Niki Gonzales
Assistant Designer · Hybrid Apparel
San Juan Capistrano, CA
In My Own Words
I am a recenet graduate of the Art Institute of Califonia, San Diego. Graduating with my BFA in Fashion design.
Growing up in Hawai'i plays a huge role in my design style. My passion is swim and beach lifestyle apparel, but I love all active wear and adventure lifestyle apparel.
I have experience in both sides of the industry working retail, management, visuals and buying, social media management as well as design process. I love technical design, textile and surface design, Graphic design, CAD work and am a bit of a fabric nerd.
I also teach creative workshops like Shibori, Block Printing, Macrame and Weaving.
Work Experience
Assistant Designer
Hybrid Apparel2018 – Present
• Assist in day to day projects including filing, organizing, tagging, line preparation and updating development packages, fabric books, color cards, etc. • Execute product presentations. • Create production and individual CADs, updating CADs and file management. • Creating Tech packs in PLM, drawing/sketching illustrator flats. • Assist in creating seasonal concepts including style, color, fabric, print & pattern, mood • Create and maintain line sheets, product packages, flat sketches and BOMs. • Assist in coding art and revisions of CADs .
Creative Assistant
Mint Studio2017 – 2018
- Managing Ecommerce - Website Management - Buying & Wholesale relations - Instructing Creative Workshops - Coordinating events - Costing