Ben Jones
Los Angeles | United States
Skills
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Industries
Fashion
Lifestyle
Streetwear
Summary
Activity
Work experience
Hedley & Bennett
Print Designer | 10/2021 - 06/2022
-Design and develop original textile artworks (graphic trims, repeating patterns, silkscreen placement prints, embroidery, weaving) and color palettes for all D2C product
-Collaborated creatively with designers from recognized brands such as Crocs, Sony Music/The Beatles, Peanuts, and Warner Bros.
-Created and implemented seasonal print design concepts for streetwear collaboration drops in alignment with the Hedley & Bennett brand
-Weekly collaboration with Production, Product Development, and Marketing teams
-Engaged the marketing team in the product design process to create an effective storytelling-based product launch
-Created customer-focused surveys to include customer-centricity in the design process
LA Mills
Studio Designer | 02/2021 - 10/2021
-Designed and developed original jacquard upholstery and printed wall coverings collections using CAD, textile structures, pattern, color, and texture
-Sold original textile collections to interior designers and upholstery jobbers
-Managed sample production schedule
Anthropologie
Associate Color Designer | 10/2020 - 01/2021
-Researched FA 21 fashion/lifestyle consumer trends
-Created color inspiration decks for all sweaters and pants categories
-Maintained color excellence throughout the design and development process
-Colored SKUs for production
Anthropologie
Assistant Textile Designer | 12/2019 - 06/2020
-Created original artwork for printed, knitted, and woven interior textile products
-Supported Senior Designer with textile assortments
-Researched and presented interior design trends
-R+D for knitted throws
-Graphic to jacquard translation/development
Nike, Inc.
Color Developer Intern | 05/2019 - 09/2019
-Assisted inline Color Developers with lab dip approvals, vendor communication, and meetings with designers
-Researched and presented alternative industrial textile dyeing methods with fellow Color Design Intern
-Lead a one-hour informational course on fiber and dye science to the entire Color Development team at NIKE WHQ
Wesley Mancini, Ltd.
Jacquard Design Intern | 05/2018 - 08/2018
-Designed original jacquard woven upholstery fabric for Wesley Mancini Home Fabrics and AlFresco Outdoor Fabrics.
-Consolidated and organized the studio's print artwork archive and yarn bank.
Fabric Workshop and Museum
Post Graduate Screen Printing Apprentice | 09/2017 - 01/2018
-Apprenticed under master silk screen printers and world-renowned contemporary artists (Kiki Smith, Anne Hamilton)
-Designed original hand-separated and painted, multi-color, repeating print for textile yardage
-Set up looms in the museum gallery for Sonya Clark: Monumental Cloth, The Flag We Should Know
See the Museum website here: https://fabricworkshopandmuseum.org/
Education history
Jefferson University
Master of Science | 2016 - 2019
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
BFA | 2007 - 2011
