Bryn Swain
Material Developer 1 · Nike via Boly Welch
Portland, OR
Work Experience
Material Developer 1
Nike via Boly Welch2018 – 2019
• Review and correct exisDng composite fabrics in the new FlexPLM system at Nike. • Receive tech sheets from vendors and use the informaDon to recreate the composite material's specificaDons in the new system, from yarn to adhesive. • Communicate with vendors about composite materials and manufacturing methods.
Apparel Tech Developer 1
Nike via Boly Welch2018 – 2018
• Assisted senior Apparel Developers in the creaDon of factory ready tech packs for Men's Training, Running and Lifestyle designs. • Measured factory samples for comparison to garment specificaDons. • Used FlexPLM to generate prototype and sample requests. • Set up and transferred older carry-over styles into the new FlexPLM system. • Adjusted garment specificaDons and measurement charts for the Asian market.
Assistant Fashion Designer at Hubris
Rita Hudson Apparel2017 – 2018
Rita Hudson Apparel is a business casual women's independent fashion label based in Portland. • Assisted with the design of women's clothing from trend research to prototyping, sample and final garment producDon. • Created and adjusted Rita Hudson Apparel paZerns in OpDtex. • Helped research and set up a studio-based photoshoot space. Assisted with photoshoots and created seasonal linesheets and look books.
Contract Technical Specialist
Portland Accessories2015 – 2015
Portland Accessories works with brands, from Danner to New Balance, on bag and headwear design • Assembled accessory design specs and tech packs to be sent out to factories. • Put together CAD drawings, and product data. • Filled out bill of materials and construcDon call-outs in Adobe lnDesign.
Design Assistant
XPack Design/Global Cases2015 – 2015
XPack Design is an Portland design and development firm that specializes in bag and luggage design • Assembled so' good design tech packs for factories through the bill of materials, CAD drawings, construcDon call-outs, detail photos and product specificaDons. • Used Adobe Illustrator to create construcDon drawings and dimension drawings for first round prototypes and samples.
Education
B.S. in Material and Product Studies
University of Oregon2011 – 2013
B.S. in Material and Product Studies



