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Design Director

<p>Adrienne is a design leader with an M.B.A. and over a decade of experience. She has expertise in design, merchandising, product development, technical design, pattern making, both domestic and overseas fabric and trim sourcing, line planning and production. Portfolio available at: www.adriennemercante.com</p>

- Backfill for the role of SVP Design during the PEARL iZUMi acquisition, successfully transitioning the brand into the United
Sports Brands portfolio of brands
- Creative direction, line planning and design for Nathan Sports running line and PEARL iZUMi cycling line
- Partnered with product line managers and sourcing team to achieve margin goals and meet calendar deadlines
- Executed seasonal color palette, prints and graphics
- Traveled to trade shows to meet with vendors for sourcing and development of new fabrics and trims
- Supervised, trained and mentored junior designers and developers

Apparel and Soft Goods Design Director

- Ran a freelance design practice specialized in performance lifestyle and active apparel, modern and sustainable outdoor
apparel, technical outerwear design, travel apparel, urban cycling and skate apparel and crowd funded projects for men
and women
- Key contracts Western Rise and Chrome Industries are listed in more detail below
- Other clients include: Polartec, Duck Camp, Ginew, Mission Workshop, Wool & Prince, Thicket, Solo Golf and This is Range

Consulting Apparel Design Director

- Design and product development for a sustainable apparel brand with product designed to move from mountain to street
- Designed hero products for the brand, including several successful Kickstarter campaigns
- Oversaw fit and led communication with outside vendors including contracting pattern makers and factories
- Sourced and designed into technical and sustainable performance fabrics

Consulting Apparel Design Director, Men's

- Design, creative direction and technical design for urban performance and cycling apparel
- Introduced women’s apparel to the brand, initiating all designs for the initial women's line
- Envisioned and designed merino offering evolving the merino assortment from a single piece to an entire category
- Created tech packs with detailed specs, technical sketches and grading in Illustrator and Excel for submission to factories
- Responsible for overall garment fit, including hand revisions to pattern print outs provided by factory
- Traveled to overseas factories for development
- Supervised and mentored product developers

Consulting Apparel Design Director, Men's and Women's

- Design and creative direction for all men’s collections: travel, outdoor, office wear and performance lifestyle
- Introduced the company to the outdoor industry through the creative direction of the outdoor line
- Envisioned and brought to market the men’s version of the women’s best selling dress pant yoga pant
- Collaborated with a team of developers and merchants to refine men’s product and improve margins
- Hired, trained, supervised and mentored junior designers and interns

Menswear Design Director

- Design, product line management and production for men’s/women’s outerwear, knits and woven tops and bottoms
- Led and mentored a cross functional design, product development and production team of ten people
- Helped grow this e-commerce start-up from the owner's spare bedroom to $5M annual revenue
- Owned development calendar and sample tracking
- Managed relationships with manufacturers, including marker/grader, cutting room and sew shop
- Improved costing and planning strategy for inventory and fabric and trim buying
- Oversaw quality control, checking construction and measurements of finished garments

Lead Apparel Designer, M's and W's | Head of Apparel Product

- Designed and created initial prototypes for an apparel line targeting female cyclists
- Received multiple awards for company business plan in business plan competitions

Founder and Designer

-Worked with senior merchandisers to determine potential best-sellers for presentation to buyers
-Worked with overseas agents regarding sample development, preparing, approving and sending accurate tech packs
-Assisted in fitting of development samples, accurately revising and grading specs according to fit changes

Women’s Cut and Sew Knit and Sweater Designer/Merchandiser

Associate Sleepwear and Loungewear Designer

Assistant Swimwear Designer

Find out detailed information about adrienne mercante, Design Director in Long Beach, California

adrienne mercante: Design Director in Long Beach, California

adrienne mercante: Design Director in Long Beach, California

adrienne mercante

United Sports Brands

Adrienne Mercante Consulting

Western Rise

Chrome Industries

Betabrand

Outlier

GoodSport NYC

Design History/Salty Inc.

Liz Claiborne

Victorias Secret Design Studio, Swimwear Division

Baruch, Zicklin School of Business

Columbia University, Columbia College

Fashion Institute of Technology