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Technical Designer | Former ROXY, prAna, Mitchell & Ness

Creative & Design

Looking for work in the apparel industry in San Diego, remote, or Minneapolis. Experienced Technical Designer with expertise bringing garments from design/concept to production ready. I prioritize organization and efficiency, and have a heart for ethical production of garments and keep sustainability top of mind.

• Design, sketch, create tech packs for women’s swim, communicate with patternmaker and factories
• Design and source sustainable materials, trims and packaging
• Manage development, production, timelines and operations

Founder and Designer

• Manage Technical Design Department for Men's, Women's, Kids and Accessories
• Create tech packs and technical sketches
• Manage tech specs
• Design and develop new Women's styles
• Communicate all fit comments with overseas factories

Technical Designer and Product Developer

• Create hundreds of tech packs for licensed sports league apparel
• Edit and recolor logo graphics in Adobe Illustrator

Graphic Production Artist

• Participate in live fittings and communicate fit comments with overseas factories.
• Create tech packs and technical and flat sketches for all garments with Adobe Illustrator.
• Measure all samples and manage tech specs.

Technical Designer

Create initial tech packs, flat sketches and specs, develop grading for newborn to 5T, send comments to overseas factory.

Sit in on live fittings, send comments to factories overseas, draw pattern corrections.

• Fit Block project: create set blocks of specs for all categories
• Create tech packs for carry over bodies

• Manage Technical Design Department for 4 brands, 200+ SKUS, kids and women's
• Measure all samples and manage tech specs
• Communicate all fit comments with overseas factories
• Create and maintain grade rules
• Create tech packs and technical sketches.

Personally style hundreds of clients (Women & Men) each month using an online styling platform.

Stylist

Technical Designer

• Create tech packs and communicate all fit comments with factories.
• Measure all samples and manage tech specs.
• Schedule and manage fittings with models, analyze fit of all garments on fit models.
• Create technical and flat sketches for all garments with Adobe Illustrator.

Pattern Maker

• Create 1st patterns from company blocks for Missy, Contemporary and Maternity cut and sewn knit and woven tops and dresses with Optitex.
• Make pattern corrections up to pre-production patterns based on fit analysis.
• Create and update pattern cards.
• Work with sample makers and contractors to find efficient solutions for garment construction.


• Made flat patterns and samples for 15 different knit garments. 
• Conducted fittings and graded the final patterns.

Patternmaking Intern

Catherine Huss is a Technical Designer at Siena and Co. in San Diego, CA. View their experience, skills and work history on Malakye — the professional network…

Catherine Huss — Technical Designer at Siena and Co.

Catherine Huss

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University of St. Thomas

St. Catherine University