Work history

Bolan USA November 2007 to the present
Home Fashions Designer

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How would you describe your time at Bolan USA?

Multifaceted, resourceful professional with accomplished career as Senior Designer/Stylist. Soft home textile
designer proficient managing product lines throughout the product life cycle from idea through development, to
launch. Strong creative, visionary and technical skills for
prints and wovens along with identifying trends and
color direction for numerous finished, soft home products. I believe that my extensive design and styling
experience has prepared me to positively contribute to a growing company and assisting them to the next level.
International travel welcome.
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Elrene Home Fashions August 2001 to January 2007
Home Fashions Designer/Stylist

How would you describe your time at Elrene Home Fashions?

- Establish market trends and color direction for fashion driven print and woven table linens, window treatments, kitchen and scatter rugs for department and specialty stores
- Research, conceptualize ideas and direct art studios to execute coordinated fashion collections for seasonal, holiday,
basics, and outdoor, combining a mix of materials, embellishments, products
- Manage customer special developments and create private label collections
- Organized Photoshop classes for design team members to reduce annual design budget
- Execute spec sheets for all fabric prints, woven and vinyl engravings and finished products - prints and wovens
- Daily overseas vendor communications for product development, revisions, approvals, costing, quality, timing
- Travel overseas for product development, sourcing fabrics, embellishments, new materials with China and Indian print and weaving mills
- Attend international and domestic trade/design shows
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Town & Country Living February 2000 to August 2001
Designer

How would you describe your time at Town & Country Living?

- Styled fabric and vinyl table linen products for mass discounters
- Purchased original artwork and directed studios on executing design and color changes
- Attended mill strike-offs for print and woven goods in Pakistan, India, USA
- Developed new products, fabrications and materials with
overseas mills, fabric houses and agents to execute innovative products
- Created trend and presentation displays
- Reference and product shopping in overseas local markets and shops
- Attended local design and textile trade shows
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Glenoit May 1994 to May 1998
Creative Director

How would you describe your time at Glenoit?

- Established trend direction for basics and seasonal lines, customer specials and licensees for heat transferred and screen printed welcome mats, kitchen slices, bath mats and scatter rugs
- Developed trend and presentation display boards
- Worked closely with sales establishing marketing and
merchandising plans for three annual markets
- Overseeing manager of CAD operators in studio for design execution and color separations for heat transfered and screen printed patterns
- Attended strike-offs
- Attended international and domestic design and product trade shows
- Worked with showroom designers establishing showroom display themes and design for three annual markets
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Judy By Design July 1992 to May 1994
Design Consultant

How would you describe your time at Judy By Design?

- Hand painted print designs in repeat for home fashions and apparel
- Recolored existing patterns with current, trending colors and customer palettes
- Assisted Burlington Industries' Bedding Designer with spec sheets, mood boards, and mill communications
- Sales of original designs

Education

Fashion Institute of Technology September 1991 to June 1992
AAS, Applied Sciende, Textile/Surface Design

How would you describe your time at Fashion Institute of Techno...?

One Year Excelled Program in Textile/Surface Design with a specialty in Wovens
parsons school of design September 1990 to January 1991
Fashion Design

How would you describe your time at parsons school of design?

Fashion Illustraction and Painting, Model Sketching, Pattern Making, Draping, Millinary Design
georgia state university - atlanta, ga September 1986 to July 1990
BFA Undergraduate Studies

How would you describe your time at georgia state university - ...?

Studies included Core Corriculum, Foundation Art Classes and Minor in Psychology. Completed 163 Hours

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