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-Research and develop concepts for each season and translate them into relevant product
-Design and present collections
-Simultaneously work on four different multi-million dollar brands across all categories: junior/contemporary swim, cover ups, and active wear in branded and private labels
-Pitch trends through mood boards and color palettes
-Meet with art vendors weekly to purchase art that best fits the appropriate brands
-Color art work, build patterns and repeats, and place engineered prints
-Sketch CADs across all brands
-Develop, comment, and approve lab dips, strike offs, and SMS dupes
-Collaborate with designers, pattern makers, and sourcing daily to design a cohesive and successful collection
-Effectively communicate and work with overseas vendors, mills, and factories to ensure product is developed correctly and delivered on time

Associate Designer

- Research and develop concepts for each market and translating them into relevant product 
- Pitch trends through mood boards and color palettes 
- Continually research and source new innovative techniques, closures, components, and materials
- Edit virtual renderings 
- Collaborate with the design director daily to design a cohesive and successful collection
- Work closely with New York show room to adapt designs to satisfy client's needs
- Create, edit, and manage all market sample trackers 
- Effectively communicate and work with overseas vendors and factories 

Assistant Jewelry Designer

-Created, edited, and managed all tech packs through design tech sketches, CADs, matrixes, and specifications 
-Executed design development projects assigned by the designers
-Fulfill SMU orders from various clients
-Managed development and execution of fabric samples, lab dips, strike-offs, and other development materials 
-Created descriptions of garments for final catalog
-Effectively communicated and worked with designers, technical designers, and product developers to develop in line, SMU, and foreign styles
-Participated in research and development of seasonal trends 
-Assisted with bi-weekly fittings 
-Maintained and updated PLM Digital Asset and international FTP
-Prepared materials for meetings and presentations

Assistant Designer

-Create and execute original floor sets individually and with the merchandising team
-Receive new products and merchandise them out to the floor in the most aesthetically pleasing and easy to shop manner to maximize sales
-Created and implemented new visual standards for the store.

Associate Visual Merchandiser

-Handled and organized samples on a daily basis
-Created and edited CADs and tech packs on Adobe Illustrator
-Referenced line guides on Microsoft Excel, and utilized Full Circle
-Set up and prepared for both local and international sales meetings
-Visual merchandised stores that carried Volcom product.

Merchandising and Design Intern

-Analyzed our sales every week
-Presented to the team the top five items and how to style them
-Assisted customers with wardrobe selection from casual wear to formal wedding attire
-Carried out floor sets both self directed and following a directive

Denim and Trend Specialist and Stylist

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Jamie Lai: in Santa Ana, CA

Jamie Lai

Manhattan Beachwear

ENO Brands, Inc.

RVCA Clothing

SEED People's Market

VOLCOM

Madewell

California State University of Long Beach