Experience
2022 – present
FIGS, Concept & Design
Freelance Graphic / Presentation Designer
Worked with department leads & SVP, built seasonal Concept presentation materials.
2021 – present
Vineyard Vines, Concept & Design
Freelance Graphic / Presentation Designer
Worked with department leads, built seasonal Concept presentation materials.
2020 – present
GAP, Women’s Concept & Design
Freelance Graphic / Presentation Designer & DAM
Oversaw digital design assets of the Women’s Design team, including creation of color palettes, CAD resources, digital sketches, colored line assortment files, cross-functional presentation materials and leadership review documents, encompassing thousands of digital files and hundreds of Miro pages each season, all client-facing.
2020 – 2020
GAP, Men’s Logo + Graphics
Senior Design Manager
Promoted to Senior Design Manager and expanded work with senior leadership to create and coordinate seasonal concept brand statements and global brand messages.
2017 – 2020
GAP, Men’s Logo + Graphics
Design Manager
Worked with senior leadership on seasonal concept brand statements, creating a visually unified message and implementing workflows across categories and departments to ensure proper execution; coordinated with IT and Corporate Ops to increase server workspace and network performance, and improve printer functionality and performance; advised and oversaw purchase and upgrade of hardware and software; continued to advise freelance staff on best practices for line sheet creation and upkeep.
2014 – 2017
GAP, Men’s Logo & Graphics
Graphic and Production Designer
Team leader, line assortment document creation, creating new workflow from scratch; - recruited, trained, and oversaw a team of seven freelancers; eliminated outdated processes, slowness and frustration; leveraged technology, workflow and talent to manage thousands of garment sketches, colorways, prints & patterns and graphics across all categories of Men's and Women's Design to create final documents used by New York and international offices.
2012 – 2014
GAP, Men's + Women’s Design
Freelance Graphic Designer
Brought in to Gap at leadership request to develop experimental software workflow for "living wall" style croquis and simultaneous physical and digital seasonal line sheet creation.
2011 – 2012
Victoria’s Secret PINK, New York
Senior CAD Designer, Licensed Apparel
Oversaw Licensed Apparel CAD Department and managed team of eight designers, flexing time and talent of the team to meet deliverables and deadlines while staying on budget; identified opportunities for workflow improvement and implemented changes for increased overall efficiency; created and revised department procedures and explored new technologies for speed and efficiency.
2008 – 2011
Victoria’s Secret PINK, New York
Freelance Senior CAD Artist, 2008-2011
Team lead when CAD Manager was out of office; led traveling CAD team to Style Review meetings at home office in Ohio; lead instructor for new hires; team lead for Optitex pilot, with goal to receive samples and strike offs from vendor 100% correct the first time greatly reducing costs and time-wasting errors of strike-offs.
2005 – 2008
Victoria’s Secret PINK, New York
Freelance CAD Artist
Involved in fast-paced daily creation of prints, patterns and graphics for production; developed new and revised existing CAD Department techniques and protocol; oversaw transition from older PC fleet to all new G5 Mac and later Intel Mac systems; instrumental in adopting Livelink, an enterprise-level file transfer system eliminating need for FedEx.
2005
Computer Artist and IT, HUE Women's Leg Wear & Apparel, New York
1999 – 2005
IATSE Local 52 Set Lighting Technician, New York
1994 – 1999
Gallery Director, Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York
Education
1994
Middlebury College, VT
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art
1978 – 1985, 1987 – 1990
United Nations International School, NY
International Baccalaureate
1985 – 1987
ISB, International School Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand