Bike

Golf

Dive

Creative Agencies

Fashion

Fishing

Lifestyle

Moto & Powersports

Music

Outdoor

Skate

Snow

Streetwear

Surf

Swim

Tech

Triathlon

Wake

Yoga

Health & Fitness

Driven and innovative designer with a keen attention to detail and knack for problem-solving. Passionate about designing functional, versatile, attractive products that have a limited impact on the environment and accommodate diverse consumers. Wold traveler who’s always searching for new challenges and personal growth. 


• Manage the development of the Women's and Children's apparel lines: 220 styles per season, from conceptualization, design, and technical fit, to sourcing, cost negotiations, and final manufacturing production.

• Principal adviser in product-brand identity with a focus on lifestyle-performance, sustainable apparel.

• Lead and oversee a team of three graphic designers and 10 freelance artists on concept development and execution for 80+ graphics, yarn dyes, print, and pattern, per season.

• Drove margin improvements on both categories up by 30%. Opened and expanded new wholesale accounts with REI, MEC and DICK’S Sporting Goods.

• Responsible for the implementation, outcome strategies and execution of the Higg Index company-wide.

Product Designer


• Designed and successfully launched the Children's knits and athleisure assortments for the $2B apparel brand Cat & Jack.

• Developed and implemented sustainability initiatives across design and the supply chain for the second-largest department store retailer in the United States, including incorporating fabrics and washes with environmentally friendly production.

• Co-created ‘Design For All’, the first mass-retailer inclusive Children's line with design adaptations for specialty medical and sensory needs.

Designer

• Drove $400M annual sales for Cherokee and Circo brands through thoughtful design of boy’s knit tops, athleisure, and woven bottoms.

• Oversaw all stages of the design process, including concept development, trend research, technical sketches, direction of garment fittings and product quality review.

Associate Designer

• Designed Men’s and Young Men’s woven tops and bottoms for Mossimo Supply Co. and Merona brands, resulting in $350M annual sales.

• Developed innovative street and commuter capsule collections for the young men’s performance and functionality market.

Assistant Designer

• Created original costume designs for films, commercials, theater, and the entertainment business.

• Managed a team of six Costume Assistants and Seamstress during all stages of productions.


Costume Apparel and Production Designer

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Target Corporation

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Academy of Art University

Academy of Art University

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