Bryn Swain

Material Developer 1 · Nike via Boly Welch

Portland, OR

Work Experience

Material Developer 1

2018 – 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 Welch

2018 – 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 Apparel

2017 – 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 Accessories

2015 – 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 Cases

2015 – 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.