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Apparel Designer


Multi-faceted designer with extensive experience in fashion and graphic design. Passionate and creative project manager for innovate style projects.

Design, support Junior/Contemporary collections and oversee first sample production from conception to completion.  Fabrics, trims, prints order and approvals. Interfaced with pattern/sample makers and to ensure product quality reflective of brand standards.  Collaborated with sales managers, merchandisers to achieve company sales goals while meeting a demand for popular and relevant clothing styles for clients such as Macy’s, Kohl’s, Jc Penny, and Disney.  
Key Achievements:
?	Successfully seasonal collections and execute sample productions from concept sketches to completed samples for buyer presentations. 
?	Collaborate with a diversed team of designers, vendors, suppliers, pattern makers, and overseas manufacturers to successfully executed target designs.


Translate diverse subject matter into concrete designs for Judy B. Stuart and her high-profile celebrity clients. Create visually appealing design themes and graphics for styling projects. Assist Founder with research on fabrics, colors, and trends using relevant social media platforms. 
Key Achievements:
?	Hand illustrate red carpet dresses for celebrity appearances. Designs are featured in magazine publications and award show coverages for national audiences. 


Fashion Illustrator/Graphic Designer

Create new design themes for food and beverage template cards and menus to increase business revenues and generate a larger customer base for Shabu-Shabu, a Japanese restaurant. Collaborate with creative team to design and produce computer-generated artwork for restaurant materials. Photograph, edit, and retouch food items for feature placement in marketing materials. 
Key Achievements:
?	Redesigned logos, signage, and menus for the Mo-Mo-Paradise U.S. chained restaurant.
?	Successfully designed marketing materials that expanded the business of the Shabu-Shabu restaurant, leading to additional restaurant location openings. 


Graphic Designer

Efficiently manage and coordinate product design from concept through completion. Collaborate with Jane Brooks to establish vision, conceive designs, and complete deliverables within project deadlines and requirements for her perfume and private silk couture dress collections. Coordinate freelance designers, consultants, and vendor activities for product productions. Organize seasonal couture dress collections for photo shoots, catalogs, look books, and marketing
Key Achievements:
?	Redesigned Taken perfume line container and packaging to improve the aesthetic appeal of the design and better captivate our consumers. 
?	Successfully coordinate seasonal couture dress collections for photo shoots, catalogs, look books, and marketing under extremely tight deadlines. 
?	Established and maintained exceptional professional rapport with other designers, vendors, and key clients.


Product Designer

Managed the establishment of a new apparel company and oversaw garment productions from conception to completion. Supervised the design team on production activities. Interfaced with pattern/sample makers and design teams to ensure product quality reflective of brand standards.  Collaborated with sales managers to achieve company sales goals while meeting a demand for popular and relevant clothing styles. Attended trade/textile shows with sales manages to negotiate prices and contracts and obtain textile samples for future product creation.  
Key Achievements:	
?	Researched current market trends and successfully executed Junior and Contemporary collections. 
?	Collaborated with a diverse team of designers, business executives, and stakeholders to successfully develop the brand from a startup under a parent company into an independent thriving business. 


Head Apparel Designer/Merchandiser

Designed new garments for promotional events and advertising campaigns reflective of the company’s theme and art direction. Oversaw purchasing of fabrics, trims, and embellishments for garment collection. Hired pattern and sample makers to assist with production process. Attended fittings and collaborated with sample makers for design accuracy and fitting. Hired and supervised models and styling teams for company launch events. 
Key Achievements:
?	Recognized for unique dress designs that correlated to the flavors of the Company’s beverages.



Designer

Managed the U.S. Division of Japanese cosmetic company and assisted COO with daily operations. Advised Japanese designers on current trends for U.S. markets. Hired, trained, and managed 5 division associates. Established excellent working relationships with vendors, suppliers, buyers, manufacturers, and clients to ensure strategic business goals were met. Oversaw product ordering and ensured quality control. Coordinated contracts between company divisions and product merchandising. 
Key Achievements:
?	Expanded personal expertise by attending educational beauty shows and seminars to better understand new technology, products, and trends within the beauty industry. 


U.S Beauty Division Manager/Buyer

Designed seasonal women’s and men’s apparel collections for contemporary markets. Fused California styles with Japanese pop-culture styles to create new collections for Asian and U.S. markets. Communicated with graphic designers, technical designers, and production teams to ensure design accuracy and direction. 
Key Achievements:
?	First designer hired to assist U.S. Design Department with future design team development and product creation for Japan’s top growth apparel and accessory company. 
?	Remained current on the latest trends in colors, construction, trims, fabric, patters, and styles by attending fashion shows and buying samples at local malls and vintage boutiques. 
?	Successfully facilitated relationships with international vendors to ensure business goals for both parties were met.


Find out detailed information about Solomon Ngo, Apparel Designer in Tarzana, CA

Solomon Ngo: Apparel Designer in Tarzana, CA

Solomon Ngo

Jaya Apparel Group

Visionary Brands

Mo-Mo-Paradise

Jane Booke Ent.

CURE Apparel

Bliss Tea Company

Tokyo Doneur Co., LTD

Exiv. Corp/Brix USA, Inc.

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

University of California