections.

Color &  Materials Design Intern

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Patty Yuan

Eagle Ottawa

Tited Mint

Self Employed

Hugo Boss

Gregory Mountain Products

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California State University, Long Beach