Carrie Walker

Newbury Park | United States

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In my own words

— Carrie

Honors Graduate in Fashion Design at Otis College of Art and Design.

Honors Graduate in Fine Arts from Moorpark College. I have a strong background and deep passion for visual arts, design and writing. I enjoy the process of creation from the initial idea that sparks in my mind, hands on development, to seeing the finish product come to life. My focus is in apparel design. What I love most is conceptualizing ideas and bringing those ideas to life. Taking my creativity, design experience, managerial experience, communication and organizational skills I have effectively inspired, motivated and lead several design teams over the course of my last 7 years as a Designer. I have a total of over 7 years hands on professional design experience and enjoy learning new avenues of creativity, taking on great tasks and achieving them. I love working in groups and being the motivating, inspiring leader/mentor role in those groups. Everything I do I give 120% and no less, all with a smile on my face. I'm a very positive upbeat person that enjoys a happy, healthy lifestyle full of outdoor activities!

Skills and Specialties: Fashion design (all fabric categories inc. sweaters) technical apparel construction, managing/ directing/motivating design teams, painting, illustrating, sketching, creative writing, conceptualizing innovative ideas, multitasking, strong presentation skills, strong communication skills both written and verbal, self motivated, proactive, great understanding of the business side of creative companies, work towards and aspire to driving sales of the business, always excited on working through new projects!

Trajectory

Jul 2015 — Feb 2017

Senior Designer - Womens/ Men's/ Kids/ Accessories · Gramicci

-Responsible for designing Gramicci Women's, Men's and kids lifestyle and outerwear apparel. -Contribute in assisting Director with the Women's, Men's and Kids merchandising plan. -Research Runway and market trends, along with competitive shopping. -Design into Assortment. Balancing the fashion and outdoor market taking our brands handwriting, and mixing it with function and cost. -Create all sketches and first fit tech packs. Measure garments. Evaluate garment fabric and specs and adjust specs into new fabric and design. Mock up designs on samples to mimic sketch. Add measurements, construction, stitch call outs and specs to tech pack. -Create label artwork and interior/exterior marketing. - Research big trends in print and graphics. Create print art work for various styles in illustrator as well as hand drawn artwork. Organize big ideas in graphic design and collaborate with director for passing off graphic ideas to designer. Re-color graphic tee designs in illustrator.

Oct 2013 — Oct 2015

Senior Designer - Juniors Sweaters/ Knits/ Fleece/ Winter Accessories · Hollister Co.

- Responsible for all of Hollister sweaters in store assortment, Online assortment (DTC), winter wear accessories assortment, fleece tops and bottoms assortment and knit bottoms, including in store and online. - Responsible for managing and all designs for the Hollister Girls sweaters and winter wear assortment, fleece tops and bottoms and knit bottoms. - Direct a team of 5 designers. Manage, guide and teach assistants/associates/designers about the company design eye, color, pattern, programs and technical aspects of designing sweaters and cut and sew. - Direct fits, tech pack audits, tech passes and see through each design from initial concept through TOP's. - Research market and runway trends. Organize and give direction to the team of designers. Organize designs into categories and assort the styles with the merchant team. * SEE LINKEDIN PROFILE FOR OTHER DUTIES THAT DON'T FIT ON THIS PAGE

Oct 2011 — Oct 2013

Designer - Knits/ Sweaters/ Winter Accessories · Hollister Co.

- Responsible for designing and managing the Hollister sweaters, knit tops and winter accessories department. - Directed a team of 4 employees. Manage, direct, guide and teach new assistants and associates about the Hollister customer. - Directed fits, tech pack audits, tech passes and gave specific design direction to each member of the team. - Partner closely with merchant team to discuss costing challenges and assist in assorting the line. - Colored up all skus the assortment. Worked closely with our sourcing team to develop new yarn for trend and cost. - Travel on production trips, design trips and shopping trend trips around a total of 15%.

Oct 2011 — Oct 2013

Designer - Dresses & Skirts · Abercrombie & Fitch Women's & Kids

- Responsible for designing and managing the Abercrombie women's and Girls dresses and skirts assortment as well as Hollister Girls sweaters. - Directed a team of 6 designers. Manage, direct, guide and teach new assistants and associates about the Abercrombie Women's and kids customer. - Directed fits, tech pack audits, tech passes and gave specific design direction to each member of the team. - Researched big trends in dresses and skirts and organized each trend into categories to identify where the styles should be placed in the assortment. - Partner closely with the merchant teams to discuss costing challenges and assist in assorting the line. - Color up all skus the assortment. Partner closely with our sourcing team to develop new fabrics for trend and cost. - Design into a wide range of fabrications including yarn, cut and sew knits, woven, denim and laces. - Partner closely with the CAD team on pattern and color direction with the guidance of the Design Director.