Fashion

Freelance Graphic Designer

Organized and motivated Apparel Designer / Production Coordinator with a proven ability to get results in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments. 

- Extensive 5+ years of experience of coordinating both domestic and oversea production activities.
- Excellent knowledge of different types of garments, trims, and market requirements.
- Experience in creating tech-packs, specs, graphics, purchase orders, invoices, and requirement documents.
- Strong skills in communicating with venders, suppliers, and factories in both domestic and oversea.
- Excellent operational knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Fluent and literate in English and Mandarin Chinese.

- Researched on the latest trends and consumer behavior and developed visual board presentation with Photoshop.
- Refined conceptual designs and ideas into computer images using specific, specialized software packages and products.
- Created designs with Illustrator and presented designs to clients with PowerPoints presentation.
- Provided material specifications and oversee production process and ensured that the manufactured clothes are identical to the blueprint. - Assisted in the online marketing and created promotion advertisement images with Photoshop.
- Assisted product shoots and retouched the images for online shop uses.

- Responsible for selecting fabrics, researching and capitalizing on latest fashion trends.
- Responsible for creating color themes, embroidery designs, new silhouettes and flat sketches with graphic applications.
- Designed clothing and accessories, creating original garments or design garments that follow well-established fashion trends.
- Designed clothing and accessories, creating style sheet and tech packs with Illustrator.
- Forecasted long-term material requirements to facilitate the purchase and delivery of all materials for manufacturing.
- Coordinated objectives and scheduled material flow with suppliers and freight forwarding companies.
- Independently ran and facilitated weekly Work in Progress meetings with other departments to review production and pre-development issues.
- Monitored and coordinated activities through entire stages of production, including coordinated cutters, pattern makers, graders and cut/sew factories to ensure the production are on time. 
- Directed and coordinated workers involved in constructing samples or finished garments.  Communicated with local factories for pattern making, sampling, finishing and packaging the garments with brand labels.
- Worked directly with domestic and oversea suppliers and factories to resolve any production issues.
- Conducted research on current and future trends in design and lifestyle for both USA and Asia markets, associated target market features with wholesale and retail sales.
- Handled the tasks of providing sample garments to agents and sales representatives for displaying it in fashion shows.
- Coordinated in retouching the images of fashion photo shoots, created linesheet with Photoshop for presentation.

Design Director of Women’s Apparel

- Coordinated between production team, suppliers, vendors and domestic factories.
- Monitored purchase orders are provided to the production team along with delivery schedule.
- Tracked all production activities in coordination with multi-functional departments.
- Coordinated activities through denim production, including selecting fabrics, pattern making, washing and finishing.
- Handled the tasks of selecting fabrics and production techniques to be used for different products.
- Sketch or draft apparel designs with computer-aided design (CAD) software.
- Worked with tech pack, specification, and line sheets. 
- Presented samples to potential customers and maintained good relationship with existing customers.

Production Coordinator

Find out detailed information about Sheryl Sun, Freelance Graphic Designer in Irvine, CA

Sheryl Sun: Freelance Graphic Designer in Irvine, CA

Sheryl Sun

Freelance

Q&S, Inc. (Brand: Quill & Sabre)

Post’age Denim

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

University of California, Irvine