greta brucker
Lead Bra Designer · Nike
Portland, OR
In My Own Words
A leader who works well in a fast-paced environment, adheres to a development calendar and loves spending time outdoors.
Work Experience
Lead Bra Designer
Nike2013 – Present
Yoga & Outdoor Bra Specialist • Sport Innovations • Long lead time development • Foam Pad Development • Concepting & Prototypes
Apparel Design & Developement
Freelance - Various Clients2012 – 2013
• Trew Gear - Women's Snowboarding• Trimera targeting VSX• Oddball• Abrazo• U4EResponsibilities Included:• 2.5 layer waterproof ski jacket development - Bemis taped seams - Sew Free stash pocket• R&D - field testing on women's grid fleece mid-layer• Redesign/develop women's soft-shell Tram Jacket with ergonomic seaming• Develop and produce men's ski racing wick-away base layer for external client• Outdoor market research, customer profiling, compiling demographics• Domestic production troubleshooting - domestic factory tours• Specs, Production ready Tukatech CAD pattern making, tackled the beast of grading
Snowboard Instructor
Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort2011 – 2013
Season 2:and the beat goes on....Season 1:Teaching the littlest ones to carve this winter at Mt. Hood.Lessons Learned:• Analyze the conditions and choose a line.• Nothing builds confidence like a solid tree run.• The best time to test your gear is in the worst weather.• If you don't take some spills, you aren't pushing yourself.• Never under estimate the power of hot chocolate.
Seamless Knit Designer
Trimera Group2012 – 2012
• Designed 26 piece seamless knit collection targeting women's contemporary VSX market• Seamlessly changing content, texture, stitch detail & color• Created a color palette, provide print and pattern direction - created CAD pattern repeats• Thumbnail pencil sketches, full color Illustrator style maps• Provide construction details, branded interior shelf bra sketches, key spec measurements
Yoga and Intimates Designer
Juicy Couture2008 – 2011
Love my boss! Heather you are the best. Looking forward to working with you again.Maybe we were all colleagues or maybe we were this tiny band of traveling gypsies: laughing and engineering stripes, and perfecting that random toss of rhinestones.Enjoying the 11th hour of fittings in Asia, and creating entire collections from a scrap of lace and a vintage polka-dot swatch, passed down by our fearless leaders.Riding the waves as they crash in fruit punch, and bright beetle, and lemon bite....and of course in pink. *wink*Responsibilities Included:• Technical Packages: Illustrator sketches, construction pages, bill of materials• Inputting styles into a Product Lifecycle Management system• Communicating fit to the tech team• Knit and woven fabric development and approvals• Technical fabric development: Choose Cool moisture management system• Logo trim development: elastics, zippers, snaps, grommets• Graphic strike-off recolors and approvals• Pitched print and pattern color-ways• Supervising fittings: overall aesthetic, costing and construction changes• Assorted collection with merch team: brand focus, color line sheet review, product mix• Product Development trips: Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Seoul, Jakarta
Education
Advanced Apparel Design Degree
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising2003 – 2004
Bob Mackie Full-Ride Scholarship
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2003 – 2004
Bob Mackie Full-Ride Scholarship"]
